Community-engaged learning is a teaching strategy that integrates community analysis or engagement with instruction and critical reflection. This enables students to apply disciplinary knowledge in real-world contexts, to grow capacities for civic and social action, and to address community-identified priorities.
- 135 service- and civic-learning courses
- 150+ community organizations partnering with service- and civic-learning courses
- 1,538 students worked on 100+ projects with off-campus partners
- 30 departments offered at least one CL/SL course
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UVM’s Leahy Institute Awards Six Grants to Support Community-Engaged Learning Opportunities in Vermont
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