Cushman

Cushman, Ellen. "Sustainable Service Learing Programs." College Composition and Communication 54 (2002): 40-65.

Cushman argues that the best ASL programs address needs of ALL stakeholders, especially the agency. In and out model and end-of-term-research-project models leave agencies out in the cold, very often. The role of the professor is paramount: integrate teaching, research, and service and create a collaborative atmosphere of mutuality/reciprocity. Sustain attention on issues and sustain involvement at particular sites. Tells us to foreground partner needs.

"When the professor takes intellectual risks alongside students and with community partners, the professor ensures that (1) the students' and scholar's writing and thinking address community needs and writing tasks; (2) students and scholars have well-defined methodologies guiding the group inquiry and problem solving; and (3) the course materials, discussions, workshops, assignments, observations, and volunteer time are well integrated to form a unified curriculum" (44).