Overview
The Western Institute for Social Research (WISR) is known as a premiere academic institute for social change since its inception in 1975. WISR offers individualized BA, MA and EdD* degree programs for working adults. Areas of study are: Psychology (including an MA program that leads to the State’s Marriage and Family Therapy License as well as for those seeking to become a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor), Social Sciences, Human Services and Community Development, and Education and Social Change. Our interdisciplinary EdD program* in Higher Education and Social Change is exceedingly popular. Our tuition is very affordable for working adults with ...
Learning About WISR
Deliberate Reflection and Dialogue: Is WISR right for you?—the pros and cons . . . Beyond the in-depth conversation(s) with the WISR President, each prospective student is encouraged to ask how they can get in touch with any students, faculty or alumni, with whom they would like to gain several perspectives on study at WISR and a sense of the learning community that they may be joining. Prospective students should also, if they can, make arrangements to participate in one or more seminars. Recently we have begun having all of our MFT seminars available to students via teleconference ...
WISRville
Wisrville.org is an internet publishing site created to be a collaborative voice for the progressive community. Our focus is multiculturalism, intellectual inquiry and social activism. This is the site for 1) recent news about the WISR community, 2) important announcements, 3) upcoming events, and 4) online learning content, and blogs, hosted by WISR students, faculty, alumni and friends—on topics related to progressive social change, alternative and innovative higher education and adult learning, participatory action-research, multiculturality and community improvement efforts. Membership in Wisrville is free for learners currently enrolled in the WISR Learning Community. Membership and Hosting services are available to everyone ...
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- Anngwyn St. Just wrote a new post, Gerald Celente: Trends in the News, on the site Trauma and the Human ConditionNowadays on You Tube and the Internet we have an opportunity to avail ourselves of both the wisdom and insights from Trends Researcher, Gerald Celente. While I have followed Mr. Celente’s highly accurate and i […] Comments: 0 […]
- Anngwyn St. Just wrote a new post, Fake Bees: More Mechanization of Nature, on the site Trauma and the Human ConditionIf bees left the face of the Earth mankind would have only four years to live. (Albert Einstein) It has been known for some time now that the global bee population has been in steep decline since the 1990s. […] Comments: 0 […]
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- dickins wrote a new post, Addressing Racism in White-Dominated Religious Organizations, on the site Torry Dickinson BlogHelping White People Address Racism in White-Dominated Religious Organizations I’m a white person who would like to help Whites address unexamined racial and class privilege that gets expressed in society, i […] Comments: 0 […]
- Anngwyn St. Just wrote a new post, Yet Another of Oklahoma’s Monster Tornados , on the site Trauma and the Human Condition