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This study, commissioned by The Forbes Funds, explores the challenges faced by nonprofit organizations as they seek to replenish the resources currently provided by retiring Baby Boomers (both...
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The State Farm Youth Advisory Board plans to fund $5 million in service-learning projects, with grants of $25,000 to $100,000 each. The request for proposals focuses on four project areas: disaster...
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Gives the results of a study performed to identify factors that motivate faculty to include service-learning in their courses. General findings include the importance of employing a service-...
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Student involvement in service and service-learning produces valuable benefits to local communities and enables young people to become proactive members of society, while also experiencing the...
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Because of their importance, theoretical elements of successful campus-community partnerships have long been identified. However, less has been done to ascertain best or even promising practices of...
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A class of 16 at-risk students in Anaheim's Youth and Family Resource Center (YFRC) undertook the design, making, and delivery of pillows and care packages for young patients confined to the Neonatal...
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Although service is its own reward, it's human nature to desire recognition! At Ferris State University, leadership awards are given annually through a collaboration of the Student Leadership and...
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Conservation efforts in the state of Texas are increasingly being emphasized. For students enrolled in service-learning courses at Blinn College, serving at deer data collection check stations...
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Learn and Serve America Provisions for General School-Based and Community-Based Programs; Higher Education; State Education Agencies; School-Based Grantmaking Entity; Community-Based, State...
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A university business professor has created service-learning opportunities related to business and economic literacy that often involve mentoring younger students. His students participate as teams...
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Niagara University in Lewiston, New York, was established by the Venetian Fathers and Brothers, using the model of the order's founder, French priest St. Vincent de Paul, who devoted his life to...
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Using service-learning to develop civic responsibility allows community colleges to fulfill their basic mission of providing a quality educational experience and serve the needs of the community....
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An underlying goal of community colleges is to serve the community, and service-learning can be an ideal vehicle for this to occur. This effective practice offers ideas for service-learning...
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Performance measures are intended to be a useful tool for program managers to define and communicate the needs their program will address and the impact the program will have. This effective...
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Searchable Program Directory of Learn and Serve America (LSA) Grantees.
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The official Learn and Serve America site of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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Providing a structured opportunity for reflection strengthens the work-study experience for college students. The Community in Action program at the University YMCA at the University of Minnesota is...
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This 2000 article provides detailed suggestions for community organizations and higher education institutions interested in starting a community service work-study program. Suggestions were drawn...
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The Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program at Purdue University provides a curricular service-learning structure that enables undergraduate engineering students to provide...
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Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, has designed its community work-study program as a way to develop and cultivate long-term institutional partnerships with community organizations. This...
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Arizona State University developed its service-learning program to enhance students' academic skills through classroom-linked community engagement. Since the service-learning program's inception in...
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Institutionalizing service-learning on higher-education campuses can be an uphill battle without student support. Portland State University has integrated student leadership and student voice into...
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School-to-work programs can gain success by identifying educational, economic and entrepreneurial opportunities, networking within the community and emphasizing the important roles of technology in...
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This effective practice is excerpted from the The Education Commission of the States' (ECS) issue paper, Promising Practice for K-16 Project Connect. The paper presents effective practices for...
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Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York, addresses public safety in the campus neighborhood through a service-learning collaboration between criminal justice college students and community...