Service Learning in One State: Results of the North Carolina Service Learning Inventory

Recent years have seen greatly expended interest in service learning among educators at both the k-12 and college levels. By most accounts, the initiation of service-learning programs and courses has come about in response to a better job of preparing young people to be active members of the community. What is less clear, however, is the overall shape and substance of these programs. Because service-learning usually has a strong local component, not very much is known of the broader patterns and trends at the national and state levels.