Surpluses and Deficits: How University Partners Perceive University-Community Partnerships at One Ivy League Institution
Abstract
University-community partnerships are a critical method for how universities can serve the public interest. Yet key questions remain: how do these partnerships work in practice, and how can university and fill reciprocal and mutual needs effectively? A participatory evaluation of university-community partnerships in education at an Ivy League university found that university partners had a surplus perspective of the university and a deficit perspective of community partners; practitioners must shift our paradigm towards mutually beneficial, asset-driven university-community partnerships to ensure success.
Keywords
community partnerships; community-based research; community engagement
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PDFPartnerships is sponsored by North Carolina Campus Compact, and hosted by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. ISSN: 1944-1061
