Other helpful
Service-Learning sites
Corporation for National Service (CNS)
URL: http://www.cns.gov
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This site provides links
to general information on participation in service through
Corporation for National Service sponsored programs such as
AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America or Senior Corps.
It also describes national partners in service, resources
for program directors, employment and fellowship information,
and research material (the history of national service,
strategic plans, etc.).
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
URL: http://www.nicsl.coled.umn.edu/
Exchange
URL:http://www.lsaexchange.org/
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The Learn and Serve America Exchange, led by the National Youth Leadership Council, supports
service-learning programs in schools, colleges and universities, and
community organizations across the country through peer-based training
and technical assistance. This web site contains information on peer mentors
and training and technical assistance.
Academy for Educational Development
URL: http://www.aed.org
American
Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Service Learning
URL: http://www.aacc.nche.edu/servicelearning/
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The site
provides links to general information on service learning, upcoming workshops,
links to organizations related to service learning and higher education, and a
link to AACC’s Service Learning Project.
American
Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Service Learning Project
URL: http://www.aahe.org
Association for Experiential Education
URL: http://www.aee.org/
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The Association for Experiential Education (AEE) is a non-profit, international professional
organization that is committed to the development, practice and evaluation of experiential education in all settings.
Break
Away: the Alternative Break Connection
URL: http://www.alternativebreaks.com
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Break Away promotes service on the local, regional, national and international level through break-oriented programs which immerse students in different cultures, heighten social awareness and advocate life-long social action.
Campus
Compact
URL: http://www.compact.org
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Campus Compact is a national
alliance of colleges and universities interested in promoting service and
leadership at their institutions. Its Web page includes syllabi of courses
with service dimensions, full text of and order forms to its publications, and
job postings related to service and higher education.
Campus
Compact National Center for Community College
URL: http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/academic/compact/
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The organization serves as a
national advocate for community colleges in service learning and assists
organizations with the promotion and implementation of community service.
The Web site provides staff information, announcements of award winners, links
to related organizations and schools, full text and ordering information of its
publications, and information on its conferences and projects.
Campus
Outreach Opportunity League
URL: http://www.cool2serve.org/index2.htm
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COOL's Mission is to educate and empower students to strengthen our nation through community service. 1531 P Street NW, Suite LL, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-265-1200, Email: homeoffice@COOL2SERVE.org
Close Up Foundation
URL: http://www.closeup.org
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Close Up's mission is built on the belief that textbooks and lectures alone are not enough to help students understand the democratic process and make it work. Students need a "close up" experience in government. Close Up's national, state, and local experiential government studies programs strengthen participants' knowledge of how the political process works, increase their awareness of major national and international issues, and motivate them to become actively involved in the world around them. Visit their website and check out their Service Learning Quarterly newsletter for resources.
44 Canal Center Plaza,
Alexandria, VA 22314-1592
Phone: (703) 706-3300; Fax: (703) 706-0001
Contact: Laura Rogers
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)
URL: http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph.html
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CCPH is nonprofit organization founded in 1996 to foster health-promoting
partnerships between communities and educational institutions. We identify
students, institutional leaders and community leaders as equal constituencies,
and we serve as a welcoming bridge between the many government and
foundation-sponsored initiatives in community-oriented health professions
education.
Generations United
URL: http://www.gu.org
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Generations United provides information
about intergenerational initiatives around the country (both Learn and Serve and other
types of programs). Generations United, as a clearinghouse itself, coordinates information
for over 130 intergenerational efforts.
440 First Street NW, Third
Floor, Washington, DC 20001-2085
Phone: (202) 662-4283; Fax: (202) 638-7555
Contact: Alison Frantz
International Partnership for Service-Learning
URL: http://www.studyabroad.com/psl/
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The International
Partnership for Service-Learning is an incorporated not-for-profit organization
serving colleges, universities, service agencies and related organizations
around the world by fostering programs that link community service and academic
study. IPS-L also organizes conferences
on the development of service-learning, promotes the principles and practice of
service-learning by encouraging partnership relationships, and publishes
materials related to service-learning.
Their web site contains information about their programs.
Institute on Community Integration
URL: http://www.ici.coled.umn.edu/ici/
InvisibleCollege
URL:http://www.selu.edu/orgs/ic/index.htm
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The Invisible College
is an association of educators in higher education that fosters and promotes
community service learning. Its Web page supplies background information
on the organization, links to related sites, and information about its upcoming
conference.
Learn and Serve America Exchange
URL: http://www.lsaexchange.org/
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The Learn and Serve America Exchange, led by the National Youth Leadership
Council supports service-learning programs in schools, colleges and
universities, and community organizations across the country through
peer-based training and technical assistance. If you need assistance
implementing service-learning programs, have questions, or simply
want to speak with someone who has "been there," you can utilize the
Exchange as a resource by calling toll-free 1-877-572-3924.
National Dropout Prevention Center
URL: http://www.dropoutprevention.org
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National Dropout Prevention Center at
Clemson University serves as the Regional Information Center for the southern portion of
the country, providing information about programs in eleven southern states. They also
provide access to the National Dropout Prevention Network, a large organization that
provides information on dropout prevention, and also the use of service-learning programs
to help young people achieve success in school.
Clemson University, 209 Martin
Street, Clemson, SC 29634-0726
Phone: (864) 656-2599; Fax: (864) 656-0136
Contact: Marty Duckenfield
National Service Resource Center
URL: http://www.etr.org/nsrc
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The National Service Resource Center (NSRC) is a
training and technical assistance provider to programs funded by the
Corporation for National Service. This web site contains a resource library, a
master calendar, resource guides, online documents, sample forms collection,
newsletters, and America Reads resources.
Northwest Regional Laboratory
URL: http://www.nwrel.org/cersc/index.html
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The Community and
Education Volunteer Services Center provides information, tools, networks and
training to support the development of effective and sustainable community
service, volunteerism, and partnerships among educational, nonprofit, and public
organizations.
National
Society for Experiential Education
URL: http://www.nsee.org
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The National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) is a membership association and national resource center
that promotes experienced-based approaches to teaching and learning. For over 25
years, NSEE has developed best practices for effectively integrating experience into
educational programs.
NSEE works with educators,
businesses, and community leaders in the shared belief that students' full learning
potential can most effectively be tapped through experience-based education programs.
1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714
Phone: (703) 575-5475; Fax: (603) 250-5852
Contact: Donna Sizemoor-Hale
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
URL: http://www.nwrel.org
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Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
provides access to information about school-to-work, Native American programs, educational
reform, and rural education -- as they relate to service-learning. NWREL also provides
connection to the national educational laboratory system, which focuses on technical
assistance to school systems throughout the country.
101 SW Main Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97204-3297
Phone: (503) 275-9500; Fax: (503) 275-0443
Contact: Amy Blake
Points of Light Foundation
URL: http://www.pointsoflight.org
Service-Learning
(Colorado) The Home of Service Learning on the World Wide Web
URL: http://csf.Colorado.EDU/sl/
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Hosted by Communications for a Sustainable Future (CSF) at the University
of Colorado, Boulder. The first service-learning site on the internet and web. Includes
searchable higher education service-learning listserv discussions; a comprehensive
guide to university programs, courses and syllabi; organizations, publications and
other resources; definitions and descriptions; benefits of service-learning; job
opportunities; and conference calendar.
Service-Learning
Internet Community (SLIC)
URL: http://www.slic.calstate.edu
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The Service-Learning Internet Community (SLIC) is a user-friendly, interactive tool on the web for sharing information among service-learning practitioners. Service-learning practitioners from the California State University developed this site to promote and facilitate the exchange of resources, questions, answers, and ideas among faculty, administrators, community partners, and students. You may sign up as a member of this on-line community, (membership is not limited to members of the California State University system).
ServeWeb
URL: http://www.ostberg.org/serveweb
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An on-line resource to help
the national and community service network more effectively use the Internet,
includes a list of state service Web sites (state commission sites, service
learning sites and more), tips on how to build a model state service Web site (with links
to the best state commission Web sites in the country), technology resources geared toward non-profits,
links to Web sites that offer free E-mail, free chat rooms and other free tools, and outstanding E-mail
newsletters and mailing lists for the service and non-profit community.
Western Regional Campus Compact Consortium
URL: http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~wrccc/
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Western Regional Campus Compact is a four state consortium of 92 college and universities Presidents
and Chancellors that seek to increase campus-wide participation in community and public service and to integrate
community service as a component of higher education.
Youth Service California
URL: http://www.yscal.org
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Youth Service California provides
program and systemic information about service-learning initiatives and activities in
California for the national database.
754 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.,
Suite 8, San Anselmo, CA 94960
Phone: (415) 257-3500; Fax: (415) 257-5838
Contact: Debbie Genzer
101 Ideas of Combining Service and Learning , FIU
URL: http://www.fiu.edu/~time4chg/Library/ideas.html
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