ERIC Number: EJ1442233
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1047-8485
EISSN: EISSN-2472-3451
Leveraging University Capital and In-Kind Resources into Community Partnerships
M. Meghan Raisch
Metropolitan Universities, v35 n3 p23-40 2024
Public universities with campuses in urban, low-income neighborhoods have an opportunity and civic responsibility to engage with the K-12 schools, non-profits, and community-based organizations that directly serve their community. However, many community-engaged administrators and scholars are working with limited budgets and without formal strategic plans that prioritize or operationalize the commitment of university resources, suggesting that the need to institutionalize community engagement remains. This paper presents five types of capital that can be leveraged from universities as in-kind resources to create educational programming for youth from low-income communities. This paper features three community-facing partnerships alternatively based within a community center, on campus, and in two public schools providing out-of-school time education. A document review and deductive thematic analysis of archival data capturing the in-kind resources from the university over six years found the following types of capital were leveraged: physical, financial, intellectual, human, and social. Findings reveal granular examples of what, where, and how to leverage in-kind campus resources to launch and sustain educational youth programming and the early renderings of a strategic model for establishing inter-organizational alliances with cross-campus units for mutually beneficial outcomes from operationalizing community engagement.
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, School Community Relationship, Shared Resources and Services, Low Income Students, Equal Education, After School Programs, After School Education, Social Capital, Human Capital, Financial Support
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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