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Library Resources by Series: "Case Studies in Community-University Partnerships"



Total number of Library Resources: 4
  • This study presents the work of the University of Washington and Heritage University to jointly develop university-community partnerships in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. This work shows how research universities can partner with various communities in rural areas for the benefit of all parties: faculty, students, citizens and organizations. A section each focuses on economic development, information technology and neighborhood...
  • This case study documents a number of partnerships undertaken by the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University of Washington, some within the bounds of the university, and many of them extending beyond the UW campus.
  • This case study describes landscape design projects undertaken by landscape architecture faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students at the University of Washington in conjunction with a number of public agencies and community groups. What lessons might these projects offer others considering working with community groups? Over two hundred years ago Horace Walpole famously observed that William Kent - an early exponent of the English Landscape...
  • Community-university partnerships have impacted the Department of Pediatric Dentistry in profound ways and shaped a set of commitments that will affect how dentists are educated and dental services are delivered in the State of Washington in the foreseeable future. Since the 1970s, the School of Dentistry has rotated pre-doctoral students into partner communities where some have elected to work with poor children under the supervision of the...