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Hemer, Kevin M.; Reason, Robert D. – Journal of College Student Development, 2021
Our multi-institutional study addresses the question: How do college students' backgrounds, collegiate engagement, and perceptions of the campus climate relate to the development of an activist orientation? Activism is framed as engagement in collective, sociopolitical action and measured using the Activism Orientation Scale (AOS). Meaningful…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, College Students, Student Characteristics
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Chang, Yu-Heng; Liu, Ruo-Lan; Li, Yu-Chi – Journal of College Student Development, 2020
We investigated the relationship between overseas service-learning experiences and the change in global perspectives of 157 Taiwanese college students by using the Overseas Service-Learning Experience Scale and the Global Perspective Scale. The outcomes of students who participated in overseas service during Summer 2015 were analyzed. Findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Study Abroad, Perspective Taking
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York, Travis T.; Fernandez, Frank – Journal of College Student Development, 2018
More than 1 in 3 undergraduate students transfers from one college or university to another, but many do not go on to graduate. Literature suggests that service-learning pedagogy supports both social and academic integration; therefore, we examined whether transfer students' participation in service-learning courses is related to sense of…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Transfer Students, Sense of Community, Undergraduate Students
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Blankson, A. Nayena; Rochester, Shana E.; Watkins, Angela Farris – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
In this study, we investigated the impact of past and current service-learning on the civic attitudes of African American college women: 44 students enrolled in either service-learning or non-service-learning courses were given pretests and posttests measuring civic attitudes. Repeated measures analyses of variance were conducted to examine the…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Students, Service Learning, Citizenship Responsibility
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Kilgo, Cindy A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
As the higher education landscape continues to diversify, intercultural effectiveness comes to the forefront among important outcomes for students. Service learning is one programmatic tool that institutions of higher education can use to foster the development of intercultural effectiveness. This study provides evidence that service learning is…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Service Learning, Liberal Arts, Institutional Characteristics
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Hughes, Carolyn; Steinhorn, Rachel; Davis, Blair; Beckrest, Sara; Boyd, Elizabeth; Cashen, Kelly – Journal of College Student Development, 2012
We investigated whether participation in a university-based, service learning mentoring program could affect college students' learning about social inequities and the effects of poverty. The program we examined combined four critical components: (a) Mentor training, (b) mentoring youth on-site in their high-poverty environments, (c) mentors'…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Mentors, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Service Learning