Successful Service-Learning Programs: New Models of Excellence in Higher Education

In this book experienced leaders share how they have championed successful service-learning programs that have enriched their campuses and renewed their communities. Ten successful college-level service-learning programs are profiled. The appendix includes sample organizational charts, project examples, sample forms, and syllabi. Contents:

• Introduction: A New Model of Excellence by Edward Zlotkowski
• On the Shoulders of Giants: Building on a Tradition of Experimental Education at Augsburg College by Garry Hesser
• Curriculum and Community Connection: The Center for Service-Learning at Bates College by James Carignan
• Redrawing the Bottom Line: The Bentley Service-Learning Project by Edward Zlotkowski
• Community College and Service-Learning: A Natural at Brevard Community College by Roger K. Henry
• Rediscovering Our Heritage: Community Service and the Historically Black University by Beverly W. Jones
• Communal Participatory Action Research & Strategic Academically Based Community Service: The Work of Penn's Center for Community Partnerships by Lee Benson & Ira Harkavy
• Comprehensive Design of Community Service: New Understanding, Options, and Vitality in Student Learning at Portland State University by Amy Driscoll
• Making a Major Commitment: Public and Community Service at Providence College by Richard M. Battistoni
• Santa Clara University's Eastside Project: A Pilgrimage Toward our own Humanity by William J. Wood, S.J.
• We Make the Road by Walking: Building Service-Learning In and Out of the Curriculum at the University of Utah by Irene S. Fisher.
• Appendices: Selected Service-Learning Organization Charts: Brevard Community College, North Carolina Central University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Utah / Selected Student Service-Learning Opportunity Overviews / Categories of Student Positions: Bentley College / Continuum Of Service and Learning Experience: Brevard Community College / Service Learning Opportunities: University of Utah / Infusing Service-Learning Into a Course: A Timeline Augsburg College / President's Corner: Directions in Learning - Donald Harward, President Bates College / Selected Service-Learning Projects in Business Bentley College Selected Administrative Forms Brevard Community College / Steps for Involvement: A service-Learner's Checklist / Placement Confirmation Form / Service-Learning Contract, Fourth Credit Option / Service Hours On Academic Transcript (SHOAT) Guidelines / Student Volunteer Hour Report / Center For Service-Learning Volunteer Insurance Enrollment Record / Student Volunteer Mid-Semester Progress Report / Student Planning Guide / Policies and Procedures for the Evaluation of Faculty for Tenure, Promotion, and merit Increases: Portland State University / PSP 101 Syllabus-Introduction to Service in Democratic Communities: Providence College / Educational Philosophy of the Eastside Project Tony Sholander: S.J. Santa Clara University / Educating the Good Citizen: Service-Learning in Higher Education University of Utah.