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Because of their importance, theoretical elements of successful campus-community partnerships have long been identified. However, less has been done to ascertain best or even promising practices of...
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College campuses are eager to share information about advancing their civic mission and to gain knowledge from each other. Maine Campus Compact wanted to offer other colleges a forum to meet with...
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Taylor Elementary School in San Francisco, CA, operates a school-wide service-learning program using AmeriCorps members as service-learning coordinators. In order to ensure information is passed on...
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The service-learning coordinator at Tidewater Community College in Portsmouth, Virginia arranged with the host of HearSay, a high-quality daily call-in show that discusses issues of interest to the...
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School administrators in Boyd County, Kentucky coordinated a multi-district method for students to promote character education and become volunteers. Middle and high school students from three school...
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The America Reads program at the University of Utah has 37 Federal Work Study (FWS) tutors (2002) serving in three Salt Lake City, Utah, elementary schools. An AmeriCorps member serves as a site...
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Tutors can feel isolated if they have no one to turn to at their volunteer site to solve problems or help generate ideas. The America Reads program at the University of Michigan developed a system of...
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Arizona State University developed its service-learning program to enhance students' academic skills through classroom-linked community engagement. Since the service-learning program's inception in...
