Resources

From distraction-free apps that take up your whole screen to feature-packed mainstays like Microsoft Word, we've put together a guide to help you choose the writing software that's right for you. With a concentration on long-form writing apps.

Facilitating campus-wide academic and career success through online courses for faculty, staff, and students on the effective application of technology. Tutorials on all things technology from Blackboard to Word.

Coursera is an education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide, to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free. Religious topics are limited. Try searching specific religions like "Buddhism."

Study used the Measure of Epistemology Reflection to explore impact of service-learning and social justice education on cognitive development. Results showed service-learning courses had a positive impact on cognitive development, while service-learning courses w/a social justice emphasis appeared to have more impact on students’ cognitive development than those without.

As students develop cognitively, integrating knowledge in ways that reflect their learning, they also need to grow both interpersonally, by considering themselves as part of a larger whole, and intrapersonally, by establishing a belief system that can influence and guide their choices and experiences.

A little dated--1990's--but is a thorough lit review

Faculty who understand the mental and emotional changes that college students experience can design courses that meet students’ needs and support continued development. Links on this site present theories and research on students’ cognitive, moral, and emotional development. Divided into four categories: Cognitive, Moral, Cognitive and Moral and Emotional Development.

The Center for Religion and Civic Culture at USC, founded 1996, to create, translate, and disseminate scholarship on the civic role of religion in a globalizing world. Its innovative partnerships link academics and the faith community to empower emerging leaders through various programs.

Campus Compact-- national coalition of 1,100+ university presidents committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education. It promotes public and community service that develops citizenship skills, helps campuses forge effective community partnerships, and provides resources for faculty seeking to integrate civic-based. Membership includes public, private, two- and four-year institutions.

Project Pericles is a not-for-profit that encourages and facilitates commitments by universities to include social responsibility and participatory citizenship as elements of their education. It works directly with member institutions as they individually and collaboratively develop model civic engagement programs in their classrooms, on their campuses, and in their communities.