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Serving Children and Families Through Community-University Partnerships - Success Stories (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999)
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Serving Children and Families Through Community-University Partnerships - Success Stories (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999)
Series: International Series in Outreach Scholarship, 1
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A consistently identified criticism about contemporary higher
education is that academia is not playing a visible role in
contributing to the improvement of the lives of people in the
community - as the lives are lived on a day-to-day basis. However,
there has been a long tradition of such `Outreach Scholarship' in
America, and this focus is gaining renewed attention, at least in
part, because policy makers and philanthropic organizations are
pressing universities and colleges to use their learning resources
in ways that more directly benefit society. Universites have
listened to, and continue to heed, such appeals. Serving Children
and Families Through Community-University Partnerships: Success
Stories illustrates such work by presenting several dozen exemplary
`success stories' of community-university partnerships that serve
to enhance the lives of children, youth, and families. These
illustrations are drawn from collaborations across the breadth of
the nation and reflect the work of many diverse colleges and
universities. Moreover, these partnerships involve an array of
target audiences, ranging across the individual life span from
infancy through old age and involving a diverse set of groups and
organizations. In addition, this work takes many forms, for
example, technical assistance, evaluation, training, program design
and delivery, demonstration or participatory, action research, and
dissemination. The book is useful to two broad audiences: (1)
Individuals, in and out of academia, in decision-making roles that
directly impact what gets done or does not get done in colleges and
universities; and (2) Persons outside academia who are concerned
with creating positive change across a wide-range of issues
pertinent to the lives of youth, families, and communities. This
volume will guide universities and communities to work together to
promote positive development in the diverse children, families, and
communities of our nation.
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