Abstract
This chapter begins by reviewing theories of change and higher education organizations that are relevant to issues of institutionalization of service learning and community engagement. It discusses the theories in terms of how they help explain why and how institutions change and discusses how the change purpose shapes the ways in which institutions approach change. The chapter presents a few recent studies of service learning institutionalization in light of how change theory was important to the work or, if it was not used, how it might have strengthened the study overall. It offers a framework for understanding the relationship among academic organizational culture, organizational change responses, and the institutionalization of service learning in higher education. Change management theories are useful in that they establish the theoretical and conceptual frames that undergird and explain the organizational change process.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Research on Service Learning |
Subtitle of host publication | Conceptual Frameworks and Assessment VOLUME 2B: Communities, Institutions, and Partnerships |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Pages | 441-469 |
Number of pages | 29 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781000976410 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781579228842 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2023 |
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