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  • 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...
  • Traditional Values and Service-Learning
    Source: John Guffey, August 2008 "In the beginning there were the Instructions. We were to have compassion for one another, to live and work together, to depend on each other for support. We were told we were all related and interconnected to...
  • Tribes and U.S. Territories Service-Learning Programs
    Source: John Guffey, August 2008.The safeguarding of traditional values by Indian Tribes and U.S. Territories peoples, the cultivation of those values in ways which address the needs and build upon the assets of the community, and the transmission of...
  • Why Districts, Schools, and Classrooms Should Practice Service-Learning
    Source: RMC Research Corporation, January 2003. Updated June 2007. Service-learning should be practiced in schools because it yields so many simultaneous benefits. It is what many educators consider a "value-added" approach because it helps...
  • Working Effectively with Tribal Councils
    Source: Cynthia Johnson with Brian King, ACKCO, September 2004.This fact sheet was developed by a council member, detailing protocol and procedures for building a good relationship with your Tribal Council. Although each tribe is different, there are...
  • Youth Development and K-12 Service-Learning
    Source: RMC Research Corporation, Denver, CO, September 2005 Schools are often faced with the need to address problem behaviors in youth such as substance abuse, violence, and dropping out. Recent research on what leads youth to engage in these particular...
  • Youth Voice in Service-Learning
    Source: Points of Light Foundation, 2001 Introduction to youth voice Youth voice refers to the ideas, opinions, involvement and initiatives of people considered to be young. Traditionally "young people" are defined as between the ages of 5-25....