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Office of Civic Engagement
Definition: Civic engagement is individual and collective action designed to identify and address issues of public concern. Civic engagement can take many forms, from individual voluntarism to organizational involvement to electoral participation. Center for Global Citeznship
Office of Civic Engagement
Definition: Service-learning is a form of experiential education that intentionally involves students in the community (local, urban, regional, national, or global). It includes a blend of specified learning objectives and formal self-reflection with the goal of mutual benefit. Service-learning students engage in work that is defined by community needs. The experience can be curricular or co-curricular in nature; ongoing or one time projects; paid (as in work study) or unpaid (as in volunteer service). The emphasis in Service-Learning is on the reciprocity of the experience, by which all parties learn from and are of service to one another.
Adapted from:
Furco, A. (1996). Service-learning: A balanced approach to experiential education. In Corporation for National Service (Ed.), Expanding Boundaries: Serving and Learning (pp. 2-6). Columbia, MD: Cooperative Education Association.
