KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University Spanish students are using their language skills to serve their community, through an upper level course taught by Dr. Lindsay Jeffers. The class, SPAN ...

Service-learning is deeply integrated across the Purdue University School of Nursing, extending beyond the classroom to engage students with the community. In many public health and other courses, ...

Overlooking the car exhaust and honking horns of the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Chinatown section of Boston, small garden plots with pear trees, radishes, and cucumbers are sprouting on the roof of ...

Requiring students to take part in community service to graduate from high school can actually reduce their later volunteering, new research suggests. Maryland’s statewide requirement that all ...

Many U.S. universities are located in older, inner-city communities, where problems such as blighted buildings, abandoned spaces, and crime can make the areas unattractive to prospective students and ...

Purdue’s Office of Engagement provides grants to students or student organizations for work on community service-learning projects. The program’s goal is to expand the community involvement of Purdue ...

College students are known to be strapped for time. A May 2024 Student Voice survey by Inside Higher Ed found the No. 1 stressor in students’ lives is balancing academics with personal, family or ...

Service learning is essential in SHP because it bridges academic knowledge with real-world experience, fostering personal growth, civic responsibility, and professional development. It connects ...

Community Engaged Learning, which includes Service Learning, provides students with experiences to strengthen resumes and/or graduate school applications, career exploration opportunities, and ...