Resources
This site provides links to service-learning websites and resources.
Recommended resources for courses on service-learning
- The following websites include general information on service-learning and higher education, links to organizations related to service-learning, and upcoming conferences.
- Campus Compact - www.compact.org
- National Service-Learning Clearinghouse www.Servicelearning.org
- American Association for Colleges and Universities - http://www.aacu.org/
- American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Service-Learning - http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Resources/aaccprograms/horizons/Pages/default.asp
- National Youth Leadership Council - http://www.nylc.org/
Recommended resources for local/county service opportunities
- CLU’s Community Service Center (CSC). Although programs are specifically designed for undergraduate students to serve outside of the classroom, there are opportunities for faculty members to join in the programs also. Almost all programs are open to faculty members and some programs are also family friendly. http://www.callutheran.edu/student_life/community_service_center/
- United Way’s volunteer directory. Listings are updated every 6 months. http://www.volunteerventuracounty.org/volunteer/ (click Agencies tab)
Course syllabi examples
- Check-out CLU service-learning courses http://www.callutheran.edu/casl/courses/
- The Campus Compact website showcases exemplary service-learning syllabi and also syllabi by discipline http://www.compact.org/initiatives/syllabi/
Research
- You Call This Service?: A Civic Ontology Approach to Evaluating Service-Learning in Diverse Communities, by Jose Marichal, Ph.D. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15512161003708236
- Service-Learning Research Primer http://www.servicelearning.org/what-you-do/conduct-research
- Journals and Periodicals http://www.servicelearning.org/library/journals/index.php
Internal funding opportunities
- CASL Service-Learning Mini-Grants for faculty Funding
External funding opportunities
- AAC&U Bridging Theory to Practice http://www.aacu.org/bringing_theory/fundingopportunities.cfm
- Campus Compact http://www.compact.org/initiatives/campus-compact-awards-programs/
- Robert H. Michel Special Project Grants http://www.compact.org/resources/faculty-resources/robert-h-michel-special-project-grants/1081/