WACC Learn and Serve America Program

Mid-Year Report Released

Washington Campus Compact asked the Learn & Serve Grantees to

report on some of their successes during the 2007-08 grant year.  

The 11 sub-grantee campuses included in the 2007-2008 Learn & Serve

America (LSA) Mid-Year Progress Report are Boise State University, Cascadia

Community College, Clark College, Edmonds Community College, Everett Community College, Gonzaga University, Lewis-Clark State College, Seattle University,  Spokane Falls Community College,  The Evergreen State College, and Washington State University.

Click here to view the mid-year report.

Overview

Colleges in Washington and Idaho--in partnership with P-12, community leaders and policy makers, all under the direction of Washington Campus Compact (WACC)--will leverage local, state, and national resources to bring Learn and Serve to each of the 11 congressional districts in these two states.

Learn and Serve America provides support to schools, higher education institutions, and community-based organizations that engage students, their teachers, and others in service-learning.

Program Impact

WACC has awarded eleven recipients funding from WACC’s Learn and Serve America Higher Education grant from the Corporation for National & Community Service (CNCS). They are:

• Boise State University
• Cascadia Community College
• Clark College
• Edmonds Community College
• Everett Community College
• Gonzaga University
• Lewis-Clark State College
• Olympic College
• Seattle University
• Spokane Falls Community College
• Washington State University

Boise State University, Edmonds Community College, Lewis-Clark State College, and Spokane Falls Community College will develop Congressional District Action Teams, in partnership with P-12, community leaders and policy makers; under the direction of WACC will leverage local, state and national resources to bring Learn and Serve to each of the 11 congressional districts in Washington and Idaho. Learn and Serve America provides support to schools, higher education institutions and community-based organizations that engage students, their teachers and others in service-learning.

Boise State University, Cascadia Community College, Clark College, Edmonds Community College, Everett Community College, Gonzaga University, Lewis-Clark State College, Olympic College, Seattle University, and Washington State University will use Promising Practices funding to improve school success of disadvantaged P-12 youth by growing and replicating existing tutoring, mentoring and service-learning projects. College service-learning students will work with disadvantaged youth to mitigate barriers to school success, improve college access, while developing their own practices of civic and academic engagement.

Finally, Learn and Serve America will institutionalize service-learning in 50% of the colleges in Washington and Idaho by improving and standardizing assessment and data collection practices; increasing the number of service-learning students, faculty and courses; increasing stakeholder support; strengthening P-20 partnerships and integrating service-learning into campus policies.

Program Contact
Brian Heinrich, Communications Director
Washington Campus Compact
c/o Western Washington University
MS 5291, 516 High Street
Bellingham, WA 98225-5996
360-650-4147
360-650-6895 (fax)
brian.heinrich@wwu.edu

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