A Practical Guide for Integrating Civic Responsibility into the Curriculum Second Edition

Abstract

This curriculum guide evolved from a national service learning project of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). AACC’s project, Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning, has worked to integrate service learning into the institutional climate of community colleges since 1994. Recognizing that an intentional civic responsibility component was missing from many service learning initiatives, AACC selected six colleges from around the country to participate in a pilot project whose purpose was to identify service learning strategies to boost civic engagement and foster civic responsibility among community college students. The six participating colleges were Albuquerque TVI Community College, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Glendale Community College, Glendale, California; Hocking College, Nelsonville, Ohio; Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona; Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida; and Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois.