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Martin, Elisa M.; Pyles, Loretta – Journal of Social Work Education, 2013
This article identifies the importance of educating social work students and enlisting social work faculty to embrace the university-community engagement arena as a critical subfield of community practice. Through the lens of social work knowledge, values, and skills, the authors present three case studies of social workers who are working in the…
Descriptors: Social Work, Case Studies, School Community Relationship, Higher Education
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Miller, Peter M.; Pavlakis, Alexandra; Samartino, Lea; Bourgeois, Alexis – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2015
This qualitative study in a Midwestern US city examines how school and community-based organizations support homeless students' connections to education-related resources and relationships. Drawing from organizational brokerage theory, which delineates how individuals' chances to thrive are shaped by the organizations in which they participate,…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Homeless People, Qualitative Research, Community Organizations