Promoting Community Renewal Through Civic Literacy and Service Learning

This volume of New Directions for Community Colleges raises the question, "What will community colleges be in the twenty-first century?" The authors suggest that a critical role for the people's college will be to enhance civic literacy through community-based programming and service learning. The contributors provide a variety of practical applications supported by a theoretical framework and empirical research. This is the 93rd issue in the journal series "New Directions for Community Colleges." For more information on this series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page.Bowen is the author of 'Promoting Community Renewal Through Civic Literacy and Service Learning' with ISBN 9780787998684 and ISBN 0787998680.