The following section contains additional resources for service-learning. Readings focus on assessment and impact, principles and best practices, syllabus and course design, inspiration and reflection.
Assessment and impact
At a glance: What we know about the effects of service-learning on college students, faculty, institutions and communities
Read the article by Eyler, Giles, Stenson, & Gray
Impact of service-learning and social justice education on college students’ cognitive development
Read the article by Wang and Rodgers
Service-learning and academic success: The links to retention research
Read the article by Simonet
Service-Learning in life-span developmental psychology: Higher exam scores and increased empathy
Read the article by Lundy
Implementing service-learning in higher education
Read the article by Bringle
The impact of service-learning on ethnocentrism in an intercultural communication course
Read the article by Borden
Principles and best practices
Connecting communities with colleges and universities
Read the piece by America's Promise
Embedded engagement: Communities magnify the value of engaged practices
Read the article by Freeman
How higher education is integrating diversity and service-learning: Findings from four case studies
Read the article by Vogelgesang
Research university engaged scholarship toolkit
Learn more about the toolkit
Syllabus and course design
More than 300 exemplary service-learning syllabi across a wide variety of disciplines
View exemplary syllabi to learn more about course design
Inspiration
To hell with good intentions
Read the address by Illich
Channeling change: Making collective impact work
Read the article by Hanleybrown, Kania, & Kramer
Reflection
Reflection: Linking service and learning—linking students and communities
Read the article by Eyler
Resources that that faculty can use for structuring the reflection process
Learn more about reflection resources