Service-Learning Dissertations and Theses 2004-2006

The study reports on findings from an analysis of the most recent collection -- abstracts from 2004-2006. Learn and Serve America's National Service-Learning Clearinghouse has compiled dissertation abstracts of service-learning and related topics from the early 1970s through the present. These collections trace the history of graduate research in service-learning and reflect the increasing prevalence of service-learning in graduate research, with the last six years bringing more total dissertations than were written in the 20 preceding years. The dissertation collections offer opportunities to reflect on the state of and trends in graduate level research on service-learning, how these trends are influencing research and teaching in service-learning, and how that influence could be harnessed to advance both practice and scholarship.