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Internationalization and Faculty-Led Service Learning
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Bradshaw, Geoffrey W. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2013
In 2010, Madison Area Technical College (Madison College), a comprehensive community college in Madison, Wisconsin, was selected by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to head a consortium project to expand the capacity of community colleges to offer study-abroad programs. The project focuses on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Colleges, Best Practices, Sustainable Development
Developing and Evaluating a Student Scholars Program to Engage Students with the University's Public Service and Outreach Mission
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Matthews, Paul H. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2012
A "student scholars" program was developed to engage undergraduates at a large, public, land-grant research university with its public service and outreach mission, through cohort meetings, supervised internships, and site visits. Qualitative and pre-/post-participation quantitative data from the first cohort of 10 students show that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Universities, Land Grant Universities, Public Colleges
Global Dimension in Service Learning: A Collaborative Grant-Writing Project
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Cook, Alicia Skinner – International Education, 2008
This article describes a service-learning project implemented at Colorado State University to assist a South African non-profit organization in enhancing their music education program, while at the same time advancing the international perspectives of American students in a senior capstone course on program development and grant writing. In the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Program Development, Skill Development, Grantsmanship
Finding Community: Developing and Maintaining Effective Intergenerational Service-Learning Partnerships
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Karasik, Rona J.; Wallingford, Minetta S. – Educational Gerontology, 2007
As intergenerational service-learning becomes an increasingly popular means for providing gerontology and health professional students with "real-life" experience, it is essential to consider the importance of strong community partnerships. Drawing upon a range of intergenerational service-learning experiences from two programs at…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Service Learning, Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs
Community Service Learning as Democratic Education in South Africa and the United States.
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Mendel-Reyes, Meta; Weinstein, Jeremy – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1996
Describes development of the first community service-learning program for democratic education in South Africa, based on the Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania) Democracy Education Project at a black high school near Capetown (South Africa). Notes that successful transposition of the model requires recognition of complex historical and cultural…
Descriptors: Black Education, Citizenship Education, Comparative Education, Democratic Values