General CBL Knowledge
This program at Mount Holyoke College connects students, faculty, and staff with local organizations for research, service projects, and internships.
What is Community-Based Learning or CBL?
CBL students can host events focused on this type of justice, which includes issues of race, gender, and economic equality.
What is social justice?
These CBL student employees assist course instructors and help coordinate class-based community partnerships.
What are Course Mentors?
Mount Holyoke students can serve as tutors or mentors through a CBL course placement or as part of this financial aid program.
What is federal work-study?
CBL students have helped improve educational access by serving in this role at local schools and community centers
What are tutors and mentors?
A key goal of CBL is to bridge this divide, making learning more applied and impactful.
What is the gap between the classroom and the real world?
CBL community partnerships are based on this principle, which ensures that students contribute while also learning
What is reciprocity
Students in this fellowship program work on community organizing, youth development, and social justice projects in collaboration with local organizations.
What are Community Fellows
Students who wish to be tutors or mentors should apply through this online portal.
What is Workday?
Many CBL participants go on to work in these two sectors, where they continue making a positive impact.
What are nonprofit organizations and education?
True or False: CBL only offers unpaid volunteer opportunities.
What is False? CBL offers student employment opportunities.
Name two types of community-based research projects CBL students can pursue.
What are social justice projects and independent study research
These CBL employees support program events, workshops, and communication efforts while also assisting Community Fellows
What are Administrative Fellows
CBL tutors working through the Homework House program serve students in this nearby city
What is Holyoke?
successful CBL partnership benefits both students and community organizations. This term describes a relationship where both sides contribute and learn?
What is reciprocity?
One of the key goals of CBL sustainability is to create these types of relationships with community organizations, ensuring long-term collaboration and mutual benefit.
What are reciprocal and sustainable partnerships?
Name one type of advanced learning experience that CBL supports beyond internships and service projects
What is attending a training, conference, or workshop relevant to a community project
Students with federal work-study can participate in this national literacy and math tutoring program for grades K-9
What is America Reads/America Counts?
True or False: Only education majors can become CBL tutors and mentors.
What is False? Students from all majors can participate
Many students use their CBL experiences to shape their senior capstone projects or this type of large-scale academic research paper
What is a Thesis?
CBLs 3 core pillars
What is sustainability, reciprocity, and partnership?
One way CBL students can deepen their engagement is by designing this type of independent study project focused on social justice.
What is a community engagement or social justice independent study project?
Course Mentors may be asked to visit CBL sites to monitor students and provide this type of classroom support
What is leading discussions?
True or False: Students must have prior tutoring experience to apply for CBL tutoring positions.
What is False? CBL provides training for new tutors and mentors
Some CBL students have gone on to create nonprofits or social enterprises focused on addressing community issues. Name one type of issue they might focus on.
What are education inequality, housing insecurity, food justice, environmental sustainability?