ABSTRACT
Various scholars have linked anthropology research and service learning, conceiving it as an ideal marriage. The killing off and exsanguination of one's culture, of the human "species" which widely and historically affected indigenous groups through colonizing and acculturating means, is linked deeply to the roots of anthropology. President George H. W. Bush created the Commission on National Community Service in 1990, which subsequently led to the passage of the National and Community Service Act in 1993, under President Clinton. The early history of the service learning movement can also be linked to Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty and the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. The early years in the 2000s marked a realization by many that a focus on civic and community engagement was increasing in colleges and universities. The roles that The Research University Community Engagement Network (TRUCEN) and Campus Compact play within the service learning movement exemplify the ways in which power is protected and mobilized.
