Ancillary to Integral: Momentum to Institutionalize Service-Learning and Civic Engagement

Indications that the service-learning and civic engagement movements have prospered in recent years are found in the proliferation and array of publications ranging from the popular press to scholastic publications and online journals and Web resources. Evidence of growth is apparent, yet does it speak to trends toward institutionalization? The authors of this chapter examine the trend toward the institutionalization of service-learning and civic engagement, tracing its roots from a few outliers or "pioneers" to what it has become today. Presentation of national indicators and regional accreditation criteria create an evidence-based foundation for making service-learning and civic engagement an integral facet of higher education. [authors]