Civic Engagement in Higher Education Journals
Around the CIRCLE
Published by The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), this free online resource contains many updates and articles of research relating to youth and civic engagement.
Citizenship Studies
Citizenship Studies publishes internationally recognized scholarly work on contemporary issues in citizenship, human rights, and democratic processes from an interdisciplinary perspective covering the fields of politics, sociology, history, and cultural studies. It seeks to lead an international debate on the academic analysis of citizenship, and also aims to cross the division between internal and academic and external public debates.Compact Current
From Campus Compact, a free quarterly newsletter for higher education organizations and institutions involved in public and community service.Information for Action: A Research Journal on Service-Learning with Children and Youth
The Journal is a peer-reviewed publication that features relevant, methodologically sound studies of service-learning impacts and examples of innovative instruction written by experts, scholars, practitioners, and youth. The Journal is filled with important reports from a variety of perspectives and includes information that contributes to the growing literature on service-learning research. In it, you will find studies from collegiate researchers, practitioners, and youth.
International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering (IJSLE)
IJSLE is a faculty-reviewed electronic journal offered free, semi-annually, over the World Wide Web. The Journal welcomes manuscripts based on original work of students and researchers with a specific focus or implication for service learning in engineering, engineering entrepreneurship in service, or related service learning pedagogy.
International Journal of Citizenship and Teacher Education
Published by citizED, and edited by Dr. Ian Davis, this e-journal is published twice in 2005 and in 2006 (July and December). During this period, with the exception of the very first issue, publication of the journal will be in the form of an E-journal, that is, in online (web browser accessible) format only.
Journal for Civic Commitment
Published by the Community College National Center tof Community Engagement (CCNCCE), The Journal for Civic Commitment is a twice-yearly online journal dedicated to growing and strengthening the discussion around service learning.
Journal of Experiential Education (JEE)
Published by the Association for Experiential Education (AAE), the Journal of Experiential Education (JEE) is published three times a year in subject areas such outdoor adventure programming, service-learning, environmental education, therapeutic applications, research and theory, the creative arts, and much more.
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement (JHEOE)
Published by the Institute of Higher Education and the University of Georgia, and formerly known as the Journal of Public Service and Outreach, the Journal for Higher Education Outreach and Engagement (JHEOE) is published three times a year to promote a continuing dialogue about service and outreach mission of the university and its relationship to teaching and research missions and to the needs of the sponsoring society.
Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education
The Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education features public scholarship—that is, academic inquiry that forms community partnerships to address shared problems, issues, and opportunities. This kind of scholarship—what many think of as Boyer’s “scholarship of engagement”—involves the community in reciprocal relationships with the university; however, it also serves to discover and disseminate new disciplinary knowledge and/or pedagogical practice.
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
The Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning encourages all instructors to engage in the discussion of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), and to become involved in the sharing of knowledge and learning about the teaching-learning process. The Journal provides a publication outlet for research in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and an on-line forum for engagement with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
Journal on Excellence in College Teaching is a peer-reviewed journal published at Miami University by and for faculty at universities and two- and four-year colleges to increase student learning through effective teaching, interest in and enthusiasm for the profession of teaching, and communication among faculty about their classroom experiences. It answers Ernest Boyer’s call for a forum to present the scholarship of teaching and learning. The Journal provides a scholarly, written forum for discussion by faculty about all areas affecting teaching and learning, and gives faculty the opportunity to share proven, innovative pedagogies and thoughtful, inspirational insights about teaching.The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL)
The MJCSL is a national, peer-reviewed journal for college and university faculty and administrators, with an editorial board of faculty from many academic disciplines and professional fields at the University of Michigan and other U.S. higher education institutions. Since 1994, the Michigan Journal has endeavored to publish the highest quality research, theory, and pedagogy articles related to higher education academic service-learning.
Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ), peer-reviewed and published bi-monthly, is an international, interdisciplinary journal for nonprofit sector research dedicated to enhancing our knowledge of nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and voluntarism by providing cutting-edge research, discussion, and analysis of the field. NVSQ provides a forum for researchers from around the world to publish timely articles from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning & Civic Engagement
Partnerships recognizes that successful engaged learning depends on effective partnerships between students, faculty, community agencies, administrators, disciplines, and more. The articles in this peer-reviewed journal focus on how theories and practices can inform and improve such partnerships, connections, and collaborations. Studies co-authored by faculty, students, and/or community partners; or examining practices across disciplines or campuses; or exploring international networks are all encouraged.
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
Announced by The Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute with the WK Kellogg Foundation, this journal focuses on the growing field of community-based participatory research (CBPR) while promoting further collaboration and elevating the visibility and stature of CBPR as a means toward eliminating health disparities.
Reflections: A Journal of Writing, Service-Learning, and Community Literacy
Reflections, a peer reviewed journal, provides a forum for scholarship on writing, service-learning and community literacy. Originally founded as a venue for teachers, researchers, students and community partners to share research and discuss the theoretical, political and ethical implications of community-based writing and writing instruction, Reflections publishes a lively collection of essays, empirical studies, interviews and reviews in a format that brings together emerging scholars and leaders in the fields of community-based writing and civic engagement.
Voluntas
Voluntas is the official journal of the International Society for Third-Sector Research. The journal combines full-length articles with shorter research notes (reflecting the latest developments in the field) and book reviews. It is essential reading for all those engaged in research into the Third Sector (voluntary and nonprofit organizations) including economists, lawyers, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, and social and public policy analysts. It aims to present leading-edge academic argument around civil society issues in a style that is accessible to practitioners and policymakers.
