At A Glance: What We Know about The Effects of Service-Learning on Students, Faculty, Institutions and Communities, 1993-1999 (original) (raw)

At A Glance" summarizes the findings of service learning research in higher education over the past few years and includes a bibliography. It is designed to provide a quick overview of where we are in the field today and a map to the literature. Particular issues of interest may be explored in greater depth through the annotated bibliography and complete review of research for this period from 1993-99. Thts survey of service-learning reJearch within higher education reflect~. a dramatic increase over recent years tl"la: examine the effects of serv:celearning on students, faculty, institutions, and communities. The scope of this literature review includes national, regional and single studies thal focus on personal, learning, social, institutional, comrr:unity or c~reer developmental outcomes, as well as how program characteristics affect these outcomes. The initial literature search focused on research indexes such as ERIC and Psych Lit. Four descriptors guided these literature searches: service learning, community service and experiential learning, and field-based education. Special attention was paid to The Mic-higan Journal o(Community Service Learning because this peer review journal has htcome a stgnificant outlet for service-learning research in higher education. Summary reports from service-learning organi.<:ations v-'ere included such as RAND, Learn and Serve America, the Bonner Scholars Program, the Arr.erican Association of Community Colleges, and the Nation~!