Service-Learning at the American Community College

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Roots of Service-Learning as a Basis for Advancing the Civic Mission of Community Colleges

Chapter 3 The Community’s College: Contextualizing Service-Learning in the Mission and Development of Community Colleges

Chapter 4 Hitting Close to Home: When Service-Learners Serve Their Own

Chapter 5 Service-Learning and Immigrant-Origin Community College Students: How and Why Project Design Matters

Chapter 6 Connecting Past and Present: Nontraditional Learner and Practitioner Experiences through Service-Learning

Chapter 7 Race, Ethnicity, and Service-Learning: Understanding Access and Equity Using a Critical Quantitative Approach

Chapter 8 Service-Learning: A Vehicle for Enhancing Academic Performance and Retention among Community College Developmental Reading and Writing Students

Chapter 9 Connect2Complete: Combining Service-Learning and Peer Advocates to Increase Student Success in Developmental Education

Chapter 10 Promoting Community College Student Transfer: The Role of Service-Learning

Chapter 11 The Prism Effect of Service-Learning

Chapter 12 Service-Learning’s Role in Achieving Institutional Outcomes: Engagement, Learning, and Achievement

Chapter 13 Community College Service-Learning Programs: The Well-Traveled Path to Civic Engagement

Chapter 14 Service-Learning and the Acquisition of Social Capital in the Community College Setting

Chapter 15 Service-Learning as a Pedagogical Tool for Career Development and Vocational Training

Chapter 16 Mapping Routes to Our Roots: Student Civic Engagement in Transportation Planning

Chapter 17 Overcoming Obstacles for Involving Part-Time Faculty in Service-Learning

Chapter 18 Service-Learning among “Nontraditional” College Students: Contexts, Trends, and Implications

Chapter 19 Best Practices in Researching Service-Learning at Community Colleges

Chapter 20 The Idea of Place

Chapter 21 There Is a Reason Community Is in Our Name: Thoughts on How Service-Learning Expands Community in Community College

Chapter 22 Expanding Faculty Participation and Research in Academic Service-Learning at a Community College

Chapter 23 Sustaining Momentum