International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

ISSN 2220-8488 (Print), 2221-0989 (Online) 10.30845/ijhss

Service-Learning in Business Education: Stakeholders, Project Models, and International Partnerships
Franklyn P. Salimbene

Abstract
Service-learning weds active academic learning with effective service to and in the community. This paper provides an overview of service-learning pedagogy within business education and identifies the stakeholders— students, faculty, community partners, and the academic institution at large— and the benefits that flow to them from its implementation. The paper then provides several examples of service-learning business projects and an approach to developing an international service-learning partnership using an example from the relationship between a small New England business university and the Quinn School of Business at University College Dublin.

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