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Pearl, Andrew J.; Christensen, Robert K. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2017
This study extends a line of research focused on motivational factors that contribute to first-year students' reasons for engaging in service-learning. Among first-year students, altruistically-motivated students (Christensen, Stritch, Kellough, & Brewer, 2015) and minority students (Pearl & Christensen, 2016) were not only more…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Service Learning, Volunteers, Statistical Analysis
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Conner, Jerusha; Erickson, Joseph – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2017
Service-learning experiences have the potential to improve participants' attitudes and values toward those whom they serve, but if the experience is poorly designed or poorly implemented, it runs the risk of reinforcing stereotypes and deficit perspectives of the intended beneficiaries of service. This study examines the extent to which Contact…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Attitude Change
Moely, Barbara E.; Ilustre, Vincent – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2011
As New Orleans began to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, Tulane University also began its recovery process. A new initiative in the recovery was the establishment of a public service graduation requirement for undergraduate students. Attitudes toward the requirement were assessed for 290 first-year and 257 advanced students in fall 2006. The…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Advanced Students, Graduation Requirements, Service Learning