Individual roles and approaches to public engagement in a community-university partnership in a rural California town

dc.creator	Prins, E.
dc.date	2006-07-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:06:41Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:06:41Z
dc.identifier	1551-0670
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f81dbf1731ee48eca7141dd5abe87ccc
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/10672
dc.description	This case study examines the roles that a professor, graduate student, consultant, and community education specialist at a public university in California have played in a partnership with an elementary school and a community-based organization in a nearby rural town. The case reveals that individuals’ roles and approaches to public engagement evolve over time and differ markedly. Moreover, the actions of university personnel espousing community-driven partnerships may unconsciously reflect hierarchical power relations. The article discusses implications for community-university partnerships, especially in rural areas. University personnel should decide who is responsible for taking initiative in establishing the partnership and setting the partnership agenda, consider how to exercise power in supportive and directive ways, and coordinate their activities. Coordination among personnel and academic departments is especially important in rural communities, where school staff and community leaders and residents may become overwhelmed with multiple requests to participate in projects and research.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Maine College of Education & Human Development
dc.relation	http://www.umaine.edu/jrre/21-7.htm
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1551-0670
dc.source	Journal of Research in Rural Education, Vol 21, Iss 7 (2006)
dc.subject	rural education
dc.subject	rural schools
dc.subject	rural communities
dc.subject	community-university partnership
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Individual roles and approaches to public engagement in a community-university partnership in a rural California town
dc.type	article