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Florman, Jean C.; Just, Craig; Naka, Tomomi; Peterson, Jim; Seaba, Hazel H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2009
In this article, the authors describe how an existing partnership between two communities, one in eastern Iowa and one in Mexico, was turned into a cross-disciplinary and international service learning course for students in the University of Iowa Colleges of Engineering, Pharmacy, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. The projects that students worked…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange, Community Development
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Ollervides, F.; Farrell, T. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present The School for Field Studies-Center for Coastal Studies (SFS-CCS) as a success story in sustainable development education. This success is based on a unique academic model, which incorporates sustainable development opportunities and challenges faced by the local community into the program…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Water Quality, Field Studies, Ecology