ERIC Number: EJ843838
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
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Community Agency Voice and Benefit in Service-Learning
Miron, Devi; Moely, Barbara E.
Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, v12 n2 p27-37 Spr 2006
Supervisors from 40 community agencies working with a university-based service-learning program were interviewed regarding the extent of their input in service-learning program planning and implementation "(Agency Voice), Interpersonal Relations" with service-learning students, "Perceived Benefit" of the service-learning program to the agency, and their "Perceptions of the University." Issues of diversity in the context of service-learning were considered. Support was found for two hypotheses: First, agency members' indicating more voice in program planning saw more benefits to their agency from taking part in the service-learning program. Secondly, the perception of benefits predicted agency members' positive perceptions of the university as a whole. Representatives of agencies with a longer history of participation in the service-learning program and from agencies involving larger numbers of service-learning students were more positive about some aspects of the relationship. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Service Learning, Public Agencies, Program Development, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, School Community Relationship, School Community Programs, Interviews, Cultural Differences, College Students, Administrator Attitudes, Supervisors
Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, University of Michigan. 1024 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3310. Tel: 734-647-7402; Fax: 734-647-7464; Web site: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Louisiana
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