Further Information/Resources

- 28 percent of college students are involved in service.

- 68 percent of Colleges and Universities surveyed indicate the number of students participating in service on their campus has increased over the past year; 18 percent of schools feel it has not.

- Of these institutions surveyed, 38 percent say that student involvement in service activities has gone up at least 10 percent, 16 percent of schools say the number has gone up from 11 to 25 percent, 6 percent believe it has increased between 26 and 50 percent and 3 percent of universities and colleges surveyed state that service has increased by at least 50 percent. About half of the schools surveyed consider those figures an exact total or a close estimate, while 37 percent say their numbers are a rough estimate.

Findings from the Campus Compact
Annual Member Survey Report - 2001

Some Further Resources for Service-Learning and Community Service (Civic Engagement)

Local (Philadelphia Area) Resources:
Philadelphia Higher Education Newtwork for Neighborhood Development (PHENND) - www.upenn.edu/ccp/PHENND.html

University of Pennsylvania's Center for Community Partnerships - www.upenn.edu/ccp

Philadelphia Cares - www.philacares.com

Campus Philly - www.campusphilly.org

University City District - www.ucityphila.com

Neighborhood Transformation Initiative - www.phila.gov/nti

Other Resources:

National Campus Compact - www.compact.org

Pennsylvania Campus Compact - www.paccompact.org

Corporation for National Service/Americorps - www.americorps.org

National Service-Learning Clearinghouse - www.servicelearning.org

Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) - www.cool2serve.org

Service-Learning Tool Kits - www.servicelearning.org/article/archive/39

Idealist (volunteer information, job postings and a wealth of information pertaining to the non-profit sector) - www.idealist.org