ERIC Number: EJ1092925
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-1047-8485
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Deepening the Institutionalization of Service-Learning: The Added Value of Assessing the Social Return of Investment
Stanton-Nichols, Kathleen; Hatcher, Julie; Cecil, Amanda
Metropolitan Universities, v26 n2 p47-74 2015
Strategies to institutionalize service-learning are well documented (Furco 1996; Holland, 2000). Using Kecskes (2009) Community-Engaged Department Rubric we evaluated service-learning institutionalization within a school at a metropolitan campus. As a result, we propose adding an additional dimension, social return on investment. This added dimension helps academic leaders to understand the benefits, for a variety of stakeholders, of investing in service-learning and more broadly in campus-community partnerships. Implications and recommendations are offered to replicate this analysis.
Descriptors: Service Learning, School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Metropolitan Areas, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Physical Education, Tourism, Management Development, Quality of Life, Social Integration, Institutional Mission, School Culture, College Students, College Faculty, Student Participation, Leadership, Social Networks, Outcomes of Education, Student Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Focus Groups
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indiana
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