As a result of limited financial support, campuses are also faced with limited staff to attend to the details required for successful partnerships on campus and in the community. Often, offices were overwhelmed by the large scope of community partnering. As campuses began identifying the scope of community partnerships and faculty involvement, they found that there was a lack of an agreed upon definition for community service-learning across the campus, in the system, and in the field. Bakersfield provided a definition of community service-learning in the cover letter of its survey to faculty to assess their experiential pedagogical tools, in order to avoid confusion. The quarter system provides a challenge in creating meaningful, worthwhile projects that can be completed in less than ten weeks, for several CSU campuses.
Questions continue to be raised about risk management issues.
As students are placed in school settings, in particular, there have been questions raised about finger printing processes and background checks. Given limited time and resources, many campuses have difficulty managing these issues. Some campuses, such as Sacramento and San Marcos, have developed processes and tools that allow for relatively easy management of risk management issues. These tools can be shared with other campuses. This is supported by the analysis of the campus reports.