Service-Learning Essentials: Questions, Answers, and Lessons Learned

Chapter 9Securing the Future of Service-Learning in Higher Education

The primary purpose of this book is to promote high-quality service-learning throughout the higher education landscape in order to realize its potential benefits and to secure its future. Previous chapters have discussed the foundations and fundamental principles and practices of service-learning, issues related to assessment and administration, and the dilemmas and unanswered questions that challenge us to reflect deeply on our work. To survive and thrive into the future, service-learning must remain grounded in its strong principles and implemented with intentionality and care. The focus of this chapter is on questions that I believe service-learning educators and advocates ...