%0 Journal Article
%T Service-learning and Civic Engagement in India
%A Gail Ann McEachron
%A Guru Ghosh
%J Partnerships : A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement
%D 2012
%I University of North Carolina at Greensboro
%R 10.7253/partj.v0i0.427
%X With the increased influx of Indian immigrants and India¡¯s recent economic boom, faculty and administrators have recognized the need to expand curricula, study abroad, civic engagement and service learning programs to increase cross-cultural understanding. At the College of XXX, four undergraduate students and the two authors participated in a five-week service-learning/civic engagement program in Kolkata and Darjeeling, India. Pre- and post-assessments examined students¡¯ changes in knowledge of and attitudes toward: Asian-Americans of Indian descent, Indians, and Indian culture. Findings indicated attitudinal changes toward Asians and Asia.   KEYWORDS service-learning; civic engagement; community partnerships
%U https://libjournal.uncg.edu/index.php/prt/article/view/427