Document Type
Report
Publication Date
6-1999
Abstract
This report focuses on service and service-learning in high schools. The report compares data from 1984 research with information from two studies of service and service-learning completed in 1997. The data suggest that community service and service-learning in 1984 was available in slightly more than one-quarter of all high schools (primarily to white students), and course-related programs (service-learning) occurred in only about 10% of all schools. The 1997 data indicate that the number of high school students involved in service-related programs has increased 686%; and the number of high school students involved in service-learning has increased3,663%. Using data from studies of school-based and college and university-based service-learning programs, the report estimates the number of individuals participating in service-learning programs across the country.It also provides charts that show funding figures for service-learning programs.
Recommended Citation
Shumer, Robert D. and Cook, Charles C., "The Status of Service-Learning in the United States: Some Facts and Figures" (1999). Service Learning, General. 144.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/slceslgen/144