Service-Learning at the American Community College / Community Engagement in Higher Education (PDF)

Francisco Acoba, Kapi'olani Community College, USA
Drew Allen, The City University of New York, USA
Mary Bandziukas, Queensborough Community College of The City University of New York, USA
Shana Berger, Campus Compact
Michael Bradley, iMentor
Kristina Brezicha, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Robert G. Bringle, Appalachian State University, USA
Suzanne M. Buglione, Bristol Community College, USA
Diane B. Call, Queensborough Community College of The City University of New York, USA
Janelle Clay, The City University of New York (CUNY), USA
Patti H. Clayton, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
Gloria Crisp, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Paulette Dalpes, The City University of New York, USA
Cristina Di Meo, Queensborough Community College, USA
Donna Duffy, Middlesex Community College, USA
Kathleen E. Edwards, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA
Sharon Ellerton, Queensborough Community College, USAScott Evenbeck, Guttman Community College, USA
Robert Exley, Snead State Community College, USA
Victor Fichera, Queensborough Community College, USA
Shannon S. Fleishman, Chesapeake College, USA
Robert W. Franco, Kapi'olani Community College, USA
Maria Hesse, Arizona State University, USA
Yao Zhang Hill, University of Hawai'i at M?noa, USA
Krista Hiser, Kapi'olani Community College, USA
Arlene Kemmerer, Student Wiki Interdisciplinary Group
Adrianna Kezar, University of Southern California, USA
Carrie Klein,George Mason University, USA
Jaime Lester, George Mason University, USA
Daniel Maxey University of Southern California, USA
Linda E. Merians Guttman Community College, USA
Vanessa Smith Morest, Norwalk Community College, USA
Josephine Pantaleo, Queensborough Community College, USA
Thomas Penniston, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, USA
Mary Prentice, New Mexico State University, USA
Amy Pucino, Community College of Baltimore County, USA
Tanya Renner, Kapi'olani Community College,

"Service-Learning at the American Community College represents a valuable addition to a growing body of noteworthy second-generation service-learning texts. Traver and Katz avoid the rhetorical and ideological posturing so common in texts that seek to advance a deeply democratic agenda, and the book's most important strength is the coherent and convincing way in which it braids a broad range of contemporary concerns into its analysis of service-learning's educational potential. Changing student demographics, student success and persistence, peer mentoring, social capital and networking, civic engagement and workforce preparation, the growing role of adjunct faculty these and other defining features of contemporary American higher education are all considered in relation to service-learning as an institutional resource. By helping to break down the conceptual silos that impede educational reform, the book does far more than provide a timely resource for America's community colleges; it suggests a strategy for reconsidering the priorities and practices of higher education in general." Edward Zlotkowski, Founding and former Acting Director of the Bentley Service-Learning Center, Bentley University, USA

"Finally, we now have a volume that examines the promise and challenge of incorporating and advancing service-learning in community colleges. Replete with research studies, historical analyses, conceptual frameworks, and recommendations for practice, this long-awaited book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of service-learning's potential for securing the success of today's diverse community college students. It is a must-read for community college practitioners, educational researchers, and service-learning scholars." - Andrew Furco, Associate Professor of Higher Education and Associate Vice President for Public Engagement, University of Minnesota, USA