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Hwang, Jihee; Kim, Junghwan – Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, 2023
High-impact practices (HIPs) are educationally purposeful activities that college students experience in and out of the classroom which are found to be positively related to several learning outcomes including: better gain of academic knowledge and artistic skills, recognition of community issues and real-world problems, career success and…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Art Education, Outcomes of Education, Community Involvement
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Weng, Suzie S.; Rotabi, Karen Smith; McIntosh, Edward M.; High, Jennifer G.; Pohl, Amanda; Herrmann, Amy – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
Postdeployment family reintegration and relationship breakdown among combat veterans has received considerable attention from the Department of Defense and the media. Social interventions have been developed as a family strengthening strategy. In this article, we present a university-Wounded Warrior partnership where a relationship enhancement…
Descriptors: Social Work, Military Personnel, Military Service, Injuries
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Stebleton, Michael J.; Soria, Krista M.; Cherney, Blythe T. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2013
Study abroad opportunities continue to be a popular choice for U.S. college students looking to expand their undergraduate education. In response to the increasing demand for international opportunities, campuses have diversified their study abroad program models. On many campuses, students not only have opportunities to study abroad during…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, International Education, Volunteers
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Noley, Sherry – New Directions for Higher Education, 1977
The work of the Commission on Voluntary Service and Action affords perspectives on the problems that agencies face in using student volunteers. Student attitudes, preparation, adjustment, and length of service are discussed. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Internship Programs, Needs Assessment, Problems
James-Deramo, Michele – 1994
Commitment to the improvement of the social order underlies and challenges the kind of educational program that Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, strives to offer its students. Between 63 and 73 percent of traditionally-aged seniors at Saint Joseph's indicated that they participated in some form of community service during…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, College Programs, Community Programs
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1987
Information on current and planned student public service programs sponsored by the University of California and the California State University (CSU) is presented. An historical and national perspective on public service by college students is provided. The state legislature directed the universities to establish a "Human Corps" program…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College School Cooperation, College Students, Disadvantaged
Crews, Robin J., Ed.; Weigert, Kathleen Maas, Ed.; Crews, Robin J., Ed. – 1999
This volume is part of a series of 18 monographs on service learning and the academic disciplines. This volume offers a collection of essays on the integration of service learning in the field of peace studies. After a Preface by Elise Boulding and an Introduction by Kathleen Maas Weigert and Robin J. Crews, titles in Part 1, "Conceptual…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Services, Conflict Resolution, Cultural Pluralism
Frumkin, Howard, Ed.; Hu, Howard, Ed. – 1980
This resource booklet lists 139 organizations which the American Medical Student Association's Occupational and Environmental Health Task Force surveyed in 1979 as potential sources of extracurricular learning opportunities for health science students, especially medical students. Information provided for those organizations that responded may…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Enrichment Activities, Experiential Learning
Battistoni, Richard M., Ed.; Hudson, William E., Ed. – 1997
This volume is part of a series of 18 monographs service learning and the academic disciplines. This collection of essays focuses on the use of service learning as an approach to teaching and learning in political science. Following an Introduction by Richard M. Battistoni and William E. Hudson, the four essays in Part 1, "Service-Learning as…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights