Service-Learning is an approach to learning that connects academic coursework with community engagement. In service-learning courses, faculty and students deepen critical consciousness about our local and global communities as they partner in service with them and listen to diverse perspectives.
Duke Service-Learning provides 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. Learn more about resources available:
We offer a variety of personal and professional development opportunities and services for faculty to support our commitment to critical and equity-centered community engagement.
We provide our students with opportunities to integrate work across disciplines and to think deeply about the intersectionality underlying many of our social challenges.
We are dedicated to approaching partnerships with asset-based thinking and generative reciprocal practices to work in solidarity with our community partners.
Courses can feel removed from the world outside Duke and life after college, but service-learning courses allow you to apply and gain academic knowledge in an authentic setting. With courses in dozens of departments, you’ll find a course that fits your interests, while also providing you with an opportunity to:
