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标题：Innovation in Collaboration: The Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring as a university-community partnership
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作者：Kevin R. Jones ; Thomas E. Keller ; Marc Wheeler 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Community Research and Engagement
印刷版ISSN：1836-3393
出版年度：2011
卷号：4
页码：168-185
语种：English
出版社：University of Technology, Sydney
摘要：The Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring (SIYM) at Portland State University is an intensive week-long seminar designed to offer a highly interactive educational opportunity for experienced professionals and leading researchers in the field of youth mentoring. The current study explores the extent to which SIYM represents an example of a successful university-community partnership and identifies ways in which SIYM innovates on established partnership models. Using grounded theory methods and typological analysis, the researchers analysed questionnaire responses from SIYM participants and research fellows to compare key characteristics of SIYM with the elements of effective partnerships described in the literature. Findings suggest that SIYM reflects many essential partnership qualities, including the presence of a shared vision; strong, mutually beneficial relationships; and a partnering process that includes communication and work for positive change. SIYM also introduces several innovations in format and structure that could inform the improvement or development of effective partnership efforts across disciplines. Implications for service providers, researchers and other stakeholders are discussed. Keywords communication, collaboration, mutually beneficial relationships, innovation