Far too often, students are left on the periphery when creating, designing, and implementing community service initiatives. This article provides a framework to position students as co-creators of service initiatives rather than just participants using a case study of the President's Leadership Fellows Program at University of Tampa.

This book provides a much-needed overview of the theory and practice of intercultural service learning (ISL), an approach that combines curricular learning, intercultural encounters and community service. It includes a model that outlines the essential components of this pedagogy and which is intended to serve as a foundation for practitioners…

The article analyzes two fundamental questions that emerge as institutions of higher education seek to advance global health equity: What are the motivations driving these initiatives, and within which paradigms of engagement do they enter into collaboration with communities? An examination of the tensions and paradoxes of geopolitical paradigms…

Research indicates that student leadership and peer-to-peer mentoring enhance the highimpact practice of student service-learning. This article explores the successful implementation of a community-based learning teaching assistant program by a community-engaged office at a four-year liberal arts institution. It discusses the program's…

This paper outlines a novel model of community-engaged learning: "Building Bridges, Not Walls: The Democracy and Diversity Project." Inspired by the pedagogical horizontality of Paulo Freire and the applied disciplinary approach of "service sociology," Building Bridges pursues sustainable university-community partnerships with…

Over the past decade, Illinois has emerged as a national exemplar of how state policy can drive systemic change in civics education. The Illinois Civic Mission Coalition, a pan-ideological alliance of educators, policymakers, and civic organizations, has shaped the state's civics education vision. The coalition built a scalable infrastructure of…