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Best Practices in Researching Service-Learning at Community Colleges

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In recent years, an increasing number of community colleges have integrated some form of service-learning into their programs or courses with the idea that it will promote civic engagement, increase student satisfaction with their courses and college experience as a whole, and improve learning outcomes. There is a good amount of research published on service-learning programs and outcomes conducted at four-year institutions, though there is a dearth of studies available on service-learning at community colleges. Because community colleges serve a purpose unique from that of four-year colleges and universities, both in their mission and often in the students they serve, research on service-learning at community colleges should also be distinct from investigations at the four-year level.

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Taggart, A., Crisp, G. (2014). Best Practices in Researching Service-Learning at Community Colleges. In: Traver, A.E., Katz, Z.P. (eds) Service-Learning at the American Community College. Community Engagement in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137355737_19

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