School of Continuing and Professional Studies Faculty Publications

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Keep It Real: A Maxim for Service-Learning in Community Colleges

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Article

Publication Date

2003

Abstract

Is service-learning of value for community college students who have very limited time and who do not need to “be exposed” to the neighborhoods in which they live? Yes. Service-learning can be a vital bridge connecting community and college for students who frequently are the first of their family or friends to go to college, who have more confidence in their street skills than in their academic skills, and who see real needs in their communities. However, service learning will only benefit these students if it evolves from and responds to the realities of their lives.

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