Service Learning Assistants
CSL supported 141 Service Learning Course Assistants last year, totaling $213,430 in scholarships. If you would like more information about this scholarship, see the link below!
In 2007-08 the Center for Service & Learning awarded $140,000 in grants to IUPUI departments and schools for work related to civic engagement.
Contact Mary Price for more information on events and other resources sponsored by the Office of Service Learning.
The following resources will help you get started on designing a service-learning course. The Tip Sheet provides quick references to identifying service activities, linking course goals to service-learning requirements, designing reflection activities, and other useful tips. The reflection article describes the importance of reflection and brief descriptions of effective reflection activities.
Extending your Classroom Using Civic Engagement
Faculty Tip Sheet
Reflection
Frequently Asked Questions About Service Learning
Readings on Service Learning
The PULs and Civic Engagement Outcomes and Activities
Civic Learning Outcomes
AAC&U Value Project-Metarubric on Civic Knowledge and Engagement
A Practical Guide for Integrating Civic Responsibilty into the Curriculum
Syllabi Collections
You can find hundreds of service-learning course syllabi in nearly every discipline at the following sites:
Campus Compact
National Service Learning Clearinghouse
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Journals
International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering
Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning - online access
Partnerships: A Journal of Service Learning and Community Engagement
Special Volume of Acta Academica Supplementum 2005(3), edited by Bob Bringle and Mabel Erasmus, Senior Lecturer, University of the Free State, South Africa. This collection of articles addresses research on community service learning in higher education in South Africa.
IUPUI Center for Service and Learning
801 West Michigan Street | Business/SPEA Building Room BS2010 | Indianapolis, IN 46202 | Phone: 317-278-2662 | Fax: 317-278-7683