Perspectives from community partnerships in three diverse higher education contexts
Asset-based Community Development (ABCD) approaches in higher education have the potential to benefit a diversity of higher education settings and partners, but they can also present challenges and opportunities for growth in higher education institutions. Co- curricular community engagement...
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Asset-based Community Development (ABCD) approaches in higher education have the potential to benefit a diversity of higher education settings and partners, but they can also present challenges and opportunities for growth in higher education institutions. Co- curricular community engagement and academic service-learning programs may struggle to balance the broader political and logistical constraints imposed by the university with equitable, long-term, community-guided relationships that reflect a genuine commitment to ABCD. Extension programs may face difficulty engaging community members and maintaining their commitment to the long-term nature of ABCD in an environment where ABCD is not universally utilised. Although these challenges may seem daunting, partners in all three contexts can draw on a wealth of ABCD tools and resources, including case studies like those anchoring this discussion, in order to answer the question: How can ABCD approaches be utilised most effectively in higher education contexts to address challenges and improve outcomes? Specifically, can an asset-based orientation help position community participants as peer ‘experts’ alongside their academic partners, share power and authority in the collaboration? If so, how? If not, why not? The authors explore these questions using a case study methodology, allowing for nuanced portraits of three different contexts depicting interactions among community and university partners seeking to ground their collaborations in the mobilisation of assets, gifts and strengths. This article also seeks to identify key lessons learned in each setting of the three participating United States universities – the public, four-year research institution, the private religious university and the land-grant college/cooperative extension in order to make recommendations on using ABCD to build and nurture academic-community partnerships that are generalisable across other contexts.
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ac99e9a7b59481b89190ca1978e3a772023-12-23T04:46:03ZengUTS ePRESSGateways1836-33932023-12-0116210.5130/ijcre.v16i2.8693Perspectives from community partnerships in three diverse higher education contextsHunter P. Goodman0Ruth Yow1Miranda Standberry-Wallace2Rachel Dekom3Mamie HarperAmalia Nieto Gomez 4Alicya D. Watson5University of Arkansas System, Div. of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension ServiceGeorgia Tech University DePaul University Steans CenterCreateATL (student alumnus, Georgia Tech University Alliance of the SoutheastUniversity of Arkansas System, Div. of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, Cleveland County Asset-based Community Development (ABCD) approaches in higher education have the potential to benefit a diversity of higher education settings and partners, but they can also present challenges and opportunities for growth in higher education institutions. Co- curricular community engagement and academic service-learning programs may struggle to balance the broader political and logistical constraints imposed by the university with equitable, long-term, community-guided relationships that reflect a genuine commitment to ABCD. Extension programs may face difficulty engaging community members and maintaining their commitment to the long-term nature of ABCD in an environment where ABCD is not universally utilised. Although these challenges may seem daunting, partners in all three contexts can draw on a wealth of ABCD tools and resources, including case studies like those anchoring this discussion, in order to answer the question: How can ABCD approaches be utilised most effectively in higher education contexts to address challenges and improve outcomes? Specifically, can an asset-based orientation help position community participants as peer ‘experts’ alongside their academic partners, share power and authority in the collaboration? If so, how? If not, why not? The authors explore these questions using a case study methodology, allowing for nuanced portraits of three different contexts depicting interactions among community and university partners seeking to ground their collaborations in the mobilisation of assets, gifts and strengths. This article also seeks to identify key lessons learned in each setting of the three participating United States universities – the public, four-year research institution, the private religious university and the land-grant college/cooperative extension in order to make recommendations on using ABCD to build and nurture academic-community partnerships that are generalisable across other contexts. https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/ijcre/article/view/8693ABCD, community partners, equity and justice, partnership building, higher education, ABCD challenges |
| spellingShingle | Hunter P. Goodman Ruth Yow Miranda Standberry-Wallace Rachel Dekom Mamie Harper Amalia Nieto Gomez Alicya D. Watson Perspectives from community partnerships in three diverse higher education contexts Gateways ABCD, community partners, equity and justice, partnership building, higher education, ABCD challenges |
| title | Perspectives from community partnerships in three diverse higher education contexts |
| title_full | Perspectives from community partnerships in three diverse higher education contexts |
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| title_short | Perspectives from community partnerships in three diverse higher education contexts |
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| topic | ABCD, community partners, equity and justice, partnership building, higher education, ABCD challenges |
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