Assessing the Impact of a College Service-Learning Course Focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Anna L. Krift; Antonella Regueiro; Patrick J. Cooper; Alanna L. Lecher

doi:10.3390/su16177637

Assessing the Impact of a College Service-Learning Course Focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Anna L. Krift
, Antonella Regueiro
, Patrick J. Cooper
, Alanna L. Lecher^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Liberal arts education in the United States seeks not only to prepare students for a specific career but also to develop well-rounded citizens. As part of the core liberal arts curriculum at Lynn University, all students must complete a service-learning course known as the Citizenship Project. A core component of the course is a student-designed service-learning project executed each year. In 2019, the Citizenship Project was revised to align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ensuring that each project would seek to contribute to one of these goals. The purpose of this study is to examine which SDGs the service-learning projects addressed and summarize how the projects contributed to the SDGs.

Original language	American English
Article number	7637
Number of pages	13
Journal	Sustainability
Volume	16
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177637 https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177637/s1
State	Published - Sep 3 2024

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This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Higher Education: Curriculum Design and Materials Development

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Conceptualization, A.L.L.; methodology, A.L.L.; data curation, A.K. and A.R.; writing—original draft preparation, A.L.L., P.J.C., A.K. and A.R.; writing—review and editing, A.L.L., P.J.C., A.K. and A.R.; visualization, P.J.C. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 14 Life Below Water
SDG 15 Life on Land
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Keywords

UNSDGs
Assessment
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
Curriculum
Service Learning
assessment
service learning
quality enhancement plan
curriculum

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Assessing the Impact of a College Service-Learning Course Focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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