The book evaluates service-learning within the context of a liberal arts education from a variety of disciplines. Contributors have written chapters that have practical appeal to other teachers and students interested in developing their own service-learning courses and connecting those courses to broader issues of citizenship and democracy.

Contributions by: W Averell H. Bauder, Patrick M. Collins, David Craig, Debra DeMeis, Michael Dobkowski, Katie Flowers, Mark Gearan, Jack D. Harris, Steven P. Lee, Jo Beth Mertens, H Wesley Perkins, Cynthia Sutton, Charles Temple