Developing Interest in Research That Benefits the Community

• In Event: Fostering Service-Learning Initiatives

Abstract

Although faculty are expected to perform rigorous research, their “best practices” are not often applied in the community. Community-based research (CBR) offers an alternative approach by joining campus and community members together to focus on community-generated issues and examine solutions that could be beneficial to the community (Strand, Marullo, Cutforth, Stoecker, & Donohue, 2003). This qualitative research project examines why higher education faculty become and remain interested in doing research that is specifically designed to benefit communities.

Authors

• Joyce Fleck Long, No Parent Left Behind, Inc.

• Brooke Kiener, Whitworth University

• Paul Schadewald, Macalester College