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Forging University-Community Collaboration: The Agency Perspective on National Service.
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Tice, Carol H. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1994
With passage of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, national service volunteers will be joining forces with community-based organizations to work with underserved populations, creating many challenges. The community agency perspective on some anticipated challenges, possible responses, and application of principles of good…
Descriptors: Community Services, Educational Trends, Federal Legislation, Higher Education
A Marriage Made in Heaven: Community Colleges and Service Learning.
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Berson, Judith S. – Community College Journal, 1994
Defines community service, which involves unpaid work to improve the community, and service learning, which blends academic study and community service. Offers a rationale for service learning at community colleges. Explains how to start a service learning program, document students' community involvement, and obtain funding. Discusses…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Colleges, Community Involvement, Community Services
Visions of Service: The Future of the National and Community Service Act.
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Sagawa, Shirley, Ed.; Halperin, Samuel, Ed. – 1993
This publication contains 36 short essays on the reauthorization of the National and Community Service Act. It begins with two introductory papers: "Visions of Service: The Future of the National and Community Service Act" (Sagawa, Halperin) and "Historical Background: An Overview" (Sagawa). Section I, Why Service?, contains 15…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility