Hartley, M., & Hollander, E. (2005). The Elusive Ideal: Civic Learning and Higher Education. In S. Fuhrman & M. Lazerson (Eds.), Institutions of Democracy: The Public Schools (pp. 252-276). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

History page
http://www.servicelearning.org/what_is_service-learning/history/index.php
History of Service-Learning in Higher Education
http://www.servicelearning.org/what_is_service-learning/history_hesl/index.php

Also, from our collection you can look at:

Brief History of the Major Developments of the Partnership for Service Learning
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=730

Civic Education Through National Service: Lessons from American History
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=6509

Civic Service Worldwide: Impacts And Inquiry
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=7331

Community Service Learning as Democratic Education in
South Africa and the United States
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=3091

Emerson's Prophesy
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=4637

Formative Years: Lessons from a Decade in the Service-Learning Field
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=7739

Good Citizen: A History of American Civic Life
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=5673

History of Character Education
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=3154

History of the Service Learning Requirement in Maryland
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=3078

Jane Addams and the Origins of Service-Learning
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=6088

Roots of Service
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=2213

Service Learning in Civic Education: A Concept with Long, Sturdy Roots
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=2580

Service-Learning as a Tool of Engagement: From Thomas Aquinas to Che Guevara
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=4665

Service-Learning: History, Theory, and Issues
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=6621

Unrecognized Roots of Service-Learning in African American
Social Thought and Action, 1890-1930
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/?library_id=7883