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Closson, Rosemary; Mullins Nelson, Barbara – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2009
This research was motivated by our desire for our students to achieve a deeper appreciation for the social justice aspect of our field, adult education, and also to engage them with the community. We sought to accomplish these ends as students at two different state universities volunteered to build a home with Habitat for Humanity. Data was…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Community Involvement, Teaching Methods, Grounded Theory
Jeacock, Robert L. – 1977
For the purpose of the study, the local economy of Malaspina College in Nanaimo, British Columbia was defined as the school district. The variables used to assess the college's impact were: (1) income injected into the local economy as a result of the expenditures of the college, its employees, and its students; (2) college-related revenues…
Descriptors: Business, College Students, Colleges, Community Benefits