
IARSLCE Hears
Announcements
The CELTS team at Loyola University Chicago is proud to share our recently published CELTS 2024-25 Annual Impact Report, entitled Catalysts for Change: Transformative Impact through Research, Teaching, and Learning.
Call for Papers: Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community
Special Themed Issue: Advocacy in Service-Learning Pedagogy. The Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community (JPIC) provides professionals with up-to-date information on effective programs for community intervention and prevention. If you wish to submit a manuscript to be considered for this JPIC themed issue, please submit the manuscript as soon as possible but no later than August 31 2025. For questions about the special themed issue, contact the Guest Co-Editor: Roger N. Reeb, PhD (rreeb1@udayton.edu).
Journals experience difficulty in recruiting Reviewers for one manuscript these days for unknown reasons. If you are willing to review one manuscript for this particular issue, please contact the Guest Editor (Roger N. Reeb, PhD) at rreeb1@udayton.edu.
Join GivePulse for an upcoming webinar, Scaling Impact: Leveraging GivePulse Across Multi-Campus Institutions, July 30th at 2pm Eastern/11am Pacific, where campus leaders from Rutgers University and the University of Oklahoma will share how they're using GivePulse to streamline engagement and drive collective impact across multiple campuses. Register today to learn practical strategies for centralizing data and fostering collaboration, or sign up to receive the recording if you can't attend live.
The NASPA Civic Learning & Democratic Engagement (CLDE) Knowledge Community is rebuilding its volunteer leadership team and seeking new regional representatives. This KC supports student affairs professionals in advancing civic education, student development, and democratic engagement. All seven regional rep positions are open—view the regional map here—and interested individuals can contact Chair Justin Dandoy at justin.dandoy@pitt.edu for more info.
UNESCO's Multisectoral Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and CLAYSS, Latin American Center for Solidarity Service-Learning, have developed “Solidarity as the future of education. Perspectives from the Ibero-American experience of service-learning”. This publication sets a dialogue between the statements of this document with the theory and practice of solidarity service-learning in Ibero-America, to show that UNESCO's proposal of education for the future is already being implemented in many educational institutions in the region. The book is available for free download on the CLAYSS website and the presentation in English can be viewed here.
The most recent issue of Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ELTHE) has launched, featuring a piece by Bill Heinrich and Patrick Green on the Society for Experiential Education’s 20-month design thinking project on the definitions and principles of experiential learning: Defining Experiential Education for Applications in Higher Education: A Call to Action (Note the website will ask you to register, but it is free).
The latest issue of Metropolitan Universities journal, Vol. 36 No. 1 (2025): Exploring the Role of Higher Education in Prison and Returning Citizens on Campuses and Communities, is now available. Guest editors from Marquette University invite readers to reimagine the civic purposes of higher education through powerful explorations of prison education and reentry programs. Read the full issue here.
The American Sociological Association has launched a new online toolkit, How to Include Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Tenure and Promotion Process, aimed at ensuring that community-engaged sociologists are recognized and rewarded for their scholarship, and that all of those involved in the tenure and promotion review process have the guidance needed to evaluate their work.
Save the date for the 2024 EASLHE Conference, taking place October 16–17 at Utrecht University in the Netherlands! This annual gathering brings together service-learning researchers and practitioners from across Europe—learn more here.
Job Opportunities
VT Engage is hiring a full-time Engagement Coordinator ($43,888–$50,000) to lead service learning programs, alternative breaks, and community partnerships. We're seeking someone passionate about civic engagement to help develop student leadership programs and co-advise The Big Event community service initiative. Applications are due July 25 - please share with your networks and apply at https://bit.ly/ECOORD or contact jesdavis@vt.edu with questions.
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