At A Glance: What We Know About the Effects of Service-Learning on College Students, Faculty, Institutions, and Communities, 1993-2000: Third Edition
Campus Compact
Summarizes findings of service-learning research in higher education from 1993-2000, including an annotated bibliography. Part one describes the effects of service learning; there are citations for personal, social, learning, career development outcomes for student. Part two includes citations about the effect of program design on students (reflection, duration, etc). Part three cites literature on impact of service-learning on faculty. Part four cites literature on impacts on universities. Part five cites literature on community impact. A section of graphs illustrates the kinds of populations, study measures, outcome measures that were used in the cited literature.
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=4192
How Service Learning Affects Students
HERI
This study explores the comparative effects of service learning and community service on the cognitive and affective development of college undergraduates, and enhances our understanding of how learning is enhanced by service. The report includes results of a longitudinal study of a national sample of students at diverse colleges and universities, and a qualitative study of students and faculty who participated in service learning at the subset of these institutions.
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=6288
Preliminary Overview of the Literature Linking Service-Learning and Retention
Campus Compact
This bibliography includes citations, summaries, and quotes from seventeen studies in four areas: studies evaluating the overall impact of service-learning on retention; studies evaluating the impact of a service-learning course on retention, studies evaluating the impact of service or volunteerism on retention; and additional low-income, first -generation and minority student retention articles.
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=6660
