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Emory
University Center for Ethics
The Center for Ethics exists to enrich moral imagination, to
deepen knowledge of ethics, and to encourage lives of moral meaning
and ethical practice.
Emory
College Center for Teaching and Curriculum
The goals of the Center for Teaching and Curriculum are: To recognize
and reward excellent teaching throughout Emory College; To provide
material support for the development of new courses, curricula and
methods of instruction; To study the attitudes toward teaching and
learning among Emory undergraduates; and To promote public discussion
of teaching and learning among members of the faculty.
Volunteer
Emory
Volunteer Emory's mission is "to provide the Emory community
with service opportunities that promote learning about self and
society, while striving to meet the needs identified by community
organizations."
Faith
and the City
A collaboration working to nurture a spirit
of mutual community, shared responsibility, and common destiny among
the citizens of the Atlanta metropolitan region.
Here are
some outside links that may be of interest:
Theory Into Practice Database,
George Washington University
TIP is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory
more accessible to educators. The database contains brief summaries
of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories
can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts.
The Invisible College
The Invisible College is a national organization dedicated to service-learning.
We are university faculty and staff, community partners, and students
working toward a common goal: increasing the practice of service-learning
across the United States.
Campus
Compact, Brown University
Campus Compact is a coalition of college and university presidents
committed to helping students develop the values and skills of citizenship
through participation in public and community service. It is the
only national higher education organization whose primary purpose
is to support campus-based public and community service.
Idealist.org, Action
Without Borders
Action Without Borders is a global network
of individuals and organizations working to build a world where
all people can live free and dignified lives in a healthy environment.
The
Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning, University
of Michigan
The Ginsberg Center is home to multiple community learning programs
and also produces the annual Michigan Journal of Community Service
Learning. Through these programs and publications, the Ginsberg
Center hopes to engage students, faculty members, university staff,
and community partners in a process which combines community service
and academic learning in order to promote civic participation, build
community capacity, and enhance the educational process.
National
Society for Experiential Education
The National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) is a nonprofit
membership association of educators, businesses, and community leaders.
NSEE also serves as a national resource center for the development
and improvement of experiential education programs nationwide.
The
Higher Education Links List
Annotated links for educators, researchers, graduates and others
requiring access to international resources and courseware in Higher
Education.
Association
for Experiential Education
The mission of the Association for Experiential Education is to
develop and promote experiential education in all settings. The
Association is committed to support professional development, theoretical
advancement, and evaluation in the field of experiential education
worldwide.
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
A comprehensive information system that focuses on all dimensions
of service-learning, covering kindergarten through higher education
school based as well as community based initiatives.
Georgia Center for Non-Profits
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits is Georgia's association for nonprofit,
charitable organizations. Our mission is to serve, strengthen and
support Georgia's nonprofit community. The Center advocates to improve
the environment in which nonprofits work and helps nonprofits manage
better by offering information, training, consulting and nonprofit
jobs services.
Learn and Serve America
Learn and Serve America supports service-learning programs across
the country by providing funding and training.
Comparative History of Ideas,
University of Washington
The Program in the Comparative History of Ideas is an interdisciplinary
program at the University of Washington. We seek to promote the
habit of seeing from a variety of vantage points, what we call "parallel
thinking".
The
Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania
Penn's primary vehicle for bringing to bear
the broad range of human knowledge needed to solve the complex,
comprehensive, and interconnected problems of the American city
so that West Philadelphia (Penn's local geographic community), Philadelphia,
the University itself, and society benefit.
The International Partnership
for Service-Learning
A not-for-profit educational organization
incorporated in New York State serving colleges, universities, service
agencies and related organizations around the world by fostering
programs that link community service and academic study.
The
PULSE Program of Boston College
A Program that provides students with the
opportunity to combine supervised social service or social advocacy
field work with the study of Philosophy, Theology, and other disciplines.
In light of classical philosophical and theological texts, PULSE
students address the relationship of self and society, the nature
of community, the mystery of suffering, and the practical difficulties
of developing a just society.
Princeton
Project 55
Nonprofit organization established by members
of the Class of 1955 at Princeton University, "Mobilizing alumni
and students, and others who share our concerns, to provide civic
leadership and to develop and implement solutions to systemic problems
that affect the public interest."
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