"International service-learning is a transforming experience for all concerned, and a means through which we can create citizens and individuals who are responsive to the needs of others, civically engaged, and prepared for a peaceful future based on the globalization of compassion, tolerance, and understanding."
- Humphrey Tonkin, University Professor of Humanities and President Emeritus, University of Hartford, from Service-Learning Across Cultures: Promise and Achievement

Research

SERVICE-LEARNING ACROSS CULTURES: PROMISE AND ACHIEVEMENT

edited by Humphrey Tonkin

This book, the culmination of a three-year, three-part study funded by the Ford Foundation, explores the effects of international service-learning on the students who participate, the institutions where they study, and the agencies where they perform their service...

SERVICE-LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD: AN INITIAL LOOK

a report by Howard A. Berry and Linda A. Chisholm

This report, supported by the Ford Foundation, is the first international survey of service-learning. In addition to describing models of service-learning programs, it gives examples of service-learning from over 100 institutions in 33 countries.