Institutionalizing Service-Learning

As part of a three-year Learn and Serve America grant, the Pennsylvania and New York Campus Compact consortium will be supporting PHENND to in turn support area campuses to "institutionalize service-learning" on their campuses. Through a competitive, peer-reviewed RFP process, eight local higher eds were selected in December 2006 for projects that began in January 2007. The institutions represent varying levels of service-learning programming from "beginner" to "advanced." PHENND provides modest grants, which are matched by each institution at increasing levels each year, to support infrastructure development and will also provide training and technical assistance.

Participating institutions are:

• Bryn Mawr College
• Cabrini College
• Chestnut Hill College
• Gwynedd-Mercy College
• Montgomery County Community College
• Saint Joseph's University
• University of Pennsylvania
• Widener University

As the program develops, more information will be made available about each institution's progress as well as the overall program. If you would like more information about this program, please contact Hillary Aisenstein at 215-573-2379 or hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu.