Community Engaged Learning

Civically Engaged Learning (CEL)

“A form of experiential education where learning occurs through a cycle of action and reflection as students. . .seek to achieve real objectives for the community and deeper understanding and skills for themselves. In the process, students link personal and social development with academic and cognitive development. . . experience enhances understanding; understanding leads to more effective action.”

By Vanderbilt University’s Janet S. Eyler and Dwight E. Giles, Jr.