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ACL Webinar: Consortial Partnerships with External Organizations Neal B. Abraham Executive Director Five Colleges, Incorporated July 2011. ACL Webinar – Neal Abraham Consortial Partnerships with External Organizations. Five Colleges, Incorporated:
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ACL Webinar: Consortial Partnerships with External Organizations Neal B. Abraham Executive Director Five Colleges, Incorporated July 2011
ACL Webinar – Neal Abraham Consortial Partnerships with External Organizations Five Colleges, Incorporated: A nearly 50-year old collaboration of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts Amherst
ACL Webinar – Neal Abraham Consortial Partnerships with External Organizations What are both intra-consortial and extra-consortial partnerships?
ACL Webinar – Neal Abraham Consortial Partnerships with External Organizations Intra-consortial partnerships: Whenever 2 or more are gathered… Keep open the option for others. Extra-consortial partnerships: Adding another institution on a case-by-case basis. Working with another consortium or organization.
ACL Webinar – Neal Abraham Consortial Partnerships with External Organizations Extra-consortial Partnerships for Five Colleges, Incorporated • Community-Based Learning and Community Service projects (student orientation, placement partnerships) with nearby Holyoke Community College. • Western Massachusetts Mathematics Partnership (NSF-funded) including neighboring community colleges and neighboring colleges/universities.
ACL Webinar – Neal Abraham Consortial Partnerships with External Organizations Extra-consortial Partnerships for Five Colleges, Incorporated • Shared services/employees (energy, recycling, grant writing, project management, scholarships, community service) with the Eight Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield. • Interconsortial collaborations to achieve economies of scale in purchasing and healthcare management.
ACL Webinar – Neal Abraham Consortial Partnerships with External Organizations Extra-consortial Partnerships for Five Colleges, Incorporated • Courses, webinars, study trips, seminars, instructional materials for K-12 teaching about Asia, in conjunction with 6 other National Centers for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) funded by the Freeman Foundation.
ACL Webinar – Neal Abraham Consortial Partnerships with External Organizations Issues/Questions: How to get started? Should we collaborate first or build a governance structure first? Does it matter if support or participation is uneven? How do we decide funding formulas for real costs? Who decides whether you should join?
ACL Webinar – Neal Abraham Consortial Partnerships with External Organizations QUESTIONS? Contact me: nabraham@fivecolleges.edu