Service-Learning in Design and Planning: Educating at the Boundaries

Service-learning, community engagement, community partnerships; these are all concepts that have become a part of the lexicon in higher education institutions. Service-learning is a growing part of the curriculum but the question is how do we make it work and make it count. This book is a collection of case studies of service-learning programs in design, architecture and planning. The chapters examine the different ways in which these concepts are being implemented in a number of institutions. According to the co-editors, the “critical question for us is how to deal with the boundaries that separate community and university as well as the boundaries of class, race, gender, age and all the others in service-learning programs” (p. 3). The authors use case studies to provide analysis, reflection and discussion of how programs have responded to these questions.