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Service-Learning Resources on the Web:

American Association for Higher Education (AAHE)
One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 360
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-293-6440
This organization supports Service-Learning as an effective pedagogy within higher education. AAHE publishes the“Service-Learning in the Disciplines” monograph series and works to support the assessment of Service-Learning. Annual conferences on assessment and faculty roles and rewards feature break-out sessions on Service-Learning.
Break Away
6026 Station B
Nashville, TN 37235
Phone: 615-343-0385
This organization supports alternative spring break trips for college students to be engaged in week-long service projects. Additionally, there is an annual conference for projects and student affairs professionals to design alternative spring breaks.
Campus Compact
c/o Brown University
PO Box 1975
Providence, RI 02912
Phone: 401-863-1119
A National organization of more than 650 member colleges and universities committed to helping students develop skills of civic participation through involvement in public service. Campus Compact provides sub-grants to state compacts, publishes resource books on Service-Learning, hosts a national conference, and collaborates on national initiatives.
Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL)
1511 K Street NW, Suite 307
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-637-7004
This is a student-run organization that fosters student voluntary community service and seeks to build a national network of student leadership through public service.
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
3333 California Street, Suite 410
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: 415-502-7979
This is a national nonprofit organization that fosters health partnerships in Service-Learning between communities and health education institutions. They host an annual conference and provide technical assistance to health educators.
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
1201 New York Avenue
Washington, DC 20525
Phone: 202-606-5000
This is government organization created by the National Community Trust Act of 1993. The Corporation funds “Learn and Serve America” grants that support the integration of service in curriculum from primary to higher education.“AmeriCorps”, a national service program, VISTA and RSVP are program areas of CNCS.
Indiana Campus Compact
c/o University Place Conference Center
850 West Michigan Street, Suite 200
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
Phone: 317-274-6500
This is a statewide organization of 24 member campuses dedicated to promoting service and Service-Learning in higher education. Located on the IUPUI campus, ICC offers a number of funding opportunities for students and faculty, supports scholarship on Service-Learning, and hosts an annual conference.
Invisible College
312 New North
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057
Phone: 202-687-7622 ext 2
This is a national group of faculty committed to integrating service into academic study. Since 1995, the group has sponsored an annual conference, “National Gathering for Service-Learning Educators,” to discuss key issues in Service-Learning.
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
ETR Associates
PO Box 1830
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Phone: 1-866-245-SERV
This center is a national clearinghouse for K-12 Service-Learning and maintains an extensive bank of exemplary programs and research on Service-Learning outcomes.
National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE)
9001 Braddock Road Suite 380
Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-933-0017
This organization fosters the effective use of experience (e.g., internship, fieldwork, outdoor education, service-learning) as an integral part of education. NSEE publishes excellent resources on Service-Learning. Annual fall conferences provide breakout sessions on Service-Learning for K-16 educators.
Partnership for Service-Learning
815 Second Avenue, Suite 315
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-986-0989
This organization promotes international Service-Learning experiences for college students.
Payton Philanthropic Library Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
755 W. Michigan St. Room 0135
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317-278-2313
This library collection supports the study of philanthropy as voluntary action for the public good. Resources include an extensive collection of dissertations that focus on Service-Learning, as well as books, journals, and archives of nonprofit organizations.
Service-Learning Research and Development Center
615 University Hall #1040
Berkeley, CA 94720-1040
Phone: 510-642-3199
This research center conducts a variety of research projects on Service-Learning outcomes for K-16 programs.
Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE)
University of North Carolina
1401/2 E. Franklin street, CB # 3505
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
This organization supports literacy programs that engage college students as literacy tutors.
LISTSERVS
An active listserv of Service-Learning educators is monitored by the University of Colorado at Boulder.
These options exist for users:
S-L list: service-learning4csf.colorado.edu
JSL: jsl@csf.colorado.edu

 

National Organizations, Listservs, Websites

Adapted from Service-Learning tip sheets: A faculty resource guide, Hatcher, J.A., Ed. (1998)
Indiana Campus Compact: Indianapolis, IN.

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