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Title Combining service and learning in higher education : evaluation of the Learn and Serve America Higher Education program / Maryann J. Gray [and others]
Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND Education, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 108 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual Framework and Approach to the Evaluation. -- What Is Service-Learning? -- Outcomes of Service-Learning. -- The LSAHE Approach. -- Evaluation of LSAHE. -- Methodology -- 3. What did LSAHE Programs Accomplish? -- Program Accomplishments in Capacity Building. -- Program Accomplishments in Direct Service. -- Specific Accomplishments -- 4. What were the Impacts of Service-Learning on Students? -- Summary of Methods. -- Differences Between Service-Learning and Comparison Group Respondents. -- Student Experiences in Service-Learning Courses -- 5. What were LSAHE Impacts on Community Organizations? -- Descriptive Information. -- Assessment of Student Volunteers. -- Benefits and Challenges in Working with Higher Education Institutions
Summary This report presents results of a three-year evaluation of Learn and Serve America, Higher Education (LSAHE), a program sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service that aims to increase involvement in community service by higher education institutions and students. LSAHE emphasizes an approach to community service, called "service-learning," that focuses on the development of service providers as well as service recipients. Between 1995 and 1997, about one in every eight higher education institutions nationwide participated in LSAHE by developing service-learning courses and programs. The evaluation described the major activities and accomplishments of LSAHE-supported programs; assessed the impacts of LSAHE on students, communities, and institutions; and determined returns on the public investment in LSAHE. Results show that LSAHE was highly successful in serving communities and had mixed success in promoting student development and institutional change. Although expenditures exceeded the value of LSAHE to communities, value increased each year, suggesting that long-term positive returns may occur
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-108)
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Subject Learn and Serve America Higher Education (Program) -- Evaluation
SUBJECT Learn and Serve America Higher Education (Program) fast
Subject Service learning -- United States
Community and college -- United States
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Evaluation
Community and college
Service learning
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Gray, Maryann Jacobi
LC no. 99206808
ISBN 0585247714
9780585247717
9780833027252
0833027255