Abstract
Institutions self-identifying as social justice advocates are expected to perform social justice roles through their disciplines, policies, and actions (Feldman, 2008). Applying Tania Mitchell’s critical service learning framework (2008), this study examines (mis)alignments between service learning handbooks and their respective institutional mission statements. The first phase was a critical discourse analysis of the service learning handbooks to measure expressions of reciprocity. The second phase was a content analysis of the corresponding institutional mission statements to analyze conceptions of community engagement, social justice, etc. Findings reveal how institutions frame handbooks, considers how that framing undermines reciprocity, and analyzes how universities practice what they preach by evaluating perception and performance. Readers can expect to question how to conduct ethical community work without universities modeling ethical behavior.
Recommended Citation
Iglesias, Charisse S.
(2019)
"(Mis)Alignments Between Institutional Mission Statements and Service Learning Handbooks,"
Academic Labor: Research and Artistry: Vol. 3, Article 7.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/alra/vol3/iss1/7
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Publication-Ready Author Bio
Charisse S. Iglesias is a Ph.D. student at the University of Arizona studying Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English. Her research interests include: critical service learning, community literacy, prison studies, comics studies, and program assessment and design. She was selected as one of ten first-time presenter recipients of the 2019 Conference on College Composition and Communication Scholars for the Dream Travel Awards.