Introduction

Taking Back the Boulevard ◽

10.18574/nyu/9781479809806.003.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Jan Lin

Keyword(s):

College Student ◽

Community Engagement ◽

Community Organizations ◽

Housing Rights ◽

Program Research

The introduction features scenes from Northeast LA including a poem titled “Taco Truck” by Lisa Marie Sandoval that describes a nocturnal interaction between a college student and a Latino taco vendor and his family. The scene at the annual Lummis Day Festival is described by the author with respect to Northeast LA regional arts culture and community organizations and the mixing between established residents and newcomers. There follows a vignette on anti-gentrification protestors for housing rights who disrupt the Figueroa Jam a public arts and community engagement event sponsored by the LA Mayor’s Greet Streets program. Research method’s and the author’s positionality is discussed along with a profile of the book plan along with brief chapter reviews.

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Can We Count on Counting? An Analysis of the Validity of Community Engagement Survey Measures

International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement ◽

10.37333/001c.001001009 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 92-108

Author(s):

Ethan A. Kolek

Keyword(s):

College Student ◽

Community Engagement ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Applied Research ◽

Student Survey ◽

Student Surveys ◽

Community Based ◽

Community Based Learning

Researchers use various survey efforts to understand students’ community engagement experiences. Among the crucial pieces of information for both academic and applied research is the extent to which (or whether or not) students participate in community engagement activities. However, recent studies have questioned the validity of many college student survey items. This paper describes an exploratory study that sought to investigate the validity of several survey items related to students’ community engagement participation. The study found that large percentages of students who have taken community-based learning courses do not accurately report these experiences on student surveys and examines what factors relate to misreporting. Implications for future community engagement research are discussed.

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USING CAREERS IN AGING WEEK (CIAW) TO PROMOTE INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igz038.2097 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S567-S567

Author(s):

Carrie Andreoletti

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Public Policy ◽

Continuing Education ◽

Community Engagement ◽

Community Organizations ◽

Academic Institutions ◽

Policy Initiatives ◽

Day Program

Abstract This presentation will discuss how we used CIAW 2017 to promote intergenerational community engagement by collaborating with our office of Continuing Education and AARP Connecticut to host “#DisruptAging – A Conversation Across Professions, Perspectives, and Generations.” Together we developed a half day program designed to build bridges among academic institutions, aging professionals, community collaborators, and consumers who are passionate about aging issues. We brought together a multi-generational audience of professors, students, professionals, and representatives of various community organizations to discuss ways to change the conversation around aging. This gave us an opportunity to highlight our gerontology programs and showcase our gerontology students, while students learned about aging-related careers, public policy initiatives, and organizations in Connecticut that support older adults and their families.

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Making people the subject: community-managed finance systems in five Asian countries

Environment and Urbanization ◽

10.1177/0956247817751335 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 15-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Somsook Boonyabancha ◽

Thomas Kerr

Keyword(s):

Urban Poor ◽

Community Organizations ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Community Members ◽

National Scale ◽

Community Based ◽

Savings And Loan ◽

Housing Rights ◽

The Subject ◽

Formal Finance

This paper presents the findings of a two-year study of community finance systems (including community-based savings and loan groups, and larger city-based funds) that are operated by established urban poor community organizations in five Asian countries (Cambodia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand), with support from their partner organizations. These five groups are the principal national urban poor organizations in their respective countries, and their community savings and city funds – as well as their other development initiatives – have all grown to national scale. The study, in which the chief researchers, data-gatherers and analysts were community members themselves, was managed by the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR). It was conceived as an opportunity to look in greater detail at the different models of community finance these important groups have developed, in their very different national contexts, and to compare their various aspects, draw out some key elements and lessons, and see how these people-driven finance systems can be strengthened, scaled up and brought into the formal finance and development structures in their countries.

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Thriving in Academia: Understanding and Managing the Complexities of Faculty Work

Perspectives on Issues in Higher Education ◽

10.1044/ihe15.2.77 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 77-84 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ketevan Mamiseishvili

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education Research ◽

Community Engagement ◽

Everyday Life ◽

Work Setting ◽

Higher Education Research ◽

Faculty Work ◽

College And University ◽

Teaching Research ◽

University Settings

In this paper, I will illustrate the changing nature and complexity of faculty employment in college and university settings. I will use existing higher education research to describe changes in faculty demographics, the escalating demands placed on faculty in the work setting, and challenges that confront professors seeking tenure or administrative advancement. Boyer’s (1990) framework for bringing traditionally marginalized and neglected functions of teaching, service, and community engagement into scholarship is examined as a model for balancing not only teaching, research, and service, but also work with everyday life.

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