An Honors College with a Social Mission: Service-Learning from the Perspective of Students and Administrators |
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Authors: | Daniel B. Lee |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Sociology, Penn State DuBois, College Place, DuBois, Pennsylvania, 15801 |
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Abstract: | By adopting a Mission/Vision Statement that promotes public service and civic virtue, Penn State's newly established Schreyer Honors College (SHC) joins an increasing number of American universities that have embraced service-learning. As a case study, the SHC demonstrates that effectively institutionalizing service-learning is complex and requires more than innovative rhetoric and opportunities for students to volunteer. Despite a proactive administration and evidence of a growing interest among students in community service, I argue that the Mission/Vision Statement of the SHC will most likely remain in the realm of rhetoric until service-learning becomes a mandated component of the honors curriculum. |
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Keywords: | service-learning honors education clinical sociology sociological practice |
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