Enacting True Partnerships within Community-Based Learning: Faculty and Community Partners Reflect on the Challenges of Engagement

Authors

Seanna Kerrigan, Portland State UniversityFollow
Vicki L. Reitenauer, Portland State UniversityFollow
Nora Arevalo-Meier, Portland State University

Published In

Metropolitan Universities

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Subjects

Community-based learning, Civic engagement, Higher Education -- Social aspects

Abstract

In the past two decades, the literature on campus-community partnerships as core components of pedagogies of engagement has grown exponentially. In this article, the director and a longtime faculty member of Portland State University’s capstone program report on interviews conducted with ten faculty-community partner pairs, gleaning insights on both the challenges of and lessons learned through partnering. This research adds to the literature through its use of relational methods that bring the voices of interviewees to readers, revealing a depth of connection across the institutional divide.

Description

This is the publisher's final PDF. Permission received from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) on behalf of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities. The definitive version was published online at: https://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/muj/article/view/21106

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16866

Citation Details

Kerrigan, Seanna M.; Reitenauer, Vicki L.; Arevalo-Meier, Nora. (2015). Enacting True Partnerships within Community-Based Learning: Faculty and Community Partners Reflect on the Challenges of Engagement. Metropolitan Universities, [S.l.], v. 26, n. 3, p. 63-78.