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Download full textVillanueva, Chandra; Fillion, Nicole; Pfeiffer, Abby – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2018
Texas has a large and growing population of adults who do not have a high school diploma or something equivalent. Recent changes to the national GED test and the introduction of additional exams in Texas have potentially exacerbated the problem. This report presents information derived from a community assessment of the Austin and San Antonio…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Community Study, Change Strategies, State Policy
Peer reviewedArrieta, Martha I.; Fisher, Leevones; Shaw, Thomas; Bryan, Valerie; Hudson, Andrea; Hansberry, Shantisha; Eastburn, Sasha; Freed, Christopher R.; Shelley-Tremblay, Shannon; Hanks, Roma Stovall; Washington-Lewis, Cynthia; Roussel, Linda; Dagenais, Paul A.; Icenogle, Marjorie; Slagle, Michelle L.; Parker, L. Lynette; Crook, Errol – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2017
Although there is strong support for community engagement and community-based participatory research (CBPR) from public health entities, medical organizations, and major grant-funding institutions, such endeavors often face challenges within academic institutions. Fostering the interest, skills, and partnerships to undertake participatory research…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Public Health, School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education
Direct linkLevinson, Samantha G.; Caldwell, Keith; Petracchi, Helen E.; Wexler, Sandra; Engel, Rafael – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2016
Community assessment is a strategy commonly taught to social work students to identify a community's strengths and challenges. This article describes the value of using video documentary as part of a community assessment assignment. We identify the advantages of using video documentary in the assessment process and the reporting of findings. We…
Descriptors: Assignments, Documentaries, Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials
Gavrilova, Marina A.; Shepelev, Victor M.; Kosyakova, Inessa V.; Belikova, Lyudmila F.; Chistik, Olga F. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the researched problem is caused by existence of differentiation in development of separate regional units (urban districts and municipalities) within the region. The aim of this article is to offer a method, which determines the level of differentiation in development of various components of the region, and also in producing a…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Socioeconomic Influences, Regional Planning, Regional Programs
Messer, W. Barry; Collier, Peter J. – Metropolitan Universities, 2015
Portland State University's Community Environmental Services (CES) has helped shape the Portland metropolitan region's sustainable materials management practices for more than twenty-five years. CES's research and program development services have benefitted community partners that in turn have provided hundreds of students with rich educational…
Descriptors: Community Study, Professional Services, Alignment (Education), School Community Programs
Franz, Nancy K. – Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2013
Graduate students are increasingly interested in community-based research and public scholarship. However, they often struggle to find faculty research mentors who fully understand or have been personally involved with this type of research and related scholarship. In fact, some graduate students are advised by graduate committee members to…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Suicide, Prevention, Mentors
Bach, Rebecca; Weinzimmer, Julianne – Teaching Sociology, 2011
The benefits of community-based research (CBR) in the sociology classroom go beyond those associated with traditional service learning. Here, students use their sociological skills to examine and propose solutions to local social problems addressed by community organizations. Through analyzing students' course reflection journals and the results…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Student Attitudes, Service Learning, Sociology
Nathan, Lisa P. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Adaptive processes are fundamental to the human experience. This is true not only of adaptation to natural forces but to the technologies we create. Within information science and related fields, research into the processes that surround adaption to information tools often assumes a pro-adoption stance. When researchers privilege adoption, they…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Information Technology, Influence of Technology, Community Study
Cole, Anna Gahl – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2010
This case study examines the struggles and successes of teachers and students collaborating with community organizations on the Second Tuesday Project, a community-based research and service program at an urban high school. Using qualitative methods, the study includes data from interviews, participant-observations, and focus groups to describe…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, School Community Relationship, Community Organizations, Case Studies
Schmid, Hillel; Blit-Cohen, Edith – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2009
The article describes and evaluates an innovative experiment in education and training of social workers at an academic learning center, which was established by the Hebrew University's School of Social Work and Social Welfare in a neighborhood of Jerusalem. The project focused on strengthening the link between theory, research, and practice.…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Social Work, Training Methods, Theory Practice Relationship
