A Collaborative Approach to Service, Learning, and Scholarship: A Community-Based Research Course Cheryl A. Hyde, PhD Megan Meyer, PhD ABSTRACT. This article describes a research course that was a collab- orative endeavor between a school of social work and a community or- ganization. This project was guided by learning, service and scholarship goals. Specifically, the participants in this course provided a pro-bono evaluation for a community benefits district. The benefits district solic- ited assistance from the authors, with the caveat that district members not be involved in the data collection and analysis. The authors situate this project on a continuum of traditional versus participatory research, and propose a “mixed” model for collaborative university-community efforts. The authors suggest ways of engaging students in “real world” research that benefits the community and facilitates their own training as macro social work practitioners. Factors that facilitate and hinder such a project are also discussed. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <docdelivery@haworthpress.com> Website: <http://www.HaworthPress.com> © 2004 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.] Cheryl A. Hyde is Associate Professor and Megan Meyer is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Maryland-Baltimore. Address correspondence to: Cheryl A. Hyde, School of Social Work, University of Mary- land, 525 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 (E-mail: chyde@ssw.umaryland.edu). The authors thank CVCBD members and course participants for all their assistance, and journal reviewers for their feedback. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the ARNOVA Annual Meeting, November 2002, Montreal. Journal of Community Practice, Vol. 12(1/2) 2004 http://www.haworthpress.com/web/COM  2004 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Digital Object Identifier: 10.1300/J125v12n01_06 71