Subject:  A College that Honors Our Commitments

Dear Colleague:

Thirty (30) years ago, the Western Institute for Social Research (WISR, pronounced “wiser”) launched a unique State-approved educational alternative for working adults committed to community-based social change.  As an academic institution, WISR is distinctive in providing

·        personalized and affordable educational programs for working adults who want to shape their own studies,

·        intellectually engaging and community-oriented studies,

·        a socially progressive and multicultural learning environment, and

·        an alternative to conventional and sometimes inflexible universities.

*We offer personalized BA, MA and PhD programs for working adults in Education and Social Change, Social Sciences, Community Services and Psychology, including a program fulfilling the academic requirements for State licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist.  Sometimes, WISR students study from great distances—currently, from such varied locales as Boston, Nebraska and Nigeria--and confer frequently with faculty by phone between occasional visits.

We are always especially interested in new students who will also be participants in positive social change.  Consequently, we are reaching out to organizations whose members may be interested in rigorous but flexible degree programs that emphasize independent study and community-based social change.  We at WISR honor our learners’ wisdom and support their natural joy and love of learning as well as their efforts in pursuing their community commitments.

Whether or not you are considering enrolling in a degree program at WISR, we are now offering free resources to assist you and support anyone who is deeply committed to community service, progressive social change, or improvements in any domain of the educational system.  Specifically:

*WISR offers seminars each month that are open to the public (space is limited so please RSVP if you are coming).  Seminar topics include community organizing and education, participatory action research, social change, grant writing, and marriage and family therapy.   If you or anyone in your company would like to receive monthly or occasional announcements by email or postal mail, please contact us at mail@wisr.edu, (510) 655-2830, or forward this information to their email address.

*We are beginning to develop reciprocal links on our web site, http://www.wisr.edu/, with progressive and community service organizations like yours.  If you are interested, we would like you to send us your web address with one to three sentences about your organization/group/web site.  The link will then soon appear under "Learning Resources" on our web site.

*You can download articles from our web site — on action-research, adult education and social change, multiculturality, trauma recovery, and other topics.

Sincerely,                                                                                                                                  

John Bilorusky, President
Western Institute for Social Research
3220 Sacramento, CA  94702
510/655-2830
http://www.wisr.edu/

                      

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