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Why Service-Learing
Student Benefits
- Service-learning students find their coursework more relevant than traditional courses
- Service-learning promotes meaningful involvement with a diverse community
- Service-learning increases self-efficacy, critical thinking skills, and the ability to work cooperatively
- Service-learning allows for exploration of career options and teaches important workplace skills
- Service-learning accommodates different learning styles
- Service-learning gives students the opportunity learn from the community
- Service-learning provides a platform for analyzing and discussing community issues
- Service-learning develops or enhances a sense of community and civic responsibility
Community Partner Benefits
- Service-learning provides short-term volunteers to meet an organization’s needs
- Service-learning provides potential long-term volunteers or new employee recruits
- Service-learning increases awareness of an organization’s services and needs
- Service-learning heightens awareness of social issues
- Service-learning students develop a deeper appreciation of civic engagement
- Service-learning enhances an organization’s relationship with the college
- Service learning provides an organizations with the opportunity to participate in the educational process
Institutional Benefits
- Service-learning reinforces MHCC’s commitment to the community
- Service-learning students are more likely to persist in college
- Service-learning enhances the quality and relevancy of students’ educational experiences
- Service-learning provides a platform for the college to engage with and learn from the larger community
- Service-learning provides opportunities to extend the college’s knowledge and resources
- Service-learning provides opportunities for collaborative community research and project development
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