Community-Based Research and Higher Education: Principles and Practices

We are pleased to announce the publication of Community Based Research and Higher Education: Principles and Practices. This book has been two years in the making by five college and university professors from across the country who collectively have over 50 years of experience in community-based research: Kerry Strand, Sam Marullo, Nick Cutforth, Randy Stoecker and Pat Donohue. In this landmark publication, they detail the principles and the practices of CBR and integrate the voices and experiences of people who are doing CBR on their campuses and in their communities.

The chapters include:

• Community-based Research as a Teaching Strategy
• Principles and Practices of Successful Partnerships
• Methodological Principles and Practices
• Organizing on Campuses for Community-Based Research

This book grows out of the important national trend that connects campuses with communities in the conduct of research that meets community-identified needs. The Bonner Foundation, with funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service, has been a champion of CBR and sponsored the writing of this book.

Early reviews from the field:

"Community-Based Research and Higher Education is an exceptional book that represents a major contribution to the growing community-engagement movement in universities worldwide. This is an action handbook for faculty, university administrators, students, and community leaders. The book provides a blueprint for life after service-learning; it is a guide to building the capacity of community-based organizations to bring about lasting social change in our communities."
— Phil Nyden, professor of sociology and director, Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University, Chicago

"Everyone in higher education interested in promoting its civic
mission will gain from this seminal exploration of community-based
research. The book not only illuminates best practice, it addresses the
larger questions of why and how to transform higher education."
— Elizabeth L. Hollander, executive director, Campus Compact

"This groundbreaking book clarifies the conceptualization and nuances,
rewards and challenges, of community-based research. Exhaustive examples, drawn from the authors' work with many multicultural communities, and compelling justifications will appeal to novices and veterans, practitioners and theorists. This is the book on community-based research, and an excellent text for courses involving students in research with communities."
— Jeffrey Howard, assistant director, Academic Service-Learning, and editor, Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, University of Michigan

"In a knowledge-based society attention must be paid to social justice. The concerned faculty writing this book do just that and demonstrate how. The resurgence of community-based research championed here could be the beginning of a major epistemological shift in the way we think about and organize the interaction between academic knowledge and community life scholarship of engagement at its best."
— R. Eugene Rice, senior scholar, American Association for Higher Education

"I have waited for this book to fill the gap on my community methodology shelf, but it won't be there very long as I will use it with my students, and share it with my colleagues who are developing community-based research in their service-learning classes."
— Dwight E. Giles, Jr., professor of higher education administration, University of Massachusetts, Boston

You can order the book directly from the publisher Jossey-Bass or via online booksellers such as Amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.com.