Service-Learning at the American Community College

PART I: SERVICE-LEARNING AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES 1. The Roots of Service-Learning as a Basis for Advancing the Civic Mission of Community Colleges; Robert G. Bringle, Kathleen E. Edwards, and Patti H. Clayton 2. The Community's College: Contextualizing Service-Learning in the Mission and Development of Community Colleges; Vanessa Smith Morest PART II: SERVICE-LEARNING IN DIVERSE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONTEXTS 3. Hitting Close to Home: When Service-Learners Serve Their Own; Heather B. Wylie 4. Service-Learning and Immigrant-Origin Community College Students: How and Why Project Design Matters; Amy E. Traver, Zivah Perel Katz, and Michael Bradley 5. Connecting Past and Present: Nontraditional Learner and Practitioner Experiences Through Service-Learning; Suzanne M. Buglione and Amanda Wittman 6. Race, Ethnicity, and Service-Learning: Understanding Access and Equity Using a Critical Quantitative Approach; Drew Allen, Diana Strumbos, and Janelle Clay PART III: SERVICE-LEARNING AND STUDENT SUCCESS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES 7. Service-Learning: A Vehicle for Enhancing Academic Performance and Retention among Community College Developmental Reading and Writing Students; Regina A. Rochford 8. Connect2Complete: Combining Service-Learning and Peer Advocates to Increase Student Success in Developmental Education; Shana Berger and Donna Duffy 9. Promoting Community College Student Transfer: The Role of Service-Learning; Jaime Lester and Carrie Klein 10. The Prism Effect of Service-Learning; Mary Prentice and Gail Robinson 11. Service-Learning's Role in Achieving Institutional Outcomes: Engagement, Learning, and Achievement; Yao Zhang Hill, Tanya Renner, Francisco Acoba, Krista Hiser, and Robert W. Franco PART IV: SERVICE-LEARNING AS COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE NEXUS 12. Community College Service-Learning Programs: The Well-Traveled Path to Civic Engagement; Mary Prentice 13. Service-Learning and the Acquisition of Social Capital in the Community College Setting; Amy Pucino and Thomas Penniston 14. Service-Learning as a Pedagogical Tool for Career Development and Vocational Training; Sharon Ellerton, Cristina Di Meo, Arlene Kemmerer, Josephine Pantaleo, Mary Bandziukas, Michael Bradley, and Victor Fichera 15. Mapping Routes to Our Roots: Student Civic Engagement in Transportation Planning; Rebecca M. Townsend PART V: FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS IN SERVICE-LEARNING AND SERVICE-LEARNING RESEARCH AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES 16. Overcoming Obstacles for Involving Part-Time Faculty in Service-Learning; Daniel Maxey and Adrianna Kezar 17. Service-Learning Among 'Nontraditional' College Students: Contexts, Trends, and Implications; Shannon S. Fleishman, Kristina Brezicha, and Travis York 18. Best Practices in Researching Service-Learning at Community Colleges; Amanda Taggart and Gloria Crisp PART VI: CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS ON SERVICE-LEARNING AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES 19. The Idea of Place; Scott Evenbeck, Paulette Dalpes, and Linda E. Merians 20. There is a Reason Community is in Our Name: Thoughts on How Service-Learning Expands Community in Community College; Robert Exley 21. Expanding Faculty Participation and Research in Academic Service-Learning at a Community College; Diane B. Call 22. Sustaining Momentum; Maria Hesse