The mission of Duke's Service-Learning Program is to connect civic engagement to the curriculum.

 

Our goals:

• To support faculty, staff, students, and community partners involved in service-learning courses, in order to foster a passion for learning and a commitment to making a difference in the world.
• To broaden faculty and student involvement in service-learning and other community-based pedagogies, in order to strengthen the engagement of the University in real world issues.
• To assess the outcomes of service learning, in order to identify teaching and learning practices that foster the intellectual, ethical, and civic development of Duke students.
• To promote service learning on and beyond our campus, in order to strengthen Duke’s commitment to knowledge in the service of society.
  

 

The Service-Learning Program is housed within the Program in Education at Duke University. The Program in Education has been deeply involved in service-learning since the early 1990s, when tutoring programs were created which matched Duke undergraduates with children at risk for school failure. Along with other Duke departments and units such as African and African-American Studies, the Center for Science Education, the Community Service Center, Documentary Studies, DukeEngage, the Hart Leadership Program, the Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Office of Community Affairs, the Pratt School of Engineering, Spanish, Sociology, and the University Writing Program, the Program in Education has taken the lead in integrating public service with undergraduate academic coursework.

 

In addition to serving as home of the University's Service-Learning Program, the Program in Education collaborates with the Office of Community Affairs to administer three service-based programs. These programs provide Duke undergraduates with the opportunities to combine the academic study of educational issues with service in local schools and community centers:

Project Child  (for any first-year student)

Partners for Success (for students enrolled in Education courses)

Project Hope (for students enrolled in Education courses)

 

Mailing address:
Box 90739
Durham, NC 27708

 

Physical address:
Room 213 West Duke Building (East Campus)
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