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This bibliography highlights resources that show how service-learning can help guide youth in their transitions from middle school to high school to college/university to adulthood.
Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, May 2010.
Jr. High
White, C. L. (2001). Engaging at-risk students socially and educationally during a time of critical transition from elementary to junior high: A case study of a summer service-learning intervention program. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Services.
High School
Monahan, P. R. (1992). Developing and implementing a transition to high school program for incoming, at risk, ninth grade students to increase school success. Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED349718
College/University
American Association of University Women Educational Foundation. (1999). Gaining a foothold: Women's transitions through work and college. Washington, DC: Author.
Bryer, E., & Gish, C. (1997). Service as a bridge to higher education: Developing service learning in developmental studies. Presentation at the Sixth National Conference of the Campus Compact National Center for Community Colleges.
Dolyniuk, C. A., Kamens, M. W., Corman, H., & DeNardo, P. (2002). Students with developmental disabilities go to college: Description of a collaborative transition project on a regular college campus. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 17(4), 236-241.
Ross, L., & Boyle, M. (2007). Transitioning from high school service to college service-learning in a first-year seminar. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 14(1), 53-64.
Smith, W. L., & Zhang, P. (2001). The academic ethic and the transition to college. Mobile, AL: Project Innovation.
Zlotkowski, E. (Ed.). (2002). Service-learning and the first-year experience: Preparing students for personal success and civic responsibility. Columbia, SC: National Resource Center.
School to Work
Farmer, E. I., & Key, C. B. (1997). School to work systems: The role of community colleges in preparing students and facilitating transitions. In New Directions for Community Colleges. Malden, MA: Jossey Bass.
Fraser, B. S. (1992). Challenging our communities: Purposeful action for youth transition from school to work. Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development.
Gomez, B. (1996). Service-learning and school-to-work strategies for revitalizing urban education and communities. Education and Urban Society, 28(2), 160-166.
Rogers, A. M. (1995). Learning from experience: A cross case comparison of school to work transition initiatives. Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development.
Adulthood
Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development. (1995). Great transitions: Preparing adolescents for a new century. Waldorf, MD: Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Eccles, J., & Gootman, J. A. (2002). Community programs to promote youth development. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Flanagan, C., & Finlay, A. (2009). CIRCLE working paper #67: Making educational progress: Links to civic engagement during the transition to adulthood. Medford, MA: Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).
Flanagan, C., Levine, P., & Settersten, R. (2009). Civic engagement and the changing transition to adulthood. Medford, MA: Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).
Martin, S. (2006). Service-learning and transitioning to adulthood. St. Paul, MN: National Youth Leadership Council.
National Youth Leadership Council. (2006). National survey on service-learning and transitioning to adulthood. St. Paul, MN: National Youth Leadership Council.
Ness, J. E., & Husken, J. S. (2002). Expanding the circle: Respecting the past, preparing for the future. Minneapolis, MN: Institute on Community Integration.
