Service-Learning at the American Community College: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives

340 Pages·2014·2.555 MB·English

by  Amy E. Traver, Zivah Perel Katz (eds.)

Service-Learning at the American

Community College
Community Engagement in Higher Education
Edited by Dan Butin
This series examines the limits and possibilities of the theory and practice of community
engagement in higher education. It is grounded in the desire to critically, thoughtfully,
and thoroughly examine how to support efforts in higher education such that community
engagement—a wide, yet interrelated set of practices and philosophies such as service-
learning, civic engagement, experiential education, public scholarship, participatory action
research, and community-based research—is meaningful, sustainable, and impactful to its
multiple constituencies. The series is by its nature cross-disciplinary and sees its readership
across the breadth of higher education, both within student and academic affairs.
Dan Butin is an associate professor and founding dean of the School of Education at
Merrimack College and the executive director of the Center for Engaged Democracy. He is the
author and editor of more than seventy academic publications, including the books Service-
Learning in Theory and Practice: The Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education
(2010), which won the 2010 Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational
Studies Association; Service-Learning and Social Justice Education (2008); Teaching Social
Foundations of Education (2005); and, most recently with Scott Seider, The Engaged Campus:
Majors and Minors as the New Community Engagement (2012). Dr. Butin’s research focuses
on issues of educator preparation and policy, and community engagement. Prior to working
in higher education, Dr. Butin was a middle-school math and science teacher and the chief
financial officer of Teach For America. More about Dr. Butin’s work can be found at http://
danbutin.org/.
The Engaged Campus: Certificates, Minors, and Majors as the New Community Engagement
Edited by Dan Butin and Scott Seider
Engaged Learning in the Academy: Challenges and Possibilities
By David Thornton Moore
Deepening Community Engagement in Higher Education: Forging New Pathways
Edited by Ariane Hoy and Mathew Johnson
Turning Teaching Inside Out: A Pedagogy of Transformation for Community-Based Education
Edited by Simone Weil Davis and Barbara Sherr Roswell
Service-Learning at the American Community College: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Edited by Amy E. Traver and Zivah Perel Katz
Service-Learning at the American

Community College
Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Edited by
Amy E. Traver and Zivah Perel Katz
ISBN 978-1-349-47234-5 ISBN 978-1-137-35573-7 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/9781137355737
SERVICE-LEARNING AT THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Copyright © Amy E. Traver and Zivah Perel Katz, 2014.
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Contents

List of Figure and Tables xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction Service-Learning at the American Community College 1
Amy E. Traver and 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 13
Robert G. Bringle, Kathleen E. Edwards, and
Patti H. Clayton
Chapter 2 The Community’s College: Contextualizing Service-Learning
in the Mission and Development of Community Colleges 37
Vanessa Smith Morest
Part II Service-Learning in Diverse Community
College Contexts
Chapter 3 Hitting Close to Home: When Service-Learners Serve
Their Own 53
Heather B. Wylie
Chapter 4 Service-Learning and Immigrant-Origin Community
College Students: How and Why Project Design Matters 67
Amy E. Traver, Zivah Perel Katz, and Michael Bradley
Chapter 5 Connecting Past and Present: Nontraditional Learner and
Practitioner Experiences through Service-Learning 81
Suzanne M. Buglione and Amanda Wittman
Chapter 6 Race, Ethnicity, and Service-Learning: Understanding
Access and Equity Using a Critical Quantitative Approach 95
Drew Allen, Diana Strumbos, and Janelle Clay
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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 113
Regina A. Rochford
Chapter 8 Connect2Complete: Combining Service-Learning and
Peer Advocates to Increase Student Success in
Developmental Education 125
Shana Berger and Donna Duffy
Chapter 9 Promoting Community College Student Transfer: The Role of
Service-Learning 139
Jaime Lester and Carrie Klein
Chapter 10 The Prism Effect of Service-Learning 155
Mary Prentice and Gail Robinson
Chapter 11 Service-Learning’s Role in Achieving Institutional Outcomes:
Engagement, Learning, and Achievement 169
Yao Zhang Hill, Tanya Renner, Francisco Acoba,
Krista Hiser, and 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 185
Mary Prentice
Chapter 13 Service-Learning and the Acquisition of Social Capital in the
Community College Setting 199
Amy Pucino and Thomas Penniston
Chapter 14 Service-Learning as a Pedagogical Tool for Career Development
and Vocational Training 211
Sharon Ellerton, Cristina Di Meo, Arlene Kemmerer, Josephine
Pantaleo, Mary Bandziukas, Michael Bradley, and Victor Fichera
Chapter 15 Mapping Routes to Our Roots: Student Civic Engagement in
Transportation Planning 225
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 241
Daniel Maxey and Adrianna Kezar
Contents (cid:77) ix
Chapter 17 Service-Learning among “Nontraditional” College Students:
Contexts, Trends, and Implications 257
Shannon S. Fleishman, Kristina Brezicha, and Travis York
Chapter 18 Best Practices in Researching Service-Learning at Community
Colleges 273
Amanda Taggart and Gloria Crisp
Part VI Concluding Reflections on Service-Learning
and Community Colleges
Chapter 19 The Idea of Place 287
Scott Evenbeck, Paulette Dalpes, and Linda E. Merians
Chapter 20 There Is a Reason Community Is in Our Name: Thoughts
on How Service-Learning Expands Community in
Community College 297
Robert Exley
Chapter 21 Expanding Faculty Participation and Research in Academic
Service-Learning at a Community College 305
Diane B. Call
Chapter 22 Sustaining Momentum 311
Maria Hesse
Notes on Contributors 319
Index 329