May 16, 2017Toward a National Agenda for SLCE?by Lori E. Kniffin, Patti H. Clayton, & Sarah E. Stanlick In an earlier blog post, we introduced the Service-Learning and Community Engagement Future Directions Project (SLCE-FDP). We invited you to join this learning community and contribute your own thinking in…
April 28, 2017Engaged Education: Not For Undergraduates Onlyby Lori E. Kniffin & Patti H. Clayton A decade ago, research suggested that, when it came to graduate education, colleges and universities focused more on disciplinary knowledge than civic engagement, despite the emphasis on the latter at the undergraduate…
March 7, 2017SLCE Future Directions Project: Co-Creating the Future of the SLCE Movementby Patti H. Clayton, Sarah E. Stanlick, & Lori E. Kniffin What is your vision for the future of SLCE? Why? What must we particularly attend to in order to support the flourishing of the work in this direction? An…
February 28, 2017SLCE Scholarship: Broadening the Who, the Where, and the Whatby Lori E. Kniffin & Patti H. Clayton Throughout these blog posts we use the term “practitioner-scholar” to refer to anyone who partners in SLCE with a spirit of inquiry; connects their practice, learning, and curiosity with others; and thereby…
January 31, 2017Why Service-Learning and Community Engagement?by Lori E. Kniffin & Patti H. Clayton What is behind the not-uncommon question “Why service-learning and community engagement (SLCE)?” Are the questioners wondering “Why should the academy invest in this?” … “Why should I consider teaching in this unfamiliar…