Amplifying Student Insights on the Access, Opportunity, and Impact of College Service: A Call to Action
What do students want every student affairs practitioner to know about service initiatives? This article is written by current and recent college students deeply invested in community service. The article offers a call to action to increase alignment between student needs and wants and the realities of community service programming. Serving as both a synthesis for the volume and roadmap for improving practice, the article is a clarion call for reform and innovation.​
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