Higher Education Service-Learning Sourcebook

by Robin J. Crews

Overview

Service-learning in higher education symbiotically combines community service and academic study—that both fields strengthen in the union is one reason for the movement's increasing popularity. This comprehensive guide to service-learning in colleges and universities includes:

• A-Z encyclopedia of terms and concepts
• Directory of service-learning programs and services at 325 colleges and universities
• Resource guide to essential information culled from books, jourbanals, Web sites, and Internet discussion groups
• Directory of service-learning organizations, conferences, institutes, and training opportunities
• Inventory of awards, scholarships, fellowships, internships, and grants in the field

This multi-faceted new resource is a gold mine for college administrators, faculty, students, and volunteer coordinators involved in higher education service-learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573562539
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/30/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

ROBIN J. CREWS is visiting associate professor and acting director of the Peace Studies Program and special assistant to the academic dean at Goucher College. He is also an international faculty member of the M.A. Program in Peace and Development Studies at the Universitat Jaume I, Castellon, Spain, and the European Peace University, Stadtschlaining, Austria. Dr. Crews is founder and list owner of the Service-Learning Discussion Group and the Peace Studies Discussion Group on the Internet

under and website owner of Service-Learning: The Home of Service-Learning on the World Wide Web (http://csf.colorado.edu/sl) and Peace and Conflict: The Home of Peace Studies on the World Wide Web (http://csf.colorado.edu/peace)

d a founding editor of Communications for a Sustainable Future (CSF), located at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Table of Contents

	Preface	v
	Introduction	vii
1.	Definitions of Terms and Concepts	1
2.	Literature and Online Resources	45
	Monographs: An Annotated Selection of "Essential Texts"	45
	Journals	49
	Bibliographies	52
	Online Resources: Internet Discussion Groups and World Wide Web Sites	55
3.	Colleges and Universities with Service-Learning Programs or Courses	63
	Overview: The Status of Service-Learning in Higher Education	63
	Summary of Findings	64
	Directory of Colleges and Universities with Service-Learning Programs or Courses	66
4.	Service-Learning and Service Organizations, Associations, and Networks	245
	Service-Learning Organizations, Associations, and Networks	245
	Service Organizations, Associations, and Networks	251
5.	Conferences, Colloquia, Institutes, and Academies	265
	Conferences and Colloquia	265
	Institutes and Academies	271
6.	Awards, Scholarships, Fellowships, Internships, and Grants	275
	Awards: Service-Learning	275
	Awards: Service	276
	Scholarships	278
	Fellowships	278
	Internships	279
	Grants	280
Appendix	E-mail Questionnaire Used for Directory Entries	283
	Bibliography	285
	Index	295