Center for Youth and Communities (CYC)
Submitted by cycheller on Thu, 12/06/2007 - 14:48.
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Community:
Local, regional and national
Primary Organizer (e.g. Name of individual, organization, or business):
Susan P. Curnan, Director
Location(s)
Heller School for Social Policy & Mgt., Brandeis University
MS35, 415 South St
Waltham, MAUnited States
Contact Name:
Alan Melchior; Cathy Burack
Project Website:
Contact Phone:
781-736-4835
Need & Goals:
CYC’s ultimate goal is to "make knowledge productive." We do this by connecting the knowledge gained from scholarly research and practical experience in ways that help both policy makers and practitioners.
This blend of theory and practice provides CYC with a unique perspective and capacity. In our work we view practitioners and policy makers as partners in a practical knowledge development effort in which both the community and the academy bring critical strengths, and in which practical solutions to real-world issues are developed through a collaborative, mutually respectful approach.
Since its inception in 1983, the Center for Youth and Communities (CYC) has established a national reputation as one of the nation's leading centers of evaluation, professional development and policy in youth and community development. We have a long history of evaluating service-learning and civic engagement initiatives in k-12, colleges and universities and in community based settings. CYC is part of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.
Successes, Challenges, Current Status:
We see evaluation as an organizational development tool that helps people both prove and improve their programs. It can be challenging for programs to use evaluation in this way.
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