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Moely, Barbara E.; Ilustre, Vincent – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2019
How is required public service during college related to later civic behavior? This article reports findings from a survey of 359 alumni, conducted two years after they completed their undergraduate studies at Tulane University. The alumni held positive views of the substantial public service requirement they had completed before graduating and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Undergraduate Study, Alumni, Required Courses
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Boru, Nese – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
The general purpose of this study is to determine the awareness and acquisitions obtained with service activities by the students studying on undergraduate level in Eskisehir Anadolu University in 2016-2017 education year and involve in service learning and volunteerism activities. The study was designed according to qualitative research method…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Service Learning, Volunteers
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Haber-Curran, Paige; Everman, Daphne; Martinez, Melissa A. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2017
As the prevalence of mentoring programs in higher education institutions continues to grow, there remains little research on the growth and development that comes from serving as a mentor. In this phenomenological study, the researchers examined college students' personal and educational gains through serving as mentors to high school students in…
Descriptors: Mentors, Phenomenology, College Students, Student Development
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Newman, Cynthia M.; Hernandez, Sigfredo A. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2011
The mission of Minding Our Business (MOB), a service-learning course started in 1997 to meet community needs, is to advance the personal and vocational development of urban youth through entrepreneurship education and mentoring. This paper evaluates the long-term impact of MOB on the personal and vocational development of the alumni mentors…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Mentors, Alumni, Service Learning
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Yamauchi, Lois A.; Brown, Linda R. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2007
Like many other culturally and linguistically diverse students, Native Hawaiians are over-represented among those in special education, score lower on standardized achievement tests, and are at greater risk for dropping-out. The Hawaiian Studies Program (HSP) was a culturally relevant academic program that incorporated learning about Hawaiian…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Career Development, Hawaiians, Culturally Relevant Education
Wang, Winnie – 2000
This study explores the relationship between elements of the service learning pedagogy and the self-development of students. The study focuses specifically on undergraduates who participated in a career-based outreach program (CBOP) at the University of California, Los Angeles. Observers followed four student fellows enrolled in a Community…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Community Services, Experiential Learning