Some Unexpected Ways Universities Can Prime the Community Economic Engine: Asset Building for the Working Poor and the University Back Office

Autor/in	Powell, Lawrence N.
Titel	Some Unexpected Ways Universities Can Prime the Community Economic Engine: Asset Building for the Working Poor and the University Back Office
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 10 (2005) 2, S.7-23 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-6102
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Universities; Partnerships in Education; Low Income Groups; School Community Programs; Employees; Outreach Programs; Louisiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; University; Universität; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Jobcoaching
Abstract	This article demonstrates how the university back office can enable ambitious implementation partnerships between institutions of higher education and community-based organizations. It examines the Individual Development Account Collaborative of Louisiana, a $4 million asset-building program operated by the National Center for the Urban Community at Tulane and Xavier Universities, which produced more than six hundred graduates in less than two years, most of them first-time home owners. The bookkeeping and administrative requirements imposed by governmental granting agencies often tax the capacity of even the largest nonprofits, which lack the sponsored research infrastructure that the Cold War university has developed in consequence of processing hundreds of grants and contracts annually. Small nonprofits are best at delivering services to local communities; Research-1 universities are practiced at managing large grants and contracts. The article concludes that the administrative side of such university-community partnerships deserves as much attention as their programmatic side. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, University of Georgia and the Institute of Higher Education. Treanor House, 1234 South Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA 30602. Tel: 706-542-6167; Fax: 706-542-6124; e-mail: jheoe@uga.edu; Web site: http://www.jheoe.uga.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01