Book Review
Successful Service-Learning Programs: New Models of Excellence in Higher Education. (1998)
Edward Zlotkowski
Summary
- Zlotkowski presents models of service-learning that are embedded in the institution’s vision and mission. Zlotkowski affirms that these models present higher education as fundamentally connected to the community advancing the notion that the cultures of specific educational institutions must be explored in order to work towards service-learning as not only a feature of an institution of higher education, but an asset.
- Zlotkowski structures this book according to educational type (i.e. private and public research and comprehensive universities, sectarian and secular liberal arts colleges, a community college, an historically black institution, and a business-oriented school), which vary in size and experience with service-learning. What remains common in each of the profiles is the diversity and range of institutional sketch and the success of their service-learning program.
- Each chapter profiles a different successful service-learning program, including programs from institutions such as Portland State University, Bates College, and the University of Pennsylvania. Each chapter provides information on the program’s development, the practicalities of program operations, and a summary of community partnerships.
- The book concludes with numerous appendices such as organizational charts, position descriptions, overviews of service-learning opportunities, program timelines, service-learning course descriptions, administrative forms, policies and procedures, and sample syllabi.