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Lauren B. Cattaneo; Marissa M. Salazar; Kevin Ramseur II; Jenna M. Calton; Rachel Shor – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2023
Though uncomfortable emotion in the classroom has become politically controversial, scholarship has established its importance. In transformational learning in particular, scholars have theorized that far from being an undesirable side effect, student emotion is inherent in shifting beliefs and motivating action. In the "pedagogy of…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Psychological Patterns, Undergraduate Students, Citizen Participation
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Cattaneo, Lauren B.; Calton, Jenna M.; Shor, Rachel; Younus, Syeda I.; Gebhard, Kris T.; Hargrove, Stephanie; Elshabassi, Nour; Al-Shaar, Batool – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2021
This article describes a longitudinal study of a social justice-oriented service-learning course at a large diverse university. The course elucidates the social causes of social problems, with poverty as a case example. Research shows that service-learning meaningfully impacts college students but that outcomes vary across courses and students,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Service Learning, Social Problems, Poverty
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Whitley, Meredith A. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2014
While the quality and quantity of research on service-learning has increased considerably over the past 20 years, researchers as well as governmental and funding agencies have called for more rigor in service-learning research. One key variable in improving rigor is using relevant existing theories to improve the research. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Educational Research, Program Effectiveness, Theories
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Reed, Susan C.; Rosenberg, Helen; Statham, Anne; Rosing, Howard – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2015
This study explores the role of community service learning (CSL) in promoting undergraduate persistence relative to other experiences students have in college, their entering characteristics, and institutional features. By following the 2009 freshmen cohort at three Midwestern universities over three years, this study finds that students'…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence, Role
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Soria, Krista M.; Thomas-Card, Traci – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2014
In this study, we explored whether college students' motivations for participating in community service were associated with their perceptions that service enhanced their desire to continue participating in communityfocused activities after graduation, after statistically controlling for demographic variables and other variables of interest.…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Service Learning, Undergraduate Students, Hypothesis Testing
Lockeman, Kelly S.; Pelco?, Lynn E. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2013
Only about half of all students who enroll in colleges and universities in the United States earn a four-year degree at the institution where they begin their studies, and many postsecondary institutions are seeking ways to increase the graduation rates of their students. Both student characteristics and institutional factors influence a student's…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Longitudinal Studies
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
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Sperling, Rick; Wang, Vivian Ota; Kelly, Janice M.; Hritsuk, Beth – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2003
Examined how selected aspects of participants' histories and future plans influence their social cognitive development in a service learning class. Found that individual circumstances and group norms affect development more profoundly than the elements of program design that have traditionally received the most attention. (EV)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Service Learning
Moely, Barbara E.; Furco, Andrew; Reed, Julia – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2008
Students from seven institutions of higher education reported their preferences for different paradigms of service at the beginning of their service-learning courses. At the end of the courses, they described the associated service activities in terms of the same paradigms and also completed scales describing their learning outcomes and attitudes…
Descriptors: College Students, Social Change, Attitude Change, Student Attitudes
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Miller, Jerry – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1994
University students in two advanced introductory psychology courses were offered simultaneous enrollment in a community service-learning course. Students selecting the option did not differ from nonparticipants demographically, or in self-reporting personal development gains or final grades, but did report enhanced ability to apply concepts…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Course Evaluation