Welcome to the University of Cincinnati Press and Cincinnati Library Publishing Services open access titles.
Founded in 2017 as a fundamentally innovative and dynamic university press, the University of Cincinnati Press imprint publishes peer reviewed social justice and regional studies titles across all disciplines. Through our open access Manifold platform, the Press offers many titles free to all readers to shrink the distance between the author and the reader.
Our CLIPS imprint caters to university sponsored projects that highlight faculty and student intellectual output.
Browse all our open access content below.
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Imagining Central America
Short Histories
Serena Cosgrove, Isabeau J. Belisle Dempsey
Humanizing Brain Tumors
Strategies for You and Your Physician
Jonathan A. Forbes , MD, Abdelkader Mahammedi , et al.
Social Media, Social Justice and the Political Economy of Online Networks
Jeffrey Layne Blevins, James Jaehoon Lee
Collective Bargaining and the Battle for Ohio
The Defeat of Senate Bill 5 and the Struggle to Defend the Middle Class Enhanced Edition
John T. McNay
Digital Community Engagement
Partnering Communities with the Academy
Rebecca S. Wingo (editor), Jason A. Heppler (editor), Paul Schadewald (editor)
Exploring the Architecture of Place in America's Farmers Markets
Kathryn Clarke Albright
Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education
Strategies for Teaching
Rita Kumar, Brenda Refaei
Bicycling Through Paradise, Updated and Revised
Historical Tours Around Cincinnati
Kathleen Smythe, Chris Hanlin
Surveying in Early America
The Point of Beginning, An Illustrated History
Dan Patterson, Clinton Terry
The Speaking Stone
Stories Cemeteries Tell
Michael Griffith
Welcome to Service-Learning at the University of Cincinnati
Service-Learning is a specially-designed learning experience in which students combine reflection with structured participation in community-based projects to achieve specified learning outcomes as part of an academic course and/or program requirement.
At the University of Cincinnati, the birthplace of Cooperative Education, service-learning is an experiential learning opportunity offered to students in more than 300 courses across the university, with over 5,000 students participating each year in undergraduate courses or service-learning co-ops. Through service-learning, UC students gain practical application of course content, real-world professional experience, course credit, and the opportunity to engage in their community. Community partners gain passionate new volunteers, expanded capacity for their mission, and valuable project work from engaged young leaders. Faculty members gain valuable teaching insights, increased student engagement, and research opportunities.
To learn more about Service-Learning at UC, please visit our website here.
For questions on our open access platform or to contribute to the Service-Learning Pathway contact Elizabeth Scarpelli, Director, University of Cincinnati Press & Cincinnati Library Publisher Services or Daniel Mattox, Assistant Editor, University of Cincinnati Press.
This platform is designed to provide information to a wide variety of audiences. Students, faculty, community partners, and other higher education institutions can check out:
- Chapters from the book “Making Sense of Service-Learning" by Michael J. Sharp, Service-Learning Director.
- Essays about UC’s service-learning work from faculty, students, and community partners.
- Video testimonials about UC’s service-learning work from faculty, students, and community partners.
- A Storymap of UC’s service-learning community partners.
- A Toolbox of resources from UC’s service-learning practitioners.
Making Sense of Service-Learning
Critical Curriculum & Just Community
Michael J. Sharp
UC Writes About Service-Learning
UC faculty and students write about their experiences in service-learning courses
Testimonials for University of Cincinnati Service-Learning
Video testimonials from students, faculty, and staff talking about their experiences with service-learning at UC
Service-Learning Community Partners
A storymap of the nonprofit partners that engage with Service-Learning at UC.
Toolbox of Service-Learning Resources
A collection of resources and guides to help staff and faculty at UC and other institutions develop, maintain, and strengthen their service-learning programs and courses
