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This book offers a comprehensive rethinking of the theory and practice of service-learning in higher education. Democratic and community engagement are vital aspects of linking colleges and communities, and this book critically engages the best practices and powerful alternative models in the academy. Drawing on key theoretical insights and empirical studies, Butin details the limits and possibilities of the future of community engagement in developing and sustaining the engaged campus.

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• List of Figures and Tables(p. vi)
• Foreword(p. vii)
• Preface(p. xiii)
• Part I Defining and Disturbing Service-Learning in Higher Education(p. 1)
• 1 Conceptualizing Service-Learning(p. 3)
• 2 The Limits of Service-Learning(p. 23)
• 3 The Possibilities of Service-Learning(p. 45)
• Part II Institutionalizing Service-Learning in Higher Education(p. 67)
• 4 Disciplining Service-Learning(p. 69)
• 5 Majoring in Service-Learning?(p. 87)
• 6 The Futures of Service-Learning?(p. 107)
• Part III Embracing a Scholarship of Engagement in Higher Education(p. 123)
• 7 Toward a Theory and Practice of Community Engagement(p. 125)
• 8 Living With(in) The Future: Higher Education Trends and Implications for Service-Learning(p. 143)
• References(p. 155)
• Index(p. 171)

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Dan W. Butin is the founding dean of the school of education at Merrimack College. He is the editor and author of over fifty books, articles, and book chapters, including the books Service-Learning in Higher Education, Teaching Social Foundations of Education, and Service-Learning and Social Justice Education. Dr. Butin's research focuses on issues of educator preparation and policy and community engagement. He has been the assistant dean of the school of education at Cambridge College and a faculty member at Gettysburg College. Prior to working in higher education, Dr. Butin taught middle school, an adult GED program, and was the chief financial officer of Teach For America. More about Dr. Butin's teaching and scholarship can be found at http://danbutin.org/.