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Suyantiningsih, Tri; Garad, Askar; Sophian, Muhamad; Wibowo, Muhammad Agung – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2023
This study analyzes Indonesian and Malaysian universities in order to evaluate the reality of higher education in both countries, uncover the dynamics and causes influencing higher education, and disclose the similarities and contrasts between the Indonesian and Malaysian systems. Birdy's comparative descriptive method was used. This research…
Descriptors: Reputation, Cross Cultural Studies, Comparative Education, Institutional Evaluation
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
Holland, Barbara A.; Howard, Ted; Seligsohn, Andrew J. – Metropolitan Universities, 2018
Urban and metropolitan areas face unique challenges in serving the multifaceted needs of their communities, but also have advantages that create some of the world's greatest universities. Three scholars opened the 2017 CUMU [Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities] Annual Conference with "Voices from the Field." Each spoke to…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Urban Universities, Metropolitan Areas, Place Based Education
Lieberman, Devorah – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2014
The concept of and approach to service-learning across higher education has changed dramatically over the last two and a half decades. Historically, one of the primary goals of service-learning was to prepare undergraduate students to become engaged citizens and to introduce them to the challenges experienced by individuals from marginalized or…
Descriptors: Service Learning, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education
Stenberg, Shari J.; Whealy, Darby Arant – College Composition and Communication, 2009
This article argues for approaching pedagogical outcomes as ends-in-view that guide, but do not determine or limit, pedagogical possibilities. In this article, the authors draw from their experience in a senior-level, interdisciplinary service-learning course called Literacy and Community to demonstrate that the moments of conflict generated by…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Service Learning, Writing Instruction, Inquiry
Hartley, Matthew; Saltmarsh, John; Clayton, Patti – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2010
Evidence has emerged that the civic engagement movement in US higher education may not be fulfilling its transformative potential, having lost sight of its core democratic purposes. Civic engagement conceptualised only in terms of activity and place--programmes in communities--may be easily accommodated to prevailing technocratic practices. For…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Higher Education, Democracy, Organizational Change
Harder, Jeanette – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2010
Social work students are typically reluctant to engage in research. The research partnership model takes a service-learning approach, allowing students to work with data from a community agency and resulting in a final paper with all the sections of an empirical journal article. Use of this model in teaching social work research enhances student…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Social Work, Masters Programs, Research Skills
Bringle, Robert G.; Hatcher, Julie A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2009
Although there are many manifestations of civic and community engagement, curricular engagement in general and service-learning classes in particular are core components as campuses progress beyond traditional models of engagement, such as expert-based approaches to outreach and professional service, that develop broader and deeper impact across…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Community Relationship, Community Needs, Service Learning
Lefkowits, Laura; Diamond, Barbara – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2009
What if, in 2020, a new generation of leaders ends the war in Iraq and turns its attention to pressing domestic issues eventually resulting in a healthier economy and renewed investments in the urban core? What if, in 2020, having tried and failed at the beginning of the 21st century to improve urban education with prescriptive, high stakes…
Descriptors: State Officials, Urban Education, Educational Policy, Educational Administration
Marullo, Sam; Moayedi, Roxanna; Cooke, Deanna – Teaching Sociology, 2009
C. Wright Mills would be a friendly critic of service learning, acknowledging its benefits for providing students with experiential learning opportunities to connect personal troubles with social issues. Yet he would be critical of service-learning practices that perpetuate institutional power inequalities and that do not advance the social change…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Research Projects, Service Learning, Sociology
Shippee, Tetyana Pylypiv; Schafer, Markus; Pallone, Karis – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2008
There has been a substantial increase in the number of aging-related educational programs in the United States over the last two decades. Many of these programs utilize an experiential-learning approach, such as intergenerational service-learning, to train gerontology students to work effectively with older adults. This paper presents a model of…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Graduate Students, Retirement, Gerontology
Mitchell, Tania D. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2008
There is an emerging body of literature advocating a "critical" approach to community service learning with an explicit social justice aim. A social change orientation, working to redistribute power, and developing authentic relationships are most often cited in the literature as points of departure from traditional service-learning. This…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Service Learning, Social Change, Critical Theory

Wolfson, Larry; Willinsky, John – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1998
Describes how the theory and practice of situated learning provide a model for examining the learning claims of service learning and for research into its effectiveness. While service learning emphasizes the nature of service and students' engagement with communities outside school, situated learning focuses on the nature of the learning in…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness

Maloney, Wendi A. – Academe, 2000
Discusses the trend toward more civic education as exemplified by the increasing number of college courses which combine academic study and community activism. Considers roots of the movement, education versus community needs, political aspects, race and class issues, and tenure concerns of faculty. Notes lasting impact of such programs as the…
Descriptors: Activism, Citizenship Education, Courses, Educational Objectives
Moely, Barbara E.; Furco, Andrew; Reed, Julia – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2008
Students from seven institutions of higher education reported their preferences for different paradigms of service at the beginning of their service-learning courses. At the end of the courses, they described the associated service activities in terms of the same paradigms and also completed scales describing their learning outcomes and attitudes…
Descriptors: College Students, Social Change, Attitude Change, Student Attitudes