Do “Days of Service” Meet Institutional Service-Learning Goals? A Case Study in Assessment of the MLK Day of Service

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episodic volunteering, extra-curricular service, survey tool, connection, quantitative analysis

Abstract

The current study pilots a survey tool for assessing participant experiences in the MLK Day of Service at a public university. Student, faculty, staff, community volunteer and community partner participants (N=344) reflected upon service, learning, and university-community connections as part of a multi-method evaluation process. Quantitative analysis of unidimensional and summed variables finds significant variation by instructional site and participant affiliation. Such instruments may clarify the role of Days of Service in meeting institutional service-learning goals.

Author Biographies

Elizabeth B. Erbaugh, Stockton University

Elizabeth B. Erbaugh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Faculty Fellow for Service-Learning at Stockton University. She teaches courses in health, gender, sexuality, research methods and feminist theory.

Jess Bonnan-White, Stockton University

Jess Bonnan-White is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Stockton University.

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Published

07/26/2018

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Research and Theory

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