The rise of a community engagement movement offers a range of possibilities for universities to function as "sites of citizenship". These include contributing to community social and economic infrastructure, supporting equity and diversity within higher education, and education for democratic citizenship. This article provides an overview of the findings of a recent study of engagement practices and policies in Australian universities. The article then goes on to discuss some of the possibilities and problems surrounding community engagement as a site of citizenship. It is suggested that while university-community engagement contributes to the public good, it also reflects a changed economic and social context in which concepts of "community" have superseded broader notions of the social. (Contains 1 table and 6 notes.)