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Direct linkMeg E. Evans; Aaron T. George – New Directions for Student Services, 2025
Alternative break programs have long supported student growth, community engagement, and civic learning, yet Gen Z students--many who are deeply invested in justice and activism--tend to find these programs misaligned with their values. This chapter reimagines alternative breaks through seven strategies that center justice, reciprocity, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Service Learning, Civics, Student Attitudes
McDonald, James; Dominguez, Lynn A. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015
The partnership between science and the environment in service-learning projects helps students to make greater connections to the world around them. Service learning provides many benefits to students, faculty, and communities within the context of a college course. However, to prevent frustration, it is important for faculty members to make a…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Service Learning
Download full textGribbons, Barry C; Meuschke, Daylene M; Dixon, P. Scott – 2001
The office of Institutional Development and Technology at the Santa Clarita Community College District, California, conducted surveys of Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) Residents and Santa Clarita Valley business executives during the Spring 2001 semester to assess the advanced training and degree program needs for the proposed University Center.…
Descriptors: Business, College Programs, Community Colleges, Community Needs
Black, Don – 1992
A study examined the education and training needs of immigrant settlement workers in British Columbia (Canada) and the feasibility of meeting their needs through open learning. Information was gathered using the following methods: 119 questionnaires collected from settlement workers, focus group discussions with 40 settlement workers, telephone…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Education, College Programs, Community Programs
Kenney, Lawrence M.; Scheid, Sally – 1990
Southwest Missouri State University and The Literacy Connection developed a joint proposal to seek funds for the creation of a literacy corps in the Ozarks. The project determined that 92,000 southwest Missourians are functionally illiterate. The university provides coursework for student volunteer tutors. Student coordinators have been hired to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, College Programs, College Students
Fleisher, Barbara M.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1990
The paper describes a successful effort at collaboration among a college reading program, a neighborhood self-help agency, and a public school. The three-way partnership was formed to improve the literacy levels of 12 behaviorally disturbed children in the fifth and sixth grades. The project involves whole language reading instruction and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, College Programs, College School Cooperation
