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Ribera, Amy K.; Miller, Angie L.; Dumford, Amber D. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
In this study we examined the role that high-impact practices play in shaping first-year students' sense of belonging as it relates to peers and institutional acceptance. We used data from the National Survey of Student Engagement (N = 9,371), and results revealed troublesome gaps for historically underrepresented populations in their sense of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Peer Acceptance, Student School Relationship, College Seniors
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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
Colvin-King, Vadrin – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study sought to evaluate the efficacy of service learning through the lens of faculty members, community partners, and student learning outcomes at a midsized community college in North Carolina. As a teaching tool integrating community service with instruction, service learning depends on the collaboration of multiple stakeholders and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Service Learning, College Faculty, Statistical Analysis
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Russell-Stamp, Melinda – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine what factors really matter to faculty at a teaching institution in deciding whether or not to use community-based learning (CBL) in their classrooms. The Web-based Faculty Service Learning Beliefs Inventory (wFSLBI), developed and used with faculty at a research university, was administered to faculty at…
Descriptors: Community Education, Service Learning, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty
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Yates, Thomas; Wilson, Jay; Purton, Kendra – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the methods of experiential assessment in use at a Canadian university and the extent to which they are used. Exploring experiential assessment will allow identification of commonly used methods and facilitate the development of best practices of assessment in the context of experiential learning (EL) at…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Best Practices
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De Leon, Nadia – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2014
This quasi-experimental study investigates the effects of an intensive intercultural service-learning program on the intercultural competence of undergraduate students by utilizing pre- and post-course assessments of intercultural competence as measured by the cultural intelligence (Van Dyne, Koh, & Ang, 2008) and intercultural sensitivity…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Quasiexperimental Design, Undergraduate Students, Cultural Pluralism
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Cronley, Courtney; Madden, Elissa; Davis, Jaya; Preble, Kathleen – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2014
The current study (N = 209) explored service-learning utilization in social work education by examining the influence of personal and institutional characteristics, perceived barriers, and beliefs about service-learning outcomes. Results of an online survey of social work educators showed that neither personal nor institutional characteristics…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Social Work, Online Surveys, Teacher Surveys
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Hart, Claudia; Plemmons, Tony; Stulz, Karin; Vroman, Margo – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2017
A regional University in the United States implemented an AQIP (Academic Quality Improvement Program) Action Project with a goal of developing processes for effective leadership communication. An MBA (Masters of Business Administration) class conducted a university-wide communication audit to assist with the AQIP project. Quantitative and…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Feedback (Response), Organizational Communication
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Noyes, Elise; Darby, Alexa; Leupold, Christopher – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2015
Research has demonstrated the importance of emotions in learning, and academic service-learning (AS-L) has become an increasingly popular pedagogy. However, few studies have investigated emotional experiences specific to AS-L. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine students' emotions related to their AS-L class. Results from the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Emotional Experience, Statistical Analysis
Burch, Sharlee Shirley – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this non-experimental causal-comparative study was to determine if service-learning teaching experience affects dental hygiene faculty perceptions of service-learning benefits and barriers in the United States. Dental hygiene educators from entry-level dental hygiene education programs in the United States completed the Web-based…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Dentistry, Dental Health, Service Learning
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Neeper, Lance S.; Dymond, Stacy K. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to describe the use of service-learning (SL) by special education faculty at 4-year colleges and universities across the United States, and to determine faculty attitudes and beliefs about the application of SL in special education. Participants included faculty with experience in SL teaching and/or research in…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Special Education Teachers, Higher Education, College Faculty
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Cross, Anne; Eckberg, Deborah A. – Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2015
This article describes a public scholarship project in which two faculty members worked together to integrate service-learning and research into multiple courses to benefit a single community partner. The project linked undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty in a broad-based research endeavor that contributed to the survival and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Cooperative Programs, Community Surveys, Research Projects
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Moeller, Mary R.; Nagy, Dianne – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
This article details the evolution and results of a service-learning project designed to extend cross-cultural relationships via online social networking between students at a U.S. Bureau of Indian Education boarding school and teacher candidates in a required diversity course. The goals for the partnership included helping Native American…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Social Media, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Pluralism
Prentice, Mary; Robinson, Gail – American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2010
In 2006 the Learn and Serve America program of the Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a three-year grant to the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). Selected through a national competition, thirteen colleges participated in AACC's "Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning" grant project.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Majors (Students), College Faculty, Community Colleges
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Duffy, John; Barrington, Linda; West, Cheryl; Heredia, Manuel; Barry, Carol – Advances in Engineering Education, 2011
In the fall of 2004 a college began a program to integrate service-learning (S-L) projects into required engineering courses throughout the curriculum, so that students would be exposed to S-L in at least one course in each of eight semesters. The ultimate goal is to graduate better engineers and more engaged citizens and to improve communities,…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Engineering Education, College Students, Qualitative Research
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