Studying Faculty and Service-Learning: Directions for Inquiry and Development

The critical role of faculty with service-learning is well documented. Yet there is a paucity of research on this topic. This article recommends that increased and immediate attention and resources be focused on research related to: motivations and attractions of faculty to service-learning; supports needed by faculty in service-learning; impacts or influences of service-learning on faculty; satisfactions reported by faculty; and the difficulties, obstacles, and challenges faced by faculty engaged in service-learning. This article was published in the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Special Issue Fall 2000, pages 35-41.