Building and Maintaining Collaborative Communities: Schools, University, and Community Organizations

This volume is a new and noteworthy contribution to the literature on collaboration among schools and universities. It expands the playing field to include both publicly and privately funded community organizations and examines the effects of the interaction of the three on projects in a multitude of settings both domestically and internationally.

Askeds to analyze their projects following the Slater Matrix, nineteen examples provide an inside glimpse into the success and limitations of each project. Chapters are organized in order of complexity of type of collaboration.

The editors expect this to be a useful guide for university personnel, school administrators, and community organizations wishing to embark on or expand projects involving schools, universities, and community organizations. In a time of short resources and uncertain sustainability, it should serve as a useful tool in making decisions in the planning, process, carrying out, and analysis of each endeavor.