Spring 2008

TEAM PRESENTS HLP's RESEARCH SERVICE-LEARNING INITIATIVE IN PUBLIC POLICY CURRICULUM AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE
This spring, a public policy faculty member, an RSL student, and two leadership staff members presented the signature pedagogy at the Teaching and Learning Conference of the American Political Science Association in San Jose, California. Focusing on the HLP's efforts to integrate RSL into core public policy courses, the presenters made the case that RSL plays an important role in fostering civic engagement among undergraduates. Their goal was to give workshop participants a framework for integrating RSL into public policy and political science courses. Read More.

Fall 2007

Public Policy course to incorporate research service-learning
Based on research service-learning successes in the past, the HLP is establishing a RSL pathway in the public policy curriculum. Projects that look at the relationships between social service providers and recipients in the Durham community will be introduced into the curriculum for PUBPOL 114. This semester, students are engaging in service activities to investigate the issues in Durham 's historic Cleveland-Holloway neighborhood. Read more.

 

 


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