How can involvement in service learning strengthen my professional research?
Many professional academic associations now include sessions on service learning and civic engagement at national and regional conferences. Associations such as Campus Compact, Minnesota Campus Compact, National Society for Experiential Education, and the American Association of Higher Education hold annual conferences and provide opportunities to present papers on service learning and the scholarship of engagement. Additionally, special issues of professional journals now feature service learning as a topic of inquiry. Involvement in service learning can augment and redirect one’s professional research interests, especially when a strong partnership is created with the community agency. What risks are involved in service learning? College or University insurance typically does not cover service learning activities off campus. Students are to be considered as volunteers and it is up to each agency to determine the need for volunteer insurance and limited criminal history checks. Studen
