Academic and Nonprofit Partnerships Can Enhance Capacity Building
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| Title: | Academic and Nonprofit Partnerships Can Enhance Capacity Building |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Caitlin Taylor |
| Source: | Metropolitan Universities. 2025 36(3):147-168. |
| Availability: | Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252. Tel: 410-704-3700; Fax: 410-704-2152; e-mail: cumu@towson.edu; Web site: http://www.cumuonline.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 22 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research Tests/Questionnaires |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | College Faculty, Partnerships in Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Community Organizations, Public Agencies, Expertise, Capacity Building, Sabbatical Leaves |
| ISSN: | 1047-8485 |
| Abstract: | This PRAXIS-oriented article explores how individual faculty members on research sabbatical can support nonprofit and community-based organizations through capacity-building partnerships. Drawing on detailed field notes from a semester-long collaboration with six nonprofit organizations and one government agency, the article illustrates concrete ways that academic expertise can strengthen data collection, evaluation, and strategic planning, while also improving the quality of the partnership between the academic partner and the organization. These findings are contextualized in the literature on academic-nonprofit collaboration and framed as a reflective case study that highlights implications for practice, especially for faculty at metropolitan universities. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1490634 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This PRAXIS-oriented article explores how individual faculty members on research sabbatical can support nonprofit and community-based organizations through capacity-building partnerships. Drawing on detailed field notes from a semester-long collaboration with six nonprofit organizations and one government agency, the article illustrates concrete ways that academic expertise can strengthen data collection, evaluation, and strategic planning, while also improving the quality of the partnership between the academic partner and the organization. These findings are contextualized in the literature on academic-nonprofit collaboration and framed as a reflective case study that highlights implications for practice, especially for faculty at metropolitan universities. |
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| ISSN: | 1047-8485 |
