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 4400 ...

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, ...

Pairing high schoolers and kindergartners for an outreach project yields benefits for both the students and their community.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Students involved with service learning can reflect on their experiences to gain a deeper understanding of course content and a broader appreciation of the discipline, improving critical thinking ...