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Where’s the Research in Global Service-Learning? A Four-Part Series
We know more about global service-learning all the time, although sometimes it feels like the field is growing so quickly that it’s hard to know what has already been systematically investigated, what methods have worked well, and what remains entirely … Continue reading
3 Timely Pieces for Independence Day - Finding Meaning in Work, Life, and Freedom
What is the purpose of America? What kind of society are we creating? Where will we go from here? These are all excellent questions for reflection as The United States prepares to celebrate Independence Day, and a few thinkers gave … Continue reading
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The Hole in Our Helping, part 3: Entitlement, Sentimentality, & Assessment Constraints
The final installment in a three-part contribution to the faith, values, and service-learning series by Richard Slimbach: 5. Entitlement and sentimentality Global political economy tends to commodify and commercialize most everything, including global philanthropy. Not surprisingly, student-volunteers, their parents, and even global educators … Continue reading
The Hole in Our Helping, part 2: Service versus Charity, Institutional Self-Interest, & Individualist Ethos
The second of a three-part contribution to the faith, values, and service-learning series by Richard Slimbach: 2. Charity orientation Once we’ve resolved the questions of who our neighbors are, and what our moral obligations are to them, the question we’re left with is … Continue reading
The Hole in our Helping - Part 1
“So, how do our member NGOs stand to benefit from your students’ involvement?” The first of a three-part contribution to the faith, values, and service-learning series by Richard Slimbach: Several weeks ago I was in Addis Ababa, sitting with the director of … Continue reading
Serving Our Neighbors: Learning across the Lines that Divide Us
By Chad Frey As many pundits have pointed out, the upcoming elections have inaugurated silly season in Washington. If only this could be dismissed as a passing period of political frivolity so we could all get back to the task … Continue reading
Teaching Catholic Social Thought through Global Service-Learning
By Rachel Tomas Morgan All institutions of higher education have to answer questions that arise from challenges to their larger social role and their particular educational aims. Yet by their very existence, faith-based universities are also obligated to the institution’s … Continue reading
Faith & Service-Learning: Embracing Difficult Questions
By Jessica Friedrichs The Seventh National Faith-Based Service-Learning Conference held at Messiah College near Harrisburg, PA this weekend embraced difficult conversations. For those of us in the world of local and global service-learning difficult conversations abound. For some of us, … Continue reading
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