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In 2000-2001, the CSU began an exciting partnership with the Department
of Service Learning at the Corporation for National and Community
Service. Through the support of Learn and Serve America, the CSU
implemented a three-year grant program, Institutionalizing Community
Service Learning in the CSU. This grant program was designed to
complement CSU’s efforts to respond to California’s
Call to Service.
The overall goal of the Institutionalizing Community Service Learning
in the CSU is to successfully implement the CSU Strategic Plan for
Community Service Learning, which would result in the institutionalization
of community service learning at each campus. The CSU Strategic
Plan for Community Service Learning, created in 1997, serves as
the primary guide for this grant. This strategic plan identifies
specific steps to arrive at its primary objectives: (1) engage students
at each CSU campus in at least one community service-learning experience
prior to graduation and (2) offer a continuum of community service
opportunities at each CSU campus. To support the achievement of
these visionary goals, the Strategic Plan is organized into six
goals. Each campus focuses on the first three goals of the Strategic
Plan:
- To develop a solid infrastructure to support community service
learning;
- To provide resources and tools for faculty interested in service
learning; and
- To support the involvement of community partners and students
in the design of a service-learning program
The other three goals are the responsibility of the systemwide
Office of Community Service Learning, a part of Academic Affairs
at the CSU Office of the Chancellor. The 1997
Strategic Plan for Community Service Learning at the CSU is
available.
The Learn and Serve program consists of two phases.
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