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Dahan, Thomas Alexander. The community effects of service-learning. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-b3gf-kf70

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TitleThe community effects of service-learning
NameDahan, Thomas Alexander (author); Jargowsky, Paul A. (chair); Hayes, Michael (internal member); Hart, Daniel (outside member); Rutgers University; Camden Graduate School
Date Created2019
Other Date2019-05 (degree)
SubjectHigher education, Public Affairs, Service learning -- United States, Community and college -- United States
Extent1 online resource (xiii, 157 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionThe previous research on service-learning and community engagement in higher education demonstrates that the practice has a small, but consistent effect on college student participants. Far less is known about the effects of these practices on the communities where universities engage and most of the work to date has been descriptive in nature. This dissertation uses three nationally representative datasets to examine community outcomes in places that host members of the Campus Compact, the largest and the oldest organization supporting university-community engagement in the United States. The results point to measurable impacts on social mobility, social capital, and educational test scores attributable to the presence of engaged institutions of higher education and contributes among the first quantitative studies of community impact of engagement from higher education. This dissertation also tests the observable implications of the elimination of federal funding for higher education service-learning that demonstrates the important role that federal policy played in producing positive effects in communities.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
NoteIncludes vita
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-b3gf-kf70
LanguageEnglish
CollectionCamden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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