September 23, 2003

The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse provides timely resources on topics such as civics and history, evaluation and assessment, partnerships, reflection, and much more. We are always expanding our website and collection and welcome your feedback.

This week, in recognition of National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week (September 14 through September 20, 2003) the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse highlights some of our best resources for those working on service-learning projects in the African American community.

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ONLINE RESOURCES AND LINKS

"Connecting the Classroom and the Community; Service-Learning Programs Allow Students to Apply Real-World Experience with Classroom Study." (April 25, 2002) Cover story by Phaedra Brotherton in "Black Issues in Higher Education"

"Service Learning at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Preliminary Study" (2001) National Dropout Prevention Center

HBCU Technology Project
Atlanta University Center, Inc., the oldest and largest historically Black college and university (HBCU) consortium, is working to bring vital knowledge and employment skills to its constituent communities through the HBCU Technology Project. The project is providing information technology, computer operations systems training, Internet/Web technical assistance, and service-learning for tutoring and mentoring of members of community-based organizations in neighborhoods adjacent to AUC's six-campus university grounds. Schools in the consortium include Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morris Brown College, Morehouse College and Morehouse School of Medicine, and the Interdenominational Theological Center.

FROM THE NSLC LIBRARY

These items from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse library can be borrowed by Learn & Serve America (LSA) grantees. Please see our circulation policy.

"Community in the Roots: Xavier University and New Orleans" (2001) in "Beyond the Campus: How Colleges and Universities Form Partnerships with their Communities" by David J. Maurrassee

"A Historically Black College Perspective" by Gloria Dean Randle Scott in "Civic Responsibility and Higher Education" by Thomas Ehrlich (2000)

"Reclaiming the Historical Tradition of Service in the African-American Community" by Beverly W. Jones (2000) in "Connecting Past and Present: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in History" by Ira Harkavy, Bill M. Donovan, Edward Zlotkowski

"Black Students in Community Service Learning: Critical Reflections about Self and Identity" by Marci Pickron-Davis (1999)

PROGRAM EXAMPLES

Learn and Serve America Program Directory
Search our database of national Learn and Serve America grantee programs to find other programs in your area or to gather new ideas for your own program. For this topic, trying searching both with "African American" and "Black". Here are a few of program examples:

Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA

Howard University, Washington, DC

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE FUNDING NEWS

Through a competitive process, seven United Negro College Fund (UNCF) members will be awarded grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service for 2003-2006 to develop and foster collaborations with other minority institutions, public school systems, and community-based organizations. The two major goals are (1) to engage HBCUs in increasing the quality and quantity of community service and service-learning programs on their campuses and in surrounding communities through curriculum development and community collaborations, and (2) to increase knowledge about service-learning, civics, community service, and volunteerism among UNCF institutions, other higher education institutions, public agencies, and CBOs.

The UNCF/Ford Service Learning Network is the extension of a grant UNCF received from the Corporation for National and Community Service in 1994. UNCF was able to continue the project with funding from the Ford Foundation.

PROVIDE YOUR INPUT

Participate in the Campus Compact Survey of Engagement at Minority-Serving Institutions. Deadline extended to September 30, 2003.

Have great materials to share with the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse? Please contact Liberty Smith, Ph.D., Program Manager, at libertys@etr.org

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STUDENTS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA GUIDEBOOK

This guide offers parents, teachers, and other adults who work with children resources for helping young people develop habits of service. You may view the guidebook online or download a free pdf copy. We are out of stock of the print copy of the guidebook.

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