The experience of service-learning can help students to make connections that span the breadth of their academic careers. Students who major in psychology at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, can choose to sum up their psychology education by using a service-learning project in place of, or combined with, their senior thesis. Since its inception only two years ago, the program has grown to draw nearly half of all departmental majors every year.
From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
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