New Book: Building Partnerships for Service-Learning

Posted by on February 21, 2003

[ed note: don’t quote me on this, but I believe that PHENND is featured in the chapter by James Birge, Brooke Beaird, and Jan Torres, “Partnerships Among Colleges and Universities for Service-Learning.”]

NEW BOOK JUST RELEASED

BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR SERVICE-LEARNING

By Barbara Jacoby and Associates

“This splendid volume should become indispensable for everyone interested in service-learning– those in community organizations who work with service-learning programs and those on campuses who are involved in service-learning. These essays will be invaluable aids in helping both groups to assist and learn from each other.”

-Thomas Ehrlich, senior scholar, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

ABOUT THE BOOK:
To be successful, service-learning must be grounded in a wide range of solid, reciprocal, democratic partnerships. Building Partnerships for Service-Learning assembles leading voices in the field to bring their expertise to bear on this crucial topic. Faculty, administrators, student leaders, and community and corporate leaders will find this volume filled with vital information, exemplary practices, and essential tools needed to make service-learning succeed.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Barbara Jacoby is director of commuter affairs and community service at the University of Maryland, College Park and adviser to the president for America Reads * America Counts. She is the editor of the groundbreaking book Service-Learning in Higher Education published by Jossey-Bass. Jacoby is a sought-after speaker and consultant on service-learning.

CONTENTS

Foreword
Preface
The Editor
The Contributors
1. Fundamentals of Service-Learning Partnerships
Barbara Jacoby
2. Developing a Theory and Practice of Campus-Community Partnerships
Sandra Enos and Keith Morton
3. Assessment as a Means of Building Service-Learning Partnerships
Sherril B. Gelmon
4. Developing Collaborative Student Affairs ? Academic Affairs Partnerships for Service-Learning
Cathy McHugh Engstrom
5. Partnerships with Students
Irene Fisher and Shannon Wilson
6. Developing Infrastructure for Service-Learning and Community Engagement
Jennifer M. Pigza and Marie L. Troppe
7. Partnerships Among Colleges and Universities for Service-Learning
James Birge, Brooke Beaird, and Jan Torres
8. Principles and Profiles of Exemplary Partnerships with Community Agencies
Susan R. Jones
9. Partnerships with Elementary and Secondary Education
Terry Pickeral
10. Empowering Residents and Students to Rebuild Neighborhoods: A Case Study
Janni Sorensen, Kenneth M. Reardon, and Cathy Klump
11. Partnerships for Collaborative Action Research
Philip Nyden
12. Involving Corporate Partners
Stacey Riemer and Joshua McKeown
13. Partnerships for International Service-Learning
Linda A. Chisholm
14. Civic Renewal: A Powerful Framework for Advancing Service-Learning
Elizabeth Hollander and Matthew Hartley
15. Building Service-Learning Partnerships for the Future
Barbara Jacoby
Index

ORDERING INFORMATION:
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