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Gustavo Gregorutti – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2024
Although a large body of literature discusses the advancement of community engagement in higher education, a less substantial body of scholarship explores how engagement is promoted and institutionalized within universities. In this exploratory study, using a discourse analysis of official reports posted on the websites of three university cases,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Citizen Participation, Service Learning, Discourse Analysis
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Mashino, Takeru – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2022
Service learning (SL) in higher education has been developed in various forms, mainly in the US, with an emphasis on linking services and learning, universities and communities. Many people view higher education as a means to a career which, in turn, renders education a subject of private interest. Owing to this, SL is expected to encourage civic…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Comparative Education
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Bringle, Robert G. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2017
This article proposes enhancing student learning through civic engagement by considering the advantages of integrating service-learning with study away, research, and internships and pre-professional courses into first-order, second-order, and third-order hybrid high-impact pedagogies. Service-learning contributes numerous attributes to the other…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Service Learning, Citizen Participation, Student Participation
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Mortari, Luigina; Ubbiali, Marco – Athens Journal of Education, 2021
In order to answer the call of Agenda 2030 (UN, 2015), higher education must assist in giving form to a new society in which democracy is cultivated in both the minds and practices of our society. A democratic education is the answer to the challenges of contemporary society, which is characterized by indifference and an unwillingness to engage…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Change
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Baker, Vicki L.; Walling, Carrie Booth – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2023
Employing an institutional case study approach, this manuscript features two high-impact learning opportunities open to Albion College students who seek to contribute to solving real-world problems in collaboration with local and surrounding communities: Albion College Community Collaborative (AC3) and Human Rights Lab. The programmatic approach…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Higher Education, School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education
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Gul, Rani; Ahmad, Iqbal; Tufail, Muhammad – Africa Education Review, 2022
This paper presents a survey that explored the impact of service-learning in the realm of higher education on the readiness of students for their forthcoming leadership positions as citizen leaders. A narrative review approach was adopted. A significant amount of research has been conducted on service-learning outcomes; however, few studies have…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Leadership Training, Problem Solving, Decision Making
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Dahan, Thomas A. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2020
Community social capital is an important mechanism for collective efficacy and civic engagement to address problems of public concern. Using panel data from four periods spanning nearly 20 years, this study investigated the effects of a federal policy supporting service-learning in higher education on community social capital as measured by an…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Service Learning, Social Capital, Higher Education
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Shoreman-Ouimet, Eleanor – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2020
This article outlines pedagogical practices and methodologies for increasing student engagement in the classroom and in the broader community on the topic of climate change. The emphases are placed on (1) preliminary assessments of student understanding and emotional responses to the topic of climate change, (2) assignments that enable student…
Descriptors: Climate, Change, Teaching Methods, Environmental Education
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Borkoski, Carey; Prosser, Sherri K. – Tertiary Education and Management, 2020
Community engagement has been defined as a collaborative enterprise between higher education institutes and external communities where stakeholders can experience and benefit from a mutually beneficial knowledge exchange. A researcher examined a Research 1 university faculty's perception of community engagement in the form of service-learning and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, School Community Relationship, Service Learning, Institutional Mission
Complete College America, 2024
The crisis facing American democracy and the challenges plaguing the U.S. higher education system are two sides of the same coin. Higher education is an engine for economic mobility. Median annual earnings increase with education: Individuals who hold bachelor's degrees earn 44 percent more than those who hold associate degrees and 63 percent more…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Democracy, Equal Education, Higher Education
Hwang, Jihee; Kim, Junghwan – Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, 2023
High-impact practices (HIPs) are educationally purposeful activities that college students experience in and out of the classroom which are found to be positively related to several learning outcomes including: better gain of academic knowledge and artistic skills, recognition of community issues and real-world problems, career success and…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Art Education, Outcomes of Education, Community Involvement
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Jacoby, Barbara – Journal of College and Character, 2019
The literature on civic engagement in higher education is rich with examples of courses and programs that promote the development of students as engaged citizens in our democracy. However, few of them involve the arts. This fact is unfortunate because all forms of engagement with the arts is an important and effective means of achieving our civic…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Higher Education, College Students, Democracy
Annjanette M. Weaver – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Alternative Breaks are service trips that occur at colleges and universities all around the United States, but little is known of their long-term impact on the participants. This study explored how alumni of Alternative Break programs were civically engaged in their communities post-graduation. The survey instrument, modeled on the Life After…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Alumni, Alumni Associations, Service Learning
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Mitchell, Tania D.; Rost-Banik, Colleen – Educational Studies, 2020
Examining alumni perspectives from three multi-term service-learning programs, this study highlights the dimensions of the cohort experience that alumni credit as critical to their learning and development, namely building relationships among diverse perspectives, teaching and learning from one another, and sharing a commitment to social justice.…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Alumni, Communities of Practice, Interpersonal Relationship
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Lewing, Morgan; Shehane, Melissa – Christian Higher Education, 2017
Service-learning is a high-impact educational practice that benefits the community, the university, and students (Jacoby, 2015). It also represents an educational practice that specifically supports the integration of Christian thought and action within Christian institutions (Schaffer, 2004). The purpose of the study was to determine the level of…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Christianity, Church Related Colleges, College Students
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