Faculty at the Policy Research Action Group, a center based at Loyola University in Chicago, engage in action research by forming small teams. These teams are made up of at least one representative each from the faculty, the graduate school, and the community. The teams meet to address specific issues in the community and devise and implement research strategies. The small collaborative group is conducive to sharing ideas without getting bogged down in discussion. Teams have recently focused research efforts on the impact of welfare reform on three neighborhoods in Chicago s North Side.
From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
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Contact: Philip Nyden, Director, pnyden {at} luc(.)edu
