The Corporation supports a variety of special initiatives and recognition programs related to higher education:
The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll is a recognition program designed to increase public awareness of the contributions that colleges and their students are making in their local communities and across the country through volunteer service.
The President's Volunteer Service Award is a recognition program sponsored by the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation that honors Americans who have made serving others a central part of their lives.
The Universities Rebuilding America Partnership (URAP) offers resources and support to engage college and university students, faculty, and staff in helping to rebuild the Gulf Coast region.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service is a national effort to use Dr. King's life and teachings to transform the holiday in his honor into community service that empowers and strengthen local communities.