What is community engagement? What is service learning?
Community Engagement describes the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity. Service learning is a pedagogy that supports the broader goals of community engagement. Cal State L.A.s faculty handbook defines service learning as a pedagogical model that links course content with a community service component that is designed to address the needs identified by the community whether local or global (The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching), (http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/senate/handbook/ch4a.htm#service).
