TY  - JOUR
AB  - Community‐based research has been suggested as a particularly effective form of service learning in college‐community collaborations. This paper reviews findings from interviews with alumni/ae and community partners of an environmental and economic sustainability center at Allegheny College in Northwest Pennsylvania, the Center for Economic and Environmental Development (CEED). CEED's community‐based research projects have spanned the natural and social sciences to analyze water quality, reduce waste streams and local energy consumption, identify environmental problems and enhance forest management. Interviews with alumni/ae point to the valued real world experience, enhanced cognitive development, and improved communication skills for students. Community partners valued new information and networks resulting from research and stressed the contribution they were making to college students' learning. Community‐based research projects can benefit from interviewees' recommendations to increase continuity, clarity of purpose, and follow‐through in projects, while maximizing opportunities for dialogue between community partners and students. Community‐based research may have a strong contribution to make to students' cognitive, academic, social, civic and career development.
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
SN  - 1467-6370
DO  - 10.1108/14676370410561081
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/14676370410561081
AU  - Keen Cheryl
AU  - Baldwin Elizabeth
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - Students promoting economic development and environmental sustainability: An analysis of the impact of involvement in a community‐based research and service‐learning program
T2  - International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 384
EP  - 394
Y2  - 2024/09/23
ER  -