Community-Based Learning and Research (CBLR) provides opportunities for institutions of higher education to achieve their goals of educating students, advancing teaching and scholarship, and meeting real needs of under-resourced communities and nonprofit organizations. By providing successful examples of campus and community partnership, this article demonstrates how CBLR can enhance individual learning experiences and the culture and curriculum of an institution, while making a lasting social impact. This article also examines programs and practices focusing on administrative structure as well as three specific classroom-based models.