Resources :: Service-Learning Resources

Campus Compact has been a leader in the service-learning movement since its inception. Service-learning incorporates community work into the curriculum, giving students real-world learning experiences that enhance their academic learning while providing a tangible benefit for the community. Campus Compact's service-learning resources help students, faculty members, service-learning staff, and others create strong programs across academic disciplines.

Advanced Service-Learning Toolkit

"Strategies for Creating an Engaged Campus - An Advanced Service-Learning Toolkit for Academic Leaders": for those who wish to deepen the civic education of their students and to increase the engagement of their institutions with their local communities.

Engaged Department Toolkit

The Engaged Department Toolkit (and Supplemental CD-ROM) is a handbook designed to help departments develop strategies for including community-based work in their teaching and scholarship, making community-based experiences a standard expectation for majors, and encouraging civic engagement and progressive change at the departmental level.

Introduction to Service-Learning Toolkit

The revised edition of this bestselling book brings together the best, most up-to-date writing and resources on service-learning, from learning theory and pedagogy to practical guidance on how to implement service-learning in the classroom.

At a Glance

A paper summarizing the findings of service-learning research in higher education over the past few years, including an annotated bibliography.

Campus Compact Publications: Service-Learning

Colleges with a Conscience

From Princeton Review with assistance from Campus Compact.

Documenting Service and Service Learning in Higher Education

A compilation of general information on documenting service and service-learning in higher education from California Campus Compact.

How Higher Education Is Integrating Diversity and Service Learning: Findings from Four Case Studies

With the generous support of the James Irvine Foundation, California Campus Compact conducted a research study (conducted by Dr. Lori Vogelgesang) exploring how independent colleges and universities were integrating service learning and diversity and identified some "best practices."

Impact of Service-Learning: A Review of Current Research

A research brief from Learn and Serve analyzing the results of service-learning.

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL)- A significant resource for building faculty and institutional support and quality practice for service-learning and student civic engagement in higher education.

Office Structure

Service-learning office structure varies greatly from campus to campus. This link provides job descriptions, human resource information, and summarizes reporting structures of service-learning offices.

Reflection Resource

A guide for educators on how to use structured reflection to enhance the learning from service experiences.

Service-Learning and Retention

A review of the research linking service-learning and college student retention.

Service-Learning in the Disciplines

A series of books on service-learning within specific disciplines, developed by Campus Compact and AAHE and available from Stylus Publishing.

Service-Learning Syllabi

More than 300 service-learning syllabi covering a wide range of disciplines.

Successful Service-Learning Programs

Experienced leaders share how they have championed successful service-learning programs that have enriched their campuses and renewed their communities.

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