Service and learning are deliberately and explicitly tied to the learning objectives of the course. The goal is to have students gain direct experience with problems or issues they are studying in ...

As a pregnant teenager and school dropout, Isis Martinez could have abandoned educational hope and purpose. Instead, she found a school designed to make education come alive for her. She learned ...

Offering a wide selection of unconventional courses, University of Utah helps students merge academics with community impact through hands-on, service-based learning.

Editor’s Note: Christine McCartney traveled to Finland as part of the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching program, and when she returned, she was inspired to start a service learning program ...

Community service-learning, where students serve as community volunteers in poor, urban neighborhoods, holds the potential to enhance the sociology curriculum. But community service-learning is not ...

The classroom-community connections were taken to a higher level, Academic Service-Learning, which fits well with the Community Education philosophy of using problem-solving to improve our communities ...

Purdue’s Office of Engagement provides grants to students or student organizations for work on community service-learning projects. The program’s goal is to expand the community involvement of Purdue ...

Assoc. Prof. Bridget Marshall's Disabilities in Literature class focuses on learning outside the classroom during their service learning trip to the Lowell Association for the Blind. Watch the video ...

The goal of the Gary Horowitz Service Learning Program is to foster an environment of social responsibility and community engagement, and to prepare students for their roles as citizens of the ...

Service and learning are deliberately and explicitly tied to the learning objectives of the course. The goal is to have students gain direct experience with problems or issues they are studying in ...

Relevant service with a community partner: the community placement is related to course content, and vice versa. Community-campus partnerships that are mutually beneficial. Students engage in ...

Students involved with service learning can reflect on their experiences to gain a deeper understanding of course content and a broader appreciation of the discipline, improving critical thinking ...