The Howard University Center for Urban Progress, an interdisciplinary center comprised of faculty, staff, and students, mobilized the university community to address urban crises– locally, nationally, and globally–through the development of academic programs and community leadership training, applied research activities, technical assistance, and project implementation. Launched in 1995, the center works to install community development content in the curriculum, operates community service programs, and collaborates extensively with other units of the university.

In October 2000, The Center for the Advancement of Service Learning (CASL) was established to promote the insitutionalization of service learning at Howard by developing and promoting initiatives that integrate service learning into existing courses and curricula throughout the university. CASL also provides training and technical assitance to faculty and staff for infusing service learning pedagogy into existing courses and redesigning curricula to include a service learning component.

Website: www.howard.edu/CenterUrbanProgress/CASL.html

Excerpted from Diversity Digest Summer 2001