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From: Sarena Seifer <sarena@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Social Science Service Learning Institute
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This message is forwarded to LSHE list from WA Campus Compact--please reply
to the name below. 

SAVE THIS DATE:    September 19-20, 1997

SOCIAL SCIENCE SERVICE LEARNING INSTITUTE

Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana have teamed up to offer a Northwest 
Regional Institute for faculty in the Social Science Disciplines.  This 
will be offered on September 19-20, 1997.  This is a preliminary notice 
to mark your calendar for the upcoming NRCC Integrating Service into 
Social Science Curriculum Service Learning Insititute.

CALL FOR PAPERS AND SYLLABI:  August 15.  Please plan on submitting 
papers on service-learning and course syllabi by August 15. More details are 
forthcoming.

KEYNOTE PRESENTER   Alexander Astin

Dr. Astin will present a history and future of assessment as it pertains 
to service-learning in the social science disciplines.

Alexander Astin is Allen Murray Cartter Professor of Higher Education at 
the University of California, Los Angeles and Director of the Higher 
Education Research Institute at UCLA.  He has served as Director of 
Research for both the American Council on Education and the National 
Merit Scholarship Corporation.  He is the Founding Director of the 
Cooperative Insitutional Reasearch Program, on ongoing national study of 
some nine million students, 250,000 faculty and staff, and 1500 higher 
education institutions.  Dr. Astin has authored 18 books and some 300 
other publications in the field of higher education.  Major areas of 
inquiry include the outcomes of higher education, values in higher 
education, institutional quality, institutional leadership, equality of 
opportunity and access, assessment and research methodology, citizenship, 
and the interface between research and policy.

GOALS OF THE INSTITUTE:

*  Creating a critical mass of faculty integrating service into social 
   science disciplines.

*  Strengthening the quality of social science courses.

*  Strengthening service-learning in the social sciences through research 
   and publication.

*  Identifying and developing service-learning leaders among faculty in 
   social science disciplines.

*  Provide in-state and out-of-state networking opportunities for faculty 
   and administrators.

*  Develop a discipline specific listserv for social science faculty for 
   ongoing dialogue and sharing of information.

FOR MORE INFORAMTION:   Lisa Moulds, Project Coordinator  
			lmoulds@cc.wwu.edu
			360-650-7448			


WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!

 






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