Duke Service-Learning records, 1998-2017
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke Service-Learning
- Abstract:
- Duke Service-Learning began as the Office of Service-Learning in 2006 through the efforts of students and faculty. The Duke Service-Learning program supports faculty who seek to integrate service-learning in their courses. This collection contains committee notes, project proposals, manuals, publications, presentations, house course materials, reports, as well as audiovisual and electronic records related to the LEAPS program.
- Extent:
- 4.5 Linear Feet (3 paige boxes)
3.12 Gigabytes - Language:
- Materials in English.
- Research Center:
- Duke University Archives
- Collection ID:
- UA.07.06.0006
- University Archives Record Group:
- 07 -- Academic Affairs
07 -- Academic Affairs > 06 -- Undergraduate Education
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection contains records from Duke Service-Learning (previously Service Learning Program) including articles, manuals, committee notes, project proposals, publications, presentations, house course materials, reports, and other administrative records. Also consists of audiovisual and electronic materials related to LEAPS (Learning through Experience, Action, Partnership, and Sevice), a student-run program that led to the development of the Office of Service Learning, in the form of VHS, CDs, and 3.5-inch floppy disks.
- Biographical / historical:
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Service-learning at Duke University can be traced back to a political science course, Perspectives on Food and Hunger, led by Professor Sheridan Johns in 1974. In 1995, sophomores Glenn Gutterman and Dan Kessler founded the student-led organization LEAPS (Learning through Experience, Action, Partnership and Service) to advocate for service-learning at Duke. In 1997, Betsy Alden became Duke's first service-learning coordinator, and William Chafe, Dean of Arts and Sciences, formed the Dean's Advisory Committee on Service-Learning to work on the integration of community engagement into the university's curriculum. The following year, the Program in Education created Partners for Success, a program that places Education students within Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership schools as tutors. The Office of Service-Learning was established as a part of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences in 2006 with David Malone as Faculty Director. The Office of Service-Learning later changed its name to Service Learning Program in 2008. As of 2026, the program is known as Duke Service-Learning. It's mission is to provide "consultation, training, research, funding and advocacy for the work of faculty, staff, students and communities to support academic coursework that joins communities in promoting social equity and social change."
Sources: Duke Service-Learning, https://servicelearning.duke.edu/, visited May 28, 2026
The Program in Education at Duke University, https://web.archive.org/web/20081221174124/http://www.duke.edu/web/education/resources/service.html, visited May 29, 2026
- Acquisition information:
- The Duke Service-Learning records were received by University Archives as transfers from the Office of Service-Learning and Duke Service-Learning in 2020 and 2026.
- Processing information:
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Processed by April Blevins, May 2026
Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2020-0003, UA2026-0013
Inventory of materials in boxes 1-3 was provided by the donor. Materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
- Physical / technical access:
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Access note. Some materials in this collection are original audiovisual items that need to be reformatted before use. Contact Research Services for access.
Access note. Some materials in this collection are electronic records that require special equipment. Contact Research Services with questions.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- General note:
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Collection formerly titled Service Learning Program records.
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Access restricted. Collection includes materials from the Duke University Board of Trustees. Records of the University's Board of Trustees which have been in existence for at least fifty years are available for scholarly research with the permission of the University Archivist. Access to records which have been in existence for less than fifty years shall be granted only by special permission, in writing, from the Board of Trustees. Contact Research Services for more information.
Access restricted. Collection contains Duke University administrative materials. For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use of administrative records. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist. Contact Research Services for more information.
Access restricted. Some materials in this collection are personnel records. Records pertaining to employment where individuals are identified are closed for 70 years.
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Copyright for official university records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Duke Service-Learning records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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