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Direct linkCleveland, Kris M.; Peterson, Scott A. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2022
There is increasing awareness of the importance of civic engagement in higher education. Service-learning activities in undergraduate programs, in particular, have been linked to positive academic outcomes and gains in various forms of self-efficacy. Exercise Science students at our university complete two service-learning courses as part of the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Self Efficacy, Exercise Physiology, Undergraduate Students
Whitehead, Dawn Michele – Liberal Education, 2015
Today's college students must become adept both at interacting, cooperating, and engaging with individuals from diverse backgrounds and at grappling successfully with the kinds of unscripted problems and challenges that characterize life and work in the complex world they will enter upon graduation. Accordingly, global learning is widely…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Global Approach, Liberal Arts
Download full textRolloff, Evelyn K. – Metropolitan Universities, 2013
Since its inception, Metropolitan State University has demonstrated a strong commitment to community partnerships and the integration of community engagement into student learning and scholarship while meeting community-defined needs. This article presents examples of reciprocal partnerships in the context of a shared community-university library…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs, Library Facilities, Academic Libraries
Cross, Anne; Eckberg, Deborah A. – Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2015
This article describes a public scholarship project in which two faculty members worked together to integrate service-learning and research into multiple courses to benefit a single community partner. The project linked undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty in a broad-based research endeavor that contributed to the survival and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Cooperative Programs, Community Surveys, Research Projects
Barcus, Holly R.; Muehlenhaus, Birgit – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2010
In undergraduate geography programs in the United States there is increasing demand for students to be prepared for real-world project management and to possess strong GIS technical skills and cartographic communication skills upon graduation. There is, however, limited time and opportunity within the framework of traditional undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Geography Instruction, Cartography, Geographic Information Systems
Peer reviewedMittlefehldt, William – Social Studies, 1997
Profiles a program developed between the schools and community of Anoka, Minnesota. Concerned about the increase in poverty, crime, and youth problems, the community involved the students in an assessment of the town's problems and created a series of service learning projects addressing those problems. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, High Schools, Outcomes of Education
Gormley, Kevin J. – 1996
An evaluation was conducted of 12 higher education service-learning programs at 9 colleges and universities and 1 nonprofit agency in Minnesota. Research was based on interviews with individuals involved in local programs (program directors, faculty, participants, community agency personnel, and service recipients). Analysis of interview responses…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Federal Aid, Higher Education, Institutional Cooperation
