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Research Articles

Vol. 28 No. 2

Providing Faculty-to-Faculty Support: Moving the Needle Forward in Service-Learning From Limited Exposure to Implementing a Campuswide Program

  • Rhonda K. Lewis
  • Chelsea Redger-Marquardt
  • Kara Fischer
Submitted
July 6, 2022
Published
2024-06-26

Abstract

The benefits of service-learning have been well documented in the literature in terms of student outcomes (i.e., increasing retention rates). The purpose of this article was to gather the experiences of faculty who participated in the Service-Learning Faculty Scholars program, a faculty development program designed to infuse service-learning into their courses and across campus at a midsized university in the Midwest. Faculty participated in a faculty cohort model. Listening sessions were held to gather faculty input, and a total of seven faculty participated. Participants were asked a series of open-ended questions. After a thematic analysis of the data, several themes emerged: service-learning competency/development, challenges, cohort effect, scholar experience, program-level support/resources and training, student experiences, community partner relationships, and faculty reflections on course design. Limitations and future research are discussed.