Service Learning Benefits for Faculty
Service learning . . .
• Supplements the educational experience being provided by the
faculty.
• Allows the faculty to give back to the community through its
students.
• Provides an opportunity for the community to view the faculty
as a resource.
• Gives students the opportunity to connect classroom theory and
practice to a community need.
• Brings the community into the classroom.
• Teaches citizenship and social responsibility to the students.
• Students learn cross cultural communication.
• Increases student retention by helping them develop a sense
of community within the class.