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[edit] Starting a Program/Center
- 10(+) Steps to Starting a CBR Center
- Building Community Partnerships
- Building Faculty Relationships
- Nuts and Bolts
- Gaining Administrative Support
[edit] Developing a CBR Course
[edit] Managing a CBR Program/Center
- Maintaining Strong Campus-Community Partnerships
- Maintaining Strong Faculty Relationships
- Supporting Students
- Recognizing Outstanding CBR
[edit] Evaluating a CBR Program
- Determining CBR Success
- Assessing Student Learning Experience
- Evaluating Faculty Experience
- Financial Assessment
[edit] Growing a CBR Program
- Reaching More CBO's
- Reaching More Faculty
- Reaching More Students
[edit] Integrating CBR Into Campus-Wide Infrastructure
- Networking CBR Programs
- Connecting on program development
- Connecting on research process
- Connecting on issue analysis & action
[edit] What is CBR?
- Defining CBR
- Principles of Practice: Collaborative, action-based, community-driven....
- Roles of Participants: Community, students, faculty, staff
[edit] Conducting CBR
CBR at its most fundamental begins with a humble but powerful human skill, listening. There is a certain arrogance to the Ivory Tower set rushing outward with answers to questions not asked, with solutions out of sync to stakeholders' capacity to absorb. A certain cultural sensitivity training is required to sit still, observe and respectfully seek the questions a community is ready to ask. Beginning at the beginning means providing a community with the tools it needs to find and solve its problems. In countries with sufficient development, 21st century tools should consist of a system of online, and paper-based and organizational designs.
Next steps lead to a number of questions. Where are those systems? What do they consist of? How well are they working? What do they need? How do higher education researchers use such systems to collect data, experiment and report in a culturally respectful way?
Examples to Evaluate
CROP (Communities Resolving Our Problems), a three branch model with classroom based implementation history.
[edit] CBR for Undergraduates: Models & Methods
- Curricular/Course-Based: Course Options, Research Seminars, Dedicated Courses, Concurrent Courses, Sequential Courses, Theory-Based Courses
- Extracurricular: Internships, Senior/Honors Theses, CBR Corps
[edit] The CBR Center
- Overview: Purpose, People, Services, Models, Staffing Structures
- Getting Started: Mission statements, resources, administrative support, faculty and community relationships, websites, etc.
- Institutionalizing: Integration into community, curriculum, and campus administration
- Growing
