International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement  

Lane Perry,Dan Richard

Welcome to the fifth volume of the International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IJRSLCE), the annual, online, peer-reviewed publication of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Enga... see more

Brad Olson,Mark Brennan

University-community engagement has the potential to positively transform higher education, but community-engaged institutions must overcome challenges related to defining, planning, and assessing engagement activities. The 2015 Carnegie Community Engagem... see more

Alan Howard Bloomgarden

Those of us who consider ourselves practitioner-scholars in our field are mostly preoccupied with facilitating learning and inquiry through community-engaged practice. It is hardly surprising then that our work to develop and steward collaborations with c... see more

Spoma Jovanovic,Kristin Moretto,Kathleen Edwards

Colleges and universities continue to respond to the call for a deepening of community-engaged research and teaching that contributes tangibly to the public good. Coupled with a new generation of scholars eschewing traditional markers of academic success,... see more

Tiesha R. Martin,Carrie W. Lecrom,Jill W. Lassiter

Compared to more traditional pedagogical approaches, service-learning has been shown to offer unique experiences for students and faculty. With the growth of service-learning within higher education, it has become increasingly important to understand serv... see more

Shelley H Billig

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Organization asks high school students in its Diploma Programme to engage in service as a way to become more civic-minded, develop leadership and other skills, and develop an ethic of service. The study discussed is th... see more

Raquel Heras-Colàs,Mariona Masgrau-Juanola,Pere Soler-Masó

Service-learning is conceived of as an active pedagogical approach that integrates community services into learning processes. Although this practice has a long history in the Americas, it is still emerging in some European countries. Since the Bologna Pr... see more

Elizabeth K. Niehaus,Crystal E. Garcia

Although increasingly popular, international/global service-learning programs are not without critique; in fact, the role of crossing national borders in service-learning is highly contested. The purpose of the study discussed in this article was to explo... see more

Johanna Phelps-Hillen

This article provides an overview of recent changes to 45 C.F.R. § 46, the policy that undergirds human-subjects protections in research and that is manifested in institutional review board (IRB) review of research. Originally published in 1991, this poli... see more

Charlene A. VanLeeuwen,Lori E. Weeks,Linyuan Guo-Brennan

To understand community service-learning (CSL) in global contexts, an Indigenous perspective is needed to reflect the range of contextual and historical issues. Theoretical discussions of CSL generally reference theories of experiential and reflective lea... see more

Zac D. Johnson,Matthew M. Martin

Alternative break experiences occur when college or university students choose freely to eschew typical break activities in order to engage in service with a group of peers under the guidance of peer-leaders in a community removed from their own.  Wh... see more

James Zagrodnik,Natalie A. Williams,Patrick A. Leytham

The purpose of the multi-year study discussed in this article was to investigate the impact of pre-service educator participation in a community-based service-learning program for children with disabilities. Pre-service educators who were enrolled in eith... see more

Monica M. Kowal

In The Community Engagement Professional in Higher Education: A Competency Model for an Emerging Field, editor Lina D. Dostilio and her co-authors collectively assemble—through rigorous literature reviews and a survey of more than 400 respondents—a compre... see more

Christopher Adam Ray

Reviewed in this article: Where’s the Wisdom in Service-Learning? Edited by Robert Shumer. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC. April 1, 2017. ISBN: 978-1681238647. 204 pages.