Service-learning (S-L) has gained recognition as a high-impact pedagogical practice, with electronic Service-Learning (eS-L) emerging as a model that blends online and in-person instruction with service experiences. While interest in eS-L is growing, large-scale studies on student outcomes remain limited, particularly research that examines design…

This article seeks to provide a case study of a doctoral program aspiring to create change through student progress and provide an overview of how they have structured program curricula to promote academic and professional growth and empower students to become global leaders. Further, this article is focused on providing a focus on the importance…

In this paper, I examine the challenges that Native American students face in higher education and the role that education plays in their lives. I provide data on this topic spanning more than three decades through a literature review of three published articles. Through this literature review, I reveal key challenges that Native American students…

Community-Based Learning (CBL) within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has the potential for positive student learning outcomes while also promoting beneficial outcomes in partner communities, yet complexity of practice can often obscure or limit these outcomes. Emergent behavior makes realizing outcomes, especially those…

Background: Studies have acknowledged the limitations of short-term service-learning programs. This highlights the importance of examining the influence of evidence-informed sustainable service-learning programs on preservice teachers' learning outcomes. Purpose: To explore the short-term influence of a sustainable service-learning program on…

The article investigates the concept of internationalization in higher education for society (IHES) and discusses the role of social license to internationalize, its contextual variations, and implications for internationalization practices in New Zealand and Indonesia. The notion of social license to operate is common in the extraction and some…

Courses: This semester-long project is suited for instructors teaching communication courses in health communication, advanced persuasion, applied communication, and media literacy. The pedagogical design features service-learning and integrative-learning (IL) approaches. Objectives: (1) adapt and apply various perspectives learned in the course…

Student agency is a critical feature of impactful service-learning programs. In this article, we describe lessons learned from a study of Connect Science, and environmental service-learning curriculum and teacher professional development program. We present five ways to amplify student voices in service-learning. Examples from teachers that we…

The purpose of this qualitative study is to describe how preservice teachers are affected by involvement in culturally sustaining service-learning projects on a college campus. There is value for the at-risk student using preservice teachers for this study. Because there are constant societal changes based on differences in socio-economic and…

Inquiry-based science instruction (IBSI) has the potential to contribute to social justice through widening participation and success in science. However, teachers struggle to implement IBSI because of contextual factors. The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of agency as a framework for understanding teachers' decision-making, by asking…

This article examines how a particular set of critical pedagogical strategies was used in a critical service-learning course to shift student perspectives and serve community partners. A self-study of a critical service-learning course that asked university students at a predominantly White institution to serve in urban schools was performed to…

This paper documents a half-semester service-learning teaching activity for engaging students to think critically about intercultural communication theory. In collaboration with a community partner, students in my intercultural communication class researched the influence of the Great Migration on U.S. society, producing five books summarizing…

Universities are required to provide graduates with environmental care and soft skills to survive in the globalization era. The universities in Indonesia implemented a special curriculum, called 'Kurikulum Merdeka (Independent Curriculum)', that required students to do volunteering activities to the community or do internships in institutions and…

Classrooms were turned upside down amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, which began approximately halfway through the spring 2020 semester. A service-learning project was implemented in my section of a general biology course for majors. With the shutdown of academic institutions and other businesses or government agencies, service was not…

Increasing international enrollments at U.S. universities and the benefits of cross-cultural interactions among domestic and international populations are well known and documented. Intentional, collaborative projects among diverse undergraduate students allow educators to examine intercultural competence and sensitivity development. This study…