Pursuing opportunities through partnerships : higher education and communities / edited by Bruce A. Behringer [and others]. - First edition. - 277 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Preface / Acknowledgments / About the program -- Background and overview to the expanding community partnerships program / East Tennessee State University -- Hearing that whistle : one dean's observations on the community partnerships program / The winding road to community partnerships in Appalachia : a faculty perspective / Community-based graduate assistants : integral partners in community-university settings / Creating the bridge : the community's view of expanding community partnerships / From idiosyncrasy to illustration : transformational change through community partnerships / West Virginia University -- Structural design of the expanding community partnerships program at WVU / Increasing faculty engagement using community-based pedagogy / Service learning makes a difference in the lives of students / Expanding community capacity with academic partners / Assessing the impact of the expanding community partnerships program / Northeastern University -- Partnerships in education : bridging the university and the community / The faculty experience in Northeastern's partnerships in education / "Charles Street, how you feelin'?" : students respond to community partnership experiences / The view from the community / Re-imagining the calling of the academy / University of Texas at El Paso -- Border stories : university-community partnerships in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez / Binational educational partnership between UTEP teacher education and La Escuela Primaria Jaime Torres Bodet / College of education undergraduates and the Even Start Family Literacy Project / Student perspectives : personal reflections on the benefits of community-based projects / Growing on the border / An administrator's reflections on the partnership experience / Lessons learned -- Lessons learned from the Kellogg Expanding Community Partnerships program / Gail D. McClure -- Ronald W. Richards -- Robert M. Freeland, David C. Hardesty, Diana Natalicio and Paul E. Stanton, Jr. -- Bruce Behringer, Gerald E. Lang and Jill Kriesky -- Donald R. Johnson -- Lori J. Marks, Ardis Nelson, J. P. Burnham, Thomas Coates, Joyce Duncan, Elizabeth Lowe, Amy Lowery and Edith Seier -- Kris Bowers, Kami Fecho, Holly Melendez and Deborah Brown -- Barbara King, Wilhelmina Williams, Sue Howard, Frank Proffitt, Kimberly Belcher, James E. McLean and James H. Quillen -- Bert C. Bach -- Jill Kriesky -- Mary Furbee and Ric MacDowell -- Brandi Goss and Shane Pettyman -- Sally L. Johnson, Denise L. Neighbors and Bob Gribben -- Gerald E. Lang -- Susan Hicks Spurlock -- Jean H. Krasnow and Terry L. Haywoode -- Ilsa Bruer, Julia Buonopane, Mauricia Luma, Joanna Principe, Claudia Grose and Erica Lindamood -- Sandras Barnes -- David Hall -- Kathleen Staudt and Carla Cardoza -- Elaine Hampton and Olga Liguori -- Judith Munter -- Teresa Heimer and Azuri L. Gonzalez -- Vicki Roberts -- Howard C. Daudistel -- Bruce Behringer, Bert C. Bach, Howard C. Daudistel, James Fraser, Gerald E. Lang and Jill Kriesky. Pt. 1. Pt. 2. Pt. 3. Pt. 4. Pt. 5. Pt. 6.

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Expanding Community Partnerships Program


Community and college--United States
Academic-industrial collaboration--United States
University cooperation--United States
Higher education and state--United States
Community development--United States
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States
State universities and colleges--United States
Public universities and colleges--United States

LC238 / .P87 2004

378.1030973