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Boundary Spanning: Engagement across Disciplines, Communities, and Geography
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Paton, Valerie O.; Reith Charles C.; Harden, Karon K.; Abaurre, Rogério; Tremblay, Crystal – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2014
Narratives from 3 presenters at the closing session of the 2013 Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference demonstrate that higher education institutions and communities can forge deep and sustainable relationships to address the "wicked problems" in their countries and communities. University leaders in Nigeria described how students…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, College Faculty, College Students, Service Learning
Working Together for Service Learning.
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Engstrom, Catherine McHugh; Tinto, Vincent – About Campus, 1997
Highlights some promising examples of faculty and student affairs partnerships that have evolved on behalf of service learning initiatives. Examines the common features that contribute to successful partnerships and offers insights, taken from various campuses, on the typical challenges that student affairs staff and faculty face when promoting…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Combining Service and Learning on Campus and in the Community.
Checkoway, Barry – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Student workshops can complement coursework in the academic disciplines and provide field training for public health, social work, urban planning, and other professions. This article describes three community-planning workshops for college students: a community planning workshop in rural east central Illinois, a neighborhood revitalization project…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Field Experience Programs
Campus Compact: Developing Partnerships for Community Service.
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Heffernan, Kerrissa – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2001
Describes Campus Compact, a national coalition of college and university presidents committed to helping students develop values and skills through public service. Reports that students are engaged in improving housing for the homeless, reading/writing tutoring, preserving the environment, mentoring, and alleviating hunger. States that one of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Community Colleges, Community Involvement
Outward Bound and Community Service Learning: An Experiment in Connected Knowing.
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Fouhey, Helen; Saltmarsh, John – Journal of Experiential Education, 1996
A collaboration between Outward Bound and Northeastern University allows a diverse group of 6-10 college students to participate in a community service learning project. Describes how the collaboration emphasizes "connected knowing," (the collective construction of knowledge) and reflective inquiry to increase the relevance of the…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Programs, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
Arriba! Building Teamwork and a Ropes Course in Mexico.
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Fullerton, Jim; Davis, Scot G. – 1996
A staff member of the Outdoor Adventures Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln relates his experience in supervising the construction of the first low ropes course in Yucatan, Mexico. During 1994, two staff members visited Yucatan to explore trip possibilities for the program and to inquire about a future conference location. While leading…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, College Faculty, College Students, Construction (Process)