"If We Were Gone, Would They Miss Us?” Fostering Sustainable University/Community Partnerships
Track 3: Sustainability and the Community beyond the Campus
Name(s):
Jerry Price, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Chapman University; Sylvie Taylor, Director, Applied Community Psychology Specialization and Professor, and J. Cynthia McDermott, Chair, M.A. in Education Program, Antioch University Los Angeles
Academic departments can provide community organizations with access to current research findings, resources relevant to their work, and to technical support and consultation. In turn, community-based non-profits can offer academic departments and their students opportunities to bring theory and practice to life - and do it in cost-neutral ways that benefit both sides. In this session, Antioch University Los Angeles focuses on the academic component of its university-community partnerships. Chapman University focuses on the administrative component of its relationship with the nearby Hispanic community, with the goal both to be a better neighbor and to encourage young Hispanics to think of themselves as college students at Chapman. The session will conclude with student perspectives on these university-community partnerships.
