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Organizing for social partnership : higher education in cross-sector collaboration / by David J. Siegel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siegel, David J., 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community and college--United States.
- Community and college.
- Business and education--Social aspects--United States.
- Business and education.
- Interorganizational relations--United States.
- Interorganizational relations.
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The most complex social challenges - such as post-secondary access and success for under-represented students, diversification of the workforce, poverty, environmental degradation, and global health - exceed the problem-solving capacity of single organizations or societal sectors. Organizing for Social Partnershipprovides colleges and universities, corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations with a model for how to effectively address these and other pressing social issues through strong, effective collaboration. This valuable book is relevant for graduate students e
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Framing the Challenge; 1 Social Issues in a Boundaryless World; 2 The Engagement Imperative in American Higher Education; 3 The Promise of Intersectoral Collaboration; Part II A Model for Addressing the Social Problem of Underrepresentation; 4 Case Example: Building the Diversity Pipeline; 5 Starting Conditions: Rationales for Interorganizational Collaboration; 6 The Experience of Collaboration; 7 The Difference Made by Collaboration; Part III The Future of Social Partnership; 8 Organizations as Activists
- 9 Implications for Organizations and SocietyReferences; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-16388-X
- 1-135-16389-8
- 1-282-57170-2
- 9786612571701
- 0-203-85938-3
- 9780203859384
- OCLC:
- 647966093
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