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Service Involvement and Civic Attitudes of University Alumni: Later Correlates of Required Public Service Participation during College
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Moely, Barbara E.; Ilustre, Vincent – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2019
How is required public service during college related to later civic behavior? This article reports findings from a survey of 359 alumni, conducted two years after they completed their undergraduate studies at Tulane University. The alumni held positive views of the substantial public service requirement they had completed before graduating and…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Undergraduate Study, Alumni, Required Courses
Seven Steps to Getting Faculty Involved in Service-Learning: How a Traditional Faculty Member Came to Teach a Course on "Voluntarism, Community, and Citizenship."
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Levine, Myron A. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1994
Outlines one Albion College (Michigan) faculty member's suggestions for encouraging faculty involvement in service-learning, drawing on his personal journey from traditional pedagogy to one that embraces service-learning. Guidelines focus on providing support and opportunity for faculty to make connections between community service and scholarship…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, College Faculty, Course Descriptions
Effect of a Comprehensive Service-Learning Program on College Students' Level of Modern Racism.
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Myers-Lipton, Scott J. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1996
A study investigated effects of a comprehensive 2-year service-learning program on 25 college students' level of modern (symbolic) racism. A nonequivalent control group experiment was conducted at a large state university in the West. Results support the hypothesis that students involved in service-learning show larger reductions in modern racism…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Service-Learning and Student Volunteerism: Reflections on Institutional Commitment.
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Ward, Kelly – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1996
A study examined how five colleges and universities with stated commitments to public service incorporate volunteerism and service-learning into organizational structures. Results suggest that institutions that make centralized decisions and share governance are more apt to institutionalize service-learning than are more loosely coupled systems.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Centralization, College Administration