Whom Does Service Learning Really Serve? Community-Based Organizations’ Perspectives on Service Learning

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-135

  Blouin, David D ^a   Perry, Evelyn M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70450192201     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X0903700201     Document Type: Review

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