The ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Model is simple but powerful. It brings together the greatest resources in academia — professors, students, laboratories, research libraries, existing curriculum — and creatively draws them together to tackle the biggest challenges faced by local communities. The results are immediate, lasting, and transformative: solutions that might never be imagined through traditional structures, public goodwill toward the university, real-world learning for students, and meaningful change felt throughout the community.
By adopting the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Model, colleges and universities around the world can play a more active role in finding the best ways to make life richer and more sustainable for generations to come.
The Elements of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Model
- Respect Existing administrative structures/individual responsibilities and incentives on all sides
- Create a genuine Partnership with local governments (or community organizations)
- Aim at Intentionally improving quality of life through the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Focus on projects that are Community-identified, -driven, and -evaluated
- Catalyze multi-disciplinary collaboration and large Numbers (of courses, students, hours)
The ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Model Creates Value for All Involved
Partnerships across the globe use the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Model. The ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Network collects stories from those partnerships and shares them in our case story page. Visit our CASE STORIES page to see what the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Model can do for your college or university, city, county, special district, or community group.
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