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For Good Or For Ill? Community Impact in Global Service-Learning
While there is a growing body of research relating to community outcomes of global service-learning projects, one of the challenges the field faces is becoming increasingly specific and nuanced about both understanding and - to the extent possible - working … Continue reading
The National Survey of Alternative Breaks: Using Both Qualitative and Quantitative Research to Understand Immersive and Global Service-Learning Experiences
Elizabeth Niehaus, University of Maryland Five years ago I had the good fortune to become involved in a research team at the University of Maryland – College Park, looking at the ways in which students make meaning of short-term immersion … Continue reading
The Goals of Jewish Service-Learning
By Jon Levisohn Jewish service-learning is a hot topic, and rightly so. Funders, policy makers and academics have noticed a groundswell of activism and energy in the Jewish world, especially among young people, and have hopped on board. This has … Continue reading
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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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Faith & Service-Learning Series Kicking Off
Two recent conferences have prompted considerable pause and reflection. During the weeks to come we’ll share reflections and many resources from the 5th Annual Cornell Global Service-Learning Institute. But this week we’ll kick off a series of posts relating to … Continue reading
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Twitter Roundup: Civic Engagement, Service-Learning, Volunteerism
With an admitted bias toward university civic engagement, Wednesday night I mined the twittersphere for indication of who ‘our’ biggest social media representatives are. And by our I mean those individuals who are compelled by the idea that universities must … Continue reading
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5th Annual Global Service-Learning Institute at Cornell Imminent
In case you’ve missed it, an engaging opportunity for deep thinking and reflection on global service-learning is just around the corner. Here’s the institute announcement from New York Campus Compact: Do you currently teach a global/international service-learning course? Are you … Continue reading