Cultivating Community beyond the Classroom

Posted by on September 24, 2012

A new publication from the American Association of Community Colleges, “Cultivating Community beyond the Classroom,” provides ideas for developing reciprocal, collaborative service learning partnerships. The 29-page monograph features a variety of replicable examples from 16 colleges that participated in AACC’s 2009-2012 national grant program, Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning. The Horizons college projects focused on social media, environmental education, and healthy families.

The monograph also includes the results of two recent AACC research studies: one found promising outcomes related to student retention, and the other (in collaboration with California Campus Compact) assessed the value of service learning to community partners.

The entire text of the monograph may be found at

http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Resources/aaccprograms/horizons/Documents/CultivatingCommunities_Aug2012.pdf

While this monograph was written with community colleges in mind, it includes topics and recommendations that may also be useful for others in K-12, higher education, and community-based organizations involved in service learning and community engagement.

Visit AACC’s main service learning website at http://www.aacc.nche.edu/servicelearning for other publications, resources, and curriculum tools.

This is the final monograph in a series of AACC service learning publications made possible by 18 years of generous support from the Learn and Serve America program of the Corporation for National and Community Service.  If you have any questions or comments, please contact:

Gail Robinson
Director of Service Learning
American Association of Community Colleges
One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20036
202 728 0200 ext. 254
grobinson@aacc.nche.edu
http://www.aacc.nche.edu/servicelearning