抄録
The purpose of this paper is to consider how to promote “service-learning” for community improvement in Japan with through the case analysis of the U.S. universities. So this study investigated 25 universities.
The conclusions are; 1) In the U.S., various universities have the programs of service-learning for community improvement. Community outreach organizations in university have partnerships with communities, which have the programs of service-learning on their partnerships. 2) To promote “service-learning” for community improvement in Japan, Japanese universities might have partnerships with communities, so can have the programs of service-learning for community improvement based on these partnerships.