Rewarding Service Learning in Community Colleges through Faculty Reward Systems

This research examined the extent to which curricular service learning endeavors by faculty are rewarded through promotion and tenure processes in community colleges. Framed within Boyer's work on faculty reward systems (see figure 1) and the need to examine what colleges are rewarding, this mixed-methods research utilized a modified survey from the American Association of Community College's (AACC) 2003 Service Learning Survey followed by 10 interviews with service learning representatives. A statistical analysis was performed on the 15 survey items and the results were examined on numerous dimensions.