Serving Children and Families Through Community-University Partnerships »

Serving Children and Families through Community-University Partnerships: Success Stories illustrates several dozen exemplary "success stories" of community-university partnerships that serve to enhance the lives of children, youth, and families. These illustrations are drawn from collaborations across the breadth of the nation and reflect the work of many diverse colleges and universities. Moreover, these partnerships involve an array of target audiences, ranging across the individual life span from infancy through old age and involving a diverse set of groups and organizations. In addition, this work takes many forms, for example, technical assistance, evaluation, training, program design and delivery, demonstration or participatory, action research, and dissemination.. "The book is useful to two broad audiences: 1) Individuals, in and out of academe, in decision-making roles that directly impact what gets done or does not get done in colleges and universities, and 2) Persons outside academe who are concerned with creating positive change across a wide-range of issues pertinent to the lives of youth, families, and communities.