Service-learning at the American community college: theoretical and empirical perspectives

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Acknowledgments

Introduction Service-Learning at the American Community College / Amy E. Traver / Zivah Perel Katz

Part I. Service-Learning and Community Colleges

Chapter 1. The Roots of Service-Learning as a Basis for Advancing the Civic Mission of Community Colleges / Robert G. Bringle / Kathleen E. Edwards / Patti H. Clayton

Chapter 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

Chapter 3. Hitting Close to Home: When Service-Learners Serve Their Own / Heather B. Wylie

Chapter 4. Service-Learning and Immigrant-Origin Community College Students: How and Why Project Design Matters / Amy E. Traver / Zivah Perel Katz / Michael Bradley

Chapter 5. Connecting Past and Present: Nontraditional Learner and Practitioner Experiences through Set vice-Learning / Suzanne M. Buglione / Amanda Wittman

Chapter 6. Race, Ethnicity, and Service-Learning: Understanding Access and Equity Using a Critical Quantitative Approach / Drew Allen / Diana Strumbos / Janelle Clay

Part III. Service-Learning and Student Success in Community Colleges

Chapter 7. Service-Learning: A Vehicle for Enhancing Academic Performance and Retention among Community College Developmental Reading and Writing Students / Regina A. Rochford

Chapter 8. Connecr2Complcte: Combining Service-Learning and Peer Advocates to Increase Student Success in Developmental Education / Shana Berger / Donna Duffy

Chapter 9. Promoting Community College Student Transfer: The Role of Service-Learning / Jaime Lester / Carrie Klein

Chapter 10. The Prism Effect of Service-Learning / Mary Prentice / Gail Robinson

Chapter 11. Service-Learning's Role in Achieving Institutional Outcomes: Engagement, Learning, and Achievement / Yao Zhang Hill / Tanya Rennet / Francisco Acoba / Krista Hiser / Robert W. Franco

Part IV. Service-Learning as Community and Community College Nexus

Chapter 12. Community College Service-Learning Programs: The Well-Traveled Path to Civic Engagement / Mary Prentice

Chapter 13. Service-Learning and the Acquisition of Social Capital in the Community College Setting / Amy Pucino / Thomas Penniston

Chapter 14. Service-Learning as a Pedagogical Tool for Career Development and Vocational Training / Sharon Ellerton / Cristina Di Men / Arlene Kemmerer / Josephine Pantaleo / Mary Bandziukas / Michael Bradley / Victor Fichera

Chapter 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

Chapter 16. Overcoming Obstacles for Involving Part-Time Faculty in Service-Learning / Daniel Maxey / Adrianna Kezar

Chapter 17. Service-Learning among "Nontraditional" College Students: Contexts, Trends, and Implications / Shannon S. Fleishman / Kristina Brezicha / Travis York

Chapter 18. Best Practices in Researching Service-Learning at Community Colleges / Amanda Taggart / Gloria Crisp

Part VI. Concluding Reflections on Service-Learning and Community Colleges

Chapter 19. The Idea of Place / Scott Evenbeck / Paidette Dalpes / Linda E. Merians

Chapter 20. There Is a Reason Community in Our Name: Thoughts on How Service-Learning Expands Community in Community College / Robert Exley

Chapter 21. Expanding Faculty Participation and Research in Academic Service-Learning at a Community College / Diane B. Call

Chapter 22. Sustaining Momentum / Maria Hesse

Notes on Contributors

Index