Describes a service learning project in the environmental sciences in which students learn about global sustainability through exploring issues such as energy and its effects on their everyday lives. (YDS)

Reveals a few of the obstacles that hinder the sustainability of community literacy programs. Finds that professors in service learning courses can better sustain these initiatives when they view the community site as a place where their research, teaching, and service contribute to a community's self-defined needs and students' learning. (SG)

The Points of Light Foundation suggests numerous family volunteering activities during the December holiday season. Categorized according to opening heart and home, music and entertainment, holiday meals and treats, arts and crafts, transportation/delivery, and the environment, the activities could also be adapted for school or school-family use.…

Discusses service-learning programs initiated by colleges which demonstrate benefits of practical work experience for students, services received by the community, and improved public relations for the college. Notes that a campus-based volunteer coordination effort is the missing link between students eager to serve and the agencies and…

Fourteen students received training and visited homebound elderly 8 times; 10 students in an aging seminar visited elderly twice. Compared to a control group of 20, visitation groups were significantly more positive toward the elderly and in their views of their own aging. (SK)

Briscoe's article explains how PennServe, Pennsylvania's youth service program, converts young people from a problem to a community resource of which to be proud. Silcox explains various facets of a Philadelphia high school's PennServe program and shows how school-based service has changed attitudes, values, and relationships and enlivened…

Explores a sampling of student learning outcomes of community service activities with graduate and undergraduate students (N=108). Discusses and critiques the educative power of community service. Provides suggestions for conceptualizing and constructing service experiences. (Author/MKA)

Outlines the response of public agencies to the Asian immigrant community in Dallas, Texas, and problems that exist for these immigrants. Relates the story of the creation of the "Blue Dragons" Explorer Post that provides social support and service opportunities for Asian-American teens. Includes suggestions for educators from "Blue…

In a nursing program, 28 students participating in group service-learning projects were compared to 16 who did other group work. Surveys, focus groups, and feedback from community partners showed that service learning contributed to group collaboration and the development of research skills. (SK)

Offers principles of program evaluation and development to help camps appeal to today's campers while satisfying past participants. Discusses changing camper preferences, specialty camps, the importance of connecting campers with tradition, discovering untapped resources, changing demographics, complementing adventure trips with camp-based…

Service learning is a form of experiential learning; students participate in projects that serve unmet community needs and facilitate classroom learning. Providing well-developed service-learning opportunities in school gives young people a chance to develop personally, interpersonally, and academically. Reflection and interpersonal interactions…

In reaffirming "The Declaration of Principles" from a 1995 meeting, the Corporation for National Service and the U.S. Department of Education have pledged their commitment to service as a means of improving schools, enhancing student achievement, and meeting citizenship challenges. Programs exemplifying six service-learning principles…

A faculty member describes his experience and personal reflections as part of a volunteer project in India and Burma. Draws implications for faculty development through volunteerism and service learning at the local and international levels. Suggests ways in which institutions of higher education can encourage and structure faculty volunteering…

Describes the International Co-Op Program at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) which provides students with work opportunities in Germany, Japan, and Latin America. Emphasis is on the program structure and philosophy as it applies to engineering students. Lessons learned concern the need to work with all stakeholders and constant program…

Describes an initiative at Emory University (Georgia) to create an ethos of humane learning through a course that combines theory with internships and actively involves partner communities with faculty and students. In the seminar component students discuss what they are learning from the experiential component and record their individual…