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Niehaus, Elizabeth – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
One of the most frequently touted benefits of higher education is the opportunity to interact with people different from oneself, yet these interactions do not automatically lead to positive outcomes. The purpose of this study is to explore how one particular context for diversity interactions, service-based alternative break programs, may provide…
Descriptors: Interaction, Sensitivity Training, Intergroup Relations, Interpersonal Competence
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Boehm, Amnon; Cohen, Ayala – Journal of Social Work Education, 2013
It is important to develop commitment to community practice among social work students to encourage their engagement in this field as professionals later in life. This research examines factors that affect commitment to community practice among social work students. A structured questionnaire was administered to 277 social work students in one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Student Surveys, Questionnaires
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Spoth, Richard; Guyll, Max; Lillehoj, Catherine J.; Redmond, Cleve; Greenberg, Mark – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
This study examined a community-university partnership model for sustained, high-quality implementation of evidence-based interventions. In the context of a randomized study, it assessed whether implementation quality for both family-focused and school-based universal interventions could be achieved and maintained through community-university…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education