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The Effect Of Community Service Learning On Undergraduate Persistence In Three Institutional Contexts., Susan C. Reed, Helen Rosenberg, Anne Statham, Howard Rosing
The Effect Of Community Service Learning On Undergraduate Persistence In Three Institutional Contexts., Susan C. Reed, Helen Rosenberg, Anne Statham, Howard Rosing
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This study explores the role of community service learning (CSL) in promoting undergraduate persistence relative to other experiences students have in college, their entering characteristics, and institutional features. By following the 2009 freshmen cohort at three Midwestern universities over three years, this study finds that students’ experiences while in college (CSL, full-time enrollment, and GPA) have a stronger effect on the likelihood of reenrollment than students’ entering characteristics (age, gender, and race). Our separate analyses for each institution allow us to consider how the differences between the three universities (student body composition, retention rate, CSL program) might lead CSL courses …
Tracking Culture: The Meanings Of Community Engagement Data Collection In Higher Education, Howard Rosing
Tracking Culture: The Meanings Of Community Engagement Data Collection In Higher Education, Howard Rosing
Scholarship of Engagement
The essay briefly outlines the history of community engagement at DePaul University in order to explore how and why universities and colleges are increasingly adopting data collections systems for tracking community engagement. I explore the question of why there is a growing interest in tracking engagement within the academy and suggest that dominant meanings attached to tracking behavior (e.g., recognition, marketing, budget legitimation) overshadow more critical and political rationales for documenting engagement, such as those that emerge out of aspiration to understand how higher education can play a role in promoting social justice and transforming communities. I argue that the …