The applied project sought to gain insight into student perceptions of required volunteerism in the context of coursework. The study included classes at a mid-sized southeastern community college and occurred in a single semester. The study was qualitative in nature and utilized focus groups and the analysis of reflective assignments to gather…

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological dissertation in practice (DIP) study was to find out what peer-to-peer volunteer tutors value in order to articulate ways to provide better support to students in their discovery and development of authentic individual and campus servant leadership values that are realized or learned while…

This dissertation examines literacy volunteer preparation historically and comparatively for two contemporary case study organizations: one that coordinated a university service learning/study abroad program and one that ran a family literacy program. The author reviews major contributions literacy studies has made to literacy theory and practice…

Within the last 10 years, higher education has seen the accelerated development of blended learning (BL), active learning (AL), and STEM education. The presented mixed methods study examined a proposed framework that BL affordances enable or constrain AL, as a representation of constructivist learning theory, and that the relationship between BL…