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  • AmeriCorps and Service-Learning 101
    Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, June 2009. This fact sheet introduces core information about service-learning to AmeriCorps members working in educational settings and looking to enhance their experience of learning through service, and...
  • AmeriCorps, Service-Learning, and Community: Working to Address Community Needs and Strengths
    Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, June 2009. This fact sheet introduces community assessment to AmeriCorps members working in educational settings and looking to enhance their experience of learning through service, and for anyone...
  • Chemistry and Service-Learning in Higher Education
    Source: Rachel L. Vaughn, Sarena D. Seifer, and Tanis Vye Mihalynuk, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, May 2004 Service-learning in the chemistry curriculum provides a rich opportunity for students to learn while contributing to their...
  • Developing Service-Learning Scholarship: Actions and Issues to Consider
    Source: Sarena D. Seifer, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, July 2002 Acknowledgments: In preparing this fact sheet, we would like to acknowledge the significant contributions of the UCLA Service-Learning Clearinghouse website (Archive) and the...
  • Discipline-Specific Service-Learning Resources for Higher Education
    Source: Sarena D. Seifer, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, March 2002. Updated: Cheryl Whitney-Lower, Vermont Campus Compact, September 2009Available Discipline-Specific Service-Learning Resources in Higher EducationThere are a number of...
  • Engineering Education and Service-Learning
    Source: Rachel L. Vaughn and Sarena D. Seifer, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, June 2004Service-Learning in engineering education is gaining ground throughout the country and throughout the variety of disciplinary focuses within engineering...
  • Higher Education Service-Learning in Rural Communities
    Source: Tanis V. Mihalynuk, Sarena D. Seifer and Community Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH), August 2007 Service learning can provide significant benefits to students, faculty and communities, whether it occurs in rural, urban or suburban settings...
  • History of Service-Learning in Higher Education
    Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, January 2008 Service and Service-Learning on Colleges and University Campuses Community service and civic engagement have a long history on American campuses beginning in the 19th century and finding...
  • Institutional Structures for Service-Learning in Higher Education
    Source: Sarena D. Seifer, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, May 2002; updated by Pam Mutascio and Julie Plaut, Campus Compact, September 2008.Institutional structuresAs service-learning in higher education becomes more prevalent, colleges and...
  • Interdisciplinary Models of Service-Learning in Higher Education
    Source: Kara Connors and Sarena D. Seifer, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, September 2005.IntroductionThe combination of service-learning and interdisciplinary learning is gaining momentum in higher education. A growing body of evidence...
  • Math and Service-Learning in Higher Education
    Source: Rachel L. Vaughn, Sarena D. Seifer, and Tanis Vye Mihalynuk, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, May 2004 Service-learning in the mathematics curriculum provides a rich opportunity for students to learn while contributing to their...
  • Partnerships for Higher Education Service-Learning
    Source: Tanis Vye Mihalynuk & Sarena D. Seifer, Community Campus Partnerships for Health, September 2002; Updated: NSLC Staff, October 2004IntroductionPartnerships serve as the foundation of service-learning programs in higher education. These...
  • Public Health and Service-Learning
    Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, October 2008.This resource gives an overview of service-learning and provides a list of resources and research on service-learning and public health. Service-learning is a teaching approach in K-12,...
  • Publishing and Presenting in Service-Learning
    Source: Rachel L. Vaughn, Sarena D. Seifer, and Tanis Vye Mihalynuk, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, January 2004Service-learning is becoming increasingly prominent in higher education. Consequently, there has also been an increase in...
  • Raising Funds for Service-Learning in Higher Education
    Source: Sarena D. Seifer and Stacy Holmes, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, June 2002Acknowledgments: CCPH would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions to parts of this document: Dr. Barry Daneman, University of Missouri...
  • Recognition in Service-Learning
    Source: Points of Light Foundation, March 2002.Find new ideas for recognizing your service-learning participants, learn how to select appropriate forms of recognition, and get the resources you need to create a successful recognition program. The...
  • Recognizing Service-Learning in Higher Education through Minors and Certificates
    Source: Rachel L. Vaughn and Sarena D. Seifer, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, June 2004. Updated February 2012 with resources from Dan W. Butin. Minors and certificate programs focused on service-learning, leadership, and/or community service...
  • Reflection in Higher Education Service-Learning
    Source: Kara Connors and Sarena D. Seifer, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, September 2005The process of reflection is a core component of service-learning. Service-learning practitioners and researchers alike have concluded that the most...
  • Research Standards and Protection of Human Subjects
    Source: RMC Research Corporation, October 2002IntroductionAnyone conducting service-learning research or evaluation should be aware of the research standards and guidance for protection of human subjects. The following provides a brief summary and where...
  • Resources for AmeriCorps Members
    Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, June 2009.This fact sheet includes resources for those who are interested in finding a way to increase civic engagement, academic, personal, and social outcomes of youth and students. For AmeriCorps...
  • Risk Management and Liability in Higher Education Service-Learning
    Source: Tanis V. Mihalynuk and Sarena D. Seifer, Community Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH), February 2003, updated by Pam Mutascio, Campus Compact, September 2008DisclaimerThis fact sheet is not intended to be a legal document nor to replace legal...
  • STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) Education and Service-Learning
    Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, October 2010.STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics and usually refers to education in one or more of these disciplines. There has been a concern over the past several...
  • Teacher Education and Service-Learning
    Source: Shelley Billig and Felicia Freeman, RMC Research Corporation, August 2010.One approach for advancing the practice of service-learning is to promote the adoption of service-learning as an instructional strategy for teacher education programs....
  • The Engaged Community: Maximizing Community Impact
    Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse and Campus Compact, October 2010 IntroductionCampus-community partnerships ideally benefit all participants. But while volumes of research exist on how students benefit from civic engagement, less is...
  • The Evidence Base for Service-Learning in Higher Education
    Source: Sarena D. Seifer, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, May 2002 Updated: May 2005The evidence base for service-learning is constantly evolving, with new publications and studies being released every month. What follows is a summary of the...
  • The Use of Technology in Higher Education Service-Learning
    Source: Sarena D. Seifer and Tanis Vye Mihalynuk, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, September, 2003 Updated: May 2005IntroductionWidespread use of technology is changing the way we work, learn, and communicate-even the way we carry out our...
  • Tools and Methods for Evaluating Service-Learning in Higher Education
    Source: Sarena D. Seifer and Stacy Holmes, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, May 2002 Updated: Julie L. Plaut, Campus Compact, May 2009 Julie Elkins, Campus Compact, September 30, 2009Introduction As with any pedagogy and/or program...