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Institutionalization / Sustainability

Click here to see all results for this topicSustainability in service-learning is defined as the ability to maintain or increase program efforts by building constituencies; creating strong, enduring partnerships; generating and leveraging resources; and identifying and securing funding sources that are available over time. Institutionalization addresses the extent to which service-learning is integrated into the culture and goals of a school, community organization, or institute of higher education.
September 2004 (Updated January 2009)
  
NSLC Site Resources
  • Sustainability in K-12 Schools: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography)
  • Sustainability of Service-Learning in Higher Education Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography)
  • Sustaining Service-Learning in K-12 Schools (NSLC Fact Sheet)
  • Institutional Structures for Service-Learning In Higher Education (NSLC Fact Sheet)
  • Service-Learning in California: A Profile of the CalServe Service-Learning Partnerships (1997-2000) - Chapter 7: Sustaining And Institutionalizing Service-Learning (325K pdf)
Relevant Links
  • Learning at the Edges: Challenges to the Sustainability of Service-Learning in Higher Education
Recommended NSLC Library Items* (How to Borrow)
  • Institutionalizing Community-Based Learning and Research: The Case for External Networks (2008)
  • Lessons Learned While Developing a Community-Based Learning Initiative (2008) Full Text PDF
  • Scholarship for Sustaining Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (2008)
  • Assessing Institutional Support for Service-Learning: A Case Study of Organizational Sensemaking (2007)
  • SAFE Models of Civic Engagement: Sustaining Service Learning (2006) full_text.gif
  • Developing and Sustaining Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships: A Skill-Building Curriculum (2006) full_text.gif
  • Service-Learning in the Curriculum: A Resource for Higher Education Insititutions (2006) full_text.gif
  • Improving Service-Learning Practice: Research on Models to Enhance Impact (2005)
  • Calling the Question: Is Higher Education Ready to Commit to Community Engagement? (2004)
  • The Sustaining Factors of Service-Learning at a National Leader School: A Case Study (2003)
  • Adoption, Implementation, and Sustainability of K-12 Service-Learning (2002)
  • Institutionalizing Service Learning in Community Colleges (2002) Full Text PDF
  • Learning That Lasts: How Service-Learning Can Become an Integral Part of Schools, States and Communities (2002)
  • Service-Learning in California: A Profile of the CalServe Service-Learning Partnerships (1997-2000) - (Chapter 7: Sustaining And Institutionalizing Service-Learning [325K pdf]) (2002) Full Text PDF
  • Sustainable Service-Learning Programs (2002)
  • Institutional Impacts and Organizational Issues Related to Service-Learning (2000)
  • Self-Assessment Rubric for the Institutionalization of Service-Learning in Higher Education (1999)
  • Self-Assessment Tool for Service-Learning Sustainability (1999) Full Text PDF
  • Getting Past Go: Successful Strategies and Tools for Institutionalizing Service-Learning in Higher Education (1998)
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