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Community-Based Research and ReportsCommunity-Based Research is a contribution of faculty and student resources of the college to community agencies and organizations. Hamilton College students may choose to work on independent studies research projects that have implications for local communities. The Arthur Levitt Center can be a resource for them through oversight or support of their project. Suggestions are forwarded to students each semester regarding projects they might consider and projects of interest or concern to our community partners. Students may also approach the Levitt Center with their own ideas for projects. Program evaluation is taught as a seminar each Spring by the Associate Director for Community Research for up to 12 students, usually in their Junior or Senior years. Program evaluation is an integral component in the setting of public policy and its implementation, and the course becomes a case study in applied social research at the community level. This course builds on knowledge and skills developed in initial research methods courses and acquaints students with a range of methodologies used to evaluate programs in varied settings. Students use field work to complete program evaluations of need, process, and outcomes in specific populations or programs in community settings. Students produce written reports for community agencies and need to be comfortable with independent work. They work in groups, and their final reports are edited by Professor Owens-Manley for one final comprehensive report to the community. The topics rotate on a three year basis among refugee resettlement, domestic violence, and positive youth development programs. Assessor, comparing property values and average sale prices of homes over time. Her second report provided the results of a telephone survey of new residents who moved into housing constructed through the HOPE VI Project, both rentals and owner-occupied housing.
Tamar concluded that overall 62% of the residents were Black and 13% were White, contrasting with a 79% White population for the city overall. The overwhelming majority of households in rental housing were female-headed, but owner-occupied homes were 80% male-headed households. The average annual household income for new rental housing was under $14,000, and the mean income for homes owned was nearly twice as high, $26,154. The complete report can be found below:
Property Values Paper Demographics Paper Program evaluations completed in prior years: In addition, the Associate Director for Community Research or faculty members may be principle or co-investigators or participate in research projects that benefit the local community. Levitt Sponsored Reports: Levitt Center staff and faculty are engaged periodically in Community-Based Research projects that produce reports of interest to the community. Students also may produce reports through independent studies. Reports completed for Community-Based Research:
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News Highlights Jennifer Earl, Director of the Center for Information Technology and Society and an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara will present "Protest on the Information Highway: Trends in Online Activism," Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 pm in the Science Auditorium (G027). February 28th, 2008. |
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