Mission and Goals

Our Mission

As a Program of the Center for Community-Based Learning, Service-Learning seeks to foster the development of informed and involved citizens through the integration of service to the community with academic course work.

Our Goals

  • Provide support systems for faculty to create and offer academic courses that foster student learning through direct experience and reflection and that stimulates new insights on issues of public concern.
  • Establish and sustain community partnerships that are based on reciprocity and rely on long-term commitments between the University and the community.
  • Maintain a Service-Learning Scholars Program to insure that there is a cadre of faculty who have mastered the pedagogy and practices of service-learning.
  • Offer training and developmental activities to meet the needs of students, faculty and community partners.
  • Build an institutional infrastructure that supports faculty, community partners, and students.
  • Maintain an efficient system of Program administration and risk management.
  • Recognize and award student, faculty and partners who make a significant contribution to the campus and community.


Service-Learning Program

313 Morehead Hall
Center for Community Based Learning
Montclair State University
1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ
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