This study considered the impact of the SERVE Program upon participating college students' belief in the American Dream. The SERVE Program is a community service learning program sponsored by the philosophy and theology departments at Ignatius University. Using a mixed methods approach, the authors found that participating students demonstrated…

Administered the revised Community Service Involvement Preference Inventory (CSIPI) and investigated if college students' involvement preferences changed during a 10-week term as a result of participating in a service learning course. Found significant differences in mean scores for the Exploration and Assimilation involvement preferences, and no…

Undergraduates completed the new Civic Attitudes and Skills Questionnaire designed to measure attitudes, skills, and behavioral intentions that might be affected by service learning participation. Factor analyses were used to define six scales. The scales' reliability and validity were found to be adequate. (EV)