The Service-Learning Program
at the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies.

Background and History 
Service learning is a teaching method that incorporates service projects into the curriculum to advance and enrich a course’s academic content.

The goals of the Service-Learning Program are consistent with the Center's mission and overall orientation.  By promoting this innovative pedaogy, The Center seeks to:

• extend student learning beyond the classroom
  
• provide students with opportunities to build real-world leadership skills and explore future career options in public service and policy-making.
  
• create a culture of service, civic engagement and public scholarship at CCNY
  

Since 2005, the Colin Powell Center has taken the lead in advancing service-learning at CCNY.  Service learning courses have been offered across a range of academic disciplines from architecture to psychology.  Read more.