Mission Based Criteria for Partnerships
between the
Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service
and Higher Education Institutions

1. In order to assure that the real concerns of poor and disenfranchised people secure their place in the University, higher education partnerships will have at their core a focus on social justice and positive change.
   

2. Coherent with their institutional missions, higher education partnerships will have strong and defining educational dimensions.  Particular emphasis will be given to partnerships and projects that enable a wider and more diverse inclusiveness in higher education.  The work done in partnership will always have a carefully developed reflective component as well as an action component.

3. High priority will be given to partnerships with organizations and institutions that are committed to a more equal and a more inclusive society.

4. Potential partners vary in kind and location.

• There are different kinds of partners available, for example:  educational  associations, university collaboratives, learned societies, public policy groups, government agencies, institutes, networks; and, of course, individual colleges and universities; etc.

• Moreover, each of these kinds of partnerships can be international, national, or local in scope

5. As a guideline, it is healthy for the Center for Social Justice to seek a rich variety of such partnerships, being concerned to ensure as wide a range as possible, consistent with the principles stated above, of types and locales.

Last revised:  January 24, 2003