The Collaborative Research Education Partnership Community, Faculty, and Student Partnerships in Practice Evaluation

This article discusses the founding and operation of the Emmett J. and Mary Martha Doerr Center for Social Justice Education and Research, an endowed nonprofit organization located within the School of Social Service at Saint Louis University. The nonprofit Center provides a creative mechanism for f...

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Published inJournal of community practice Vol. 12; no. 3-4; pp. 141 - 162
Main Authors Weger, Marla Berg, Tebb, Susan S., Cook, Cynthia A. Loveland, Gallagher, Mary Beth, Flory, Barbara, Cruce, Ashley
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.12.2004
Subjects
collaboration
Collaborative approach
Community Involvement
Community Organizations
Cooperation
Education
Evaluation
Missouri
Nonprofit Organizations
Partnerships
practice research
program evaluation
Social Justice
Social work
Social Work Education
Students
Universities
University-community partnerships
USA
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Summary:This article discusses the founding and operation of the Emmett J. and Mary Martha Doerr Center for Social Justice Education and Research, an endowed nonprofit organization located within the School of Social Service at Saint Louis University. The nonprofit Center provides a creative mechanism for facilitating university-community agency research. The Research Education Partnership (REP) model creates a partnership among students, community agency personnel, and faculty in funded practice research and program evaluation. Four collaborations, their benefits and challenges, are described. Students are prepared to integrate research into practice. The Center promotes and supports faculty-community partnerships for social justice.
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ISSN:1070-5422
1543-3706
DOI:10.1300/J125v12n03_09