Sustainability in service-learning is defined as the ability to maintain or increase program efforts by building constituencies; creating strong, enduring partnerships; generating and leveraging resources; and identifying and securing funding sources that are available over time. Institutionalization addresses the extent to which service-learning is integrated into the culture and goals of a school, community organization, or institute of higher education. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.
NSLC Site Resources
- Sustainability in K-12 Schools: Selected Resources
- Sustainability of Service-Learning in Higher Education: Selected Resources
- Sustaining Service-Learning in K-12 Schools
- Institutional Structures for Service-Learning In Higher Education
NSLC Library Items
- What Influences the Long-Term Sustainability of Service-Learning? Lessons from Early Adopters (2010), Amanda L. Vogel, Sarena D. Seifer, and Sherril B. Gelmon (PDF)
- Institutionalizing Community-Based Learning and Research: The Case for External Networks (2008), Sam Marullo, Elizabeth Shrader, and Mary Anne Saunders (PDF)
- Scholarship for Sustaining Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (2008), Shelley H. Billig, Barbara A. Holland, and Melody A. Bowdon
- SAFE Models of Civic Engagement: Sustaining Service Learning (2006), Community College National Center for Community Engagement (PDF)
- Service-Learning in the Curriculum: A Resource for Higher Education Insititutions (2006), CJ Gerda Bender, Priscilla Daniels, Josef Lazarus, and Luzelle Naude
- The Sustaining Factors of Service-Learning at a National Leader School: A Case Study (2003), Bruce J. Pontbriand
- Service-Learning in California: A Profile of the CalServe Service-Learning Partnerships (1997-2000) (2002), Bernadette Chi, Andrew Furco, Ellen Middaugh, and Mary Sue Ammon (PDF)
- Adoption, Implementation, and Sustainability of K-12 Service-Learning (2002), Shelley H. Billig
- Institutionalizing Service Learning in Community Colleges (2002), Mary Prentice (PDF)
- Learning That Lasts: How Service-Learning Can Become an Integral Part of Schools, States and Communities (2002), Education Commission of the States (PDF)
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