Combining Service and Learning in Higher Education: Evaluation of the Learn and Serve America, Higher Education Program.

Autor/inn/en	Gray, Maryann J.; Ondaatje, Elizabeth H.; Fricker, Ronald; Geschwind, Sandra; Goldman, Charles A.; Kaganoff, Tessa; Robyn Abby; Sundt, Melora; Vogelgesang, Lori; Klein, Stephen P.
Institution	Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA.
Titel	Combining Service and Learning in Higher Education: Evaluation of the Learn and Serve America, Higher Education Program.
Quelle	(1999), (131 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-8330-2725-5
Schlagwörter	College Students; Federal Programs; Higher Education; Program Development; Program Evaluation; School Community Relationship; Service Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Programmplanung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Service-Learning
Abstract	This report presents evaluation results of the Learn and Serve America, Higher Education (LSAHE) federal initiative. The report addresses the impact of LSAHE on students, communities, and higher education institutions, and is based on data collection and observation from fiscal 1995 through fiscal 1997. The broad goals of LSAHE are to: engage students in meeting the unmet needs of communities while enhancing their own academic learning, their sense of social responsibility, and their civic skills through service-learning. Evaluation involved 300 institutions each year that responded to an accomplishments survey, a community impact survey, and a student survey. Site visits and analysis of secondary data were also conducted. The evaluation concluded that LSAHE was a critical catalyst on many campuses for the initiation, growth, and enhancement of service-learning programs and courses. Evaluation results are detailed for five areas: (1) the work that LSAHE programs performed; (2) the impact of LSAHE participation on service providers; (3) the impact of the work performed by LSAHE programs on service recipients; (4) the institutional impact of LSAHE; and (5) the return on the LSAHE investment. Recommendations urge goal clarification, encouragement of more direct service, and specification of "good practices" in service-learning. (DB)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC