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CBR Programs

• PEAK Inquiry Project at Colorado College - a program through which community organizations and city departments can submit knowledge- and research-based project ideas to share with CC students, faculty, volunteer teams, and courses. PEAK stands for "Publicly Engaged, Actionable Knowledge" and the mission of the program is to bring the knowledge of the campus to bear on public, real-world issues. Our goal is to connect campus change-makers to community INQUIRIES - real-world questions, challenges, and problems - of the Pikes PEAK region.

• Scholar Shop at the University of Denver - The Scholar Shop connects community organizations with students and faculty to address public problems through research and/or creative work. Each Scholar Shop project is unique, based on the research question/project proposed by the community organization and the student and/or faculty partner. Students and faculty bring diverse academic experience and interests (e.g., business, law, social sciences, arts, humanities, engineering, social work, law, computing, mathematics, environmental management and more) to these collaborations. Scholar Shop projects can include analyzing data, conducting a program evaluation, producing a brochure, creating written reports, developing curriculum, among others.

• Trenton Youth Community-Based Research Corps (TYCRC) at the College of New Jersey: was now a three-semester academic program in which students learn to be partners, citizens, and public scholars

• Trinity College Public Humanities Collaborative:  PHCis a summer research opportunity that brings together students, faculty, and individuals and organizations in Hartford to work on public humanities: the study of how people interpret stories of our human experience. PHC is a component of Trinity College’s Summer Research Program funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, funds 16 students per summer ($3500 stipend plus 10 weeks housing). 
•  Each PHC team includes a Hartford-area humanities partner (such as a museums, libraries, cultural institutions, or related organizations), one or more Trinity faculty fellows, and two to four Trinity student researchers.  
•  Students work approximately 15 hours a week with faculty on their humanities-oriented scholarship (such as journal articles or book chapters) and another 15 hours a week with Hartford humanities partners on public humanities projects (such as an oral history collection, interactive website, community discussion, exhibit, public performance, etc.).  
•  Students, faculty, and Hartford humanities partners will attend a weekly lunch and workshop on topics such as collaborating using digital tools, presenting work to academic and public audiences, and creating social change in the city. 

CBR Courses

• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Social Research Course at Bowdoin College, Maine: course outline.pdf 
• English
• Literacy Research Course at Notre Dame: ESS Senior Research Syllabus.pdf 
• Politics
• Whitman College, Washington: Racism and Latinos in Washington State 458 syllabus-f06.pdf (related assignments: Executive Summary Assignment, Public Meeting Assignment, and Polished Draft Assignment); Public Letter (Invitation to hear results of student research: public letter); a short public communications primer (how to talk with the press about your project): KCTS Talking Points; and news articles published about the project: Yakima Herald Dec 06 and Yakima Herald Jan 07.
• Health Psychology
• Tougaloo College, Mississippi:  syllabus (and powerpoint presentation about the project):  The Homeless of Jackson, MS.
• Nonprofit Management
• Using a "Policy Brief" assignment to connect CBR to Nonprofit Management course at Virginia Commonwealth: syllabus.
• Sociology
• Health, Housing, Employment: What Works for the Poor in Small Cities.  This Princeton University course was designed around a local community organization: syllabus.
• International 
• Diplomacy Lab:  Launched by Secretary of State John Kerry in 2013, Diplomacy Lab enables the State Department to “course-source” research and innovation related to foreign policy by harnessing the efforts of students and faculty at universities across the country.  Students participating in Diplomacy Lab explore real-world challenges identified by the Department and work under the guidance of faculty members who are authorities in their fields. This initiative allows students to contribute directly to the policymaking process while helping the State Department tap into an underutilized reservoir of intellectual capital. Teams that develop exceptional results and ideas are recognized for their work and may be invited to brief senior State Department officials on their findings.

CBR Centers

• Washington & Lee University — Community-Academic Research Alliance (CARA) is the community-based research (CBR) initiative of the Shepherd Program. CARA supports research partnerships between Washington and Lee University students and non-profits in the Rockbridge area to address pressing community challenges.
• University of Puget Sound — Civic Scholarship Initiative 
• Illinois Wesleyan University — Action Research Center 
• Princeton University — Program in Community-Engaged Scholarship