Jeff Stein’s chapter “Service-Learning As Crossroads” was recently published in Student and Academic Affairs Collaboration: The Divine Comity. Published by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), the book is written and edited by leading scholars and practitioners from NASPA’s Student Affairs Professionals Working With and In Academic Affairs Knowledge Community. The Divine Comity highlights best practices from institutions nationwide that are engaging in effective student and academic affairs partnerships. It also provides recommendations for outreach efforts, communication plans, classroom-residence hall continuity, and collaboration within the community college setting.
Stein’s chapter reviews the history of the Service-Learning movement; explores the pedagogical basis and need for democratic partnerships in curricular and co-curricular Service-Learning; and explains roles for faculty, student affairs professionals, and senior administrators. The chapter also includes case studies of collaborations at Indiana University-Purdue University Indiana, California State-Fresno, and Elon University.
Stein and other authors from the book presented their findings at the joint NASPA/ACPA meeting in Orlando, Florida last week. ACPA (American College Personnel Association) and NASPA are the two national Student Affairs professional organizations.