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The Policy and History Behind Campus Volunteering in Higher Education
Welcome. This site explores how service in higher education did not just appear on its own. Federal laws, funding, and national programs helped build what many campuses now treat as normal volunteering and service learning.
Welcome. This site explores how service in higher education did not just appear on its own. Federal laws, funding, and national programs helped build what many campuses now treat as normal volunteering and service learning.
The goal of this activity is to help you understand where these programs came from, how national policy shaped them, and what might happen as funding and politics around AmeriCorps change.
The goal of this activity is to help you understand where these programs came from, how national policy shaped them, and what might happen as funding and politics around AmeriCorps change.
Laws That Built Service
Laws That Built Service
See how federal laws created national service programs like VISTA and AmeriCorps and changed what service could look like on college campuses. This page gives a quick timeline and a few key primary source snapshots.
Service in Higher Education
Service in Higher Education
Get a simple overview of how service shows up in higher education, from one time events to service learning and civic engagement. This page helps connect national policy to what students actually experience.
Carnegie Community Engagement
Carnegie Community Engagement
Learn what the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification is and why it matters for colleges and universities. This page shows how service and community work become part of an institution’s identity.
Putting It Together and References
Putting It Together and References
Pull the big ideas together and reflect on what they mean for the future of service in higher education. This page also lists the main sources used throughout the site.
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