Few studies have been conducted on collaborations in higher education specifically between faculty and institutional career centers. Institutional career centers offer college students important services related to career development areas such as exploring careers and majors, identifying career goals, building resumes, assisting with job and internship searches, providing employer and alumni networking opportunities, preparing students for interviews, evaluating job offers, and negotiating salaries. Faculty and career center collaborations are very important as approximately 85% of students attend college to secure a better job, yet institutional career centers are still often underutilized, creating a critical issue in higher education. Employers, researchers, and career centers recognize the importance of faculty influence over student attitudes, especially when it comes to utilizing different student services on campus, such as career centers. Additionally, research reveals that oftentimes students will go to a faculty member instead of their career center for career-related guidance, even though many faculty do not perceive themselves as experts in this area.The researcher surveyed higher education faculty members on their ways of collaborating with their career centers, what factors most motivated them to work with their career centers, and their perceived challenges and benefits of these collaborations; there were 92 responses. The researcher also surveyed career-center staff members on perceived challenges of these collaborations to compare with faculty perceptions; 197 staff members responded. Career center participants were recruited primarily through professional associations; they were asked to share the faculty survey with faculty collaborators on campus. Results of this study provided some key takeaways, such as class presentations being the most reported method of collaboration, intrinsic motivations being what most motivates faculty to work with their career centers, and differences between faculty and career center perspectives on the most challenging factors to these collaborations. Additional findings included relationships between certain demographics (gender and institution type) working with career centers to help place students in internships, and faculty's overwhelming agreement about the benefits of these collaborations. However, future research is needed to provide more insight into current patterns, motivations, and challenges to these types of collaborations. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]