Expanding Boundaries: Serving and Learning

This resource is a compilation of articles by faculty, administrators, and community members across the nation that looked at the role of colleges and universities in addressing community needs. Articles fall into one of three categories: Building Connections; Lessons Learned; and Program and Assessment Tools. Topics include experiential education, service-learning in legal education, ethical concerns, service-learning in health professions, pretests as learning opportunities, and the internet. Contents:

• Service-Learning: A Balanced Approach to Experiential Education by Andrew Furco
• Senior Center in Seattle Applauds Service-Learning by Nola Freeman
• Integrating Service-Learning into Teacher Education by Joseph Erickson and Mary Ann Bayless
• Implementing a College-Wide Service-Learning Initiative: The Faculty Coordinator's Role by David Johnson
• Striking a Balance: Service-Learning in Legal Education by Judith Bernstein-Baker and Linda Hibbs
• Quality Service-Learning: Ethical Concerns Arising During Program Development by Mark Kelland
• Student Teacher Involvement in Service-Learning: Anticipating Potential Areas of Concern by Mary Selke
• Training Citizens for Bringing about Community Change by Todd Waller
• Faculty Development for Service-Learning Lessons Learned by Kelly Ward
• Service-Learning in Health Professions Education: Barriers, Facilitators, and Strategies for Success by Sarena Seifer, Sunita Mutha, and Kara Connors
• Insights about Reflection: Lessons From Faculty and Students by Amy Driscol, Barry Messer, Milan Svoboda, and Candice Goucher
• The Shriver Center Top Ten List of Strategies for a Successful Program by Michele Wolff and Simone Gibson
• The Power of Community Partnerships by Priscilla Seabrook Jenkins
• Finding Partners in Business: How to Make the Contact by Joseph Miller
• Learn, Serve, and Surf by Michael Rinehart
• Service-Learning for Health Professions Students in the Community by Katherine Cauley, Cheryl Maurana, and Mary Clark
• Introduction to the Community through Sensory Information by Mary Anne Gauthier, Barbara Kelley, and P. Matteson
• Assessing the Effectiveness of Service-Learning by Robert Exley, Sharon Johnson, and David Johnson
• Using Pre-Tests as Learning Opportunities by Sonia Gonsalves, Beth Olsen, and Hellen Reilly
• Students Serving Students by Sandra Carey
• A Service-Learning Contract: Clarity, Commitment, and Completion by Darroll Bussler