Sustaining Innovation: Capstones, Curriculum, and Community Partnerships at Portland State University

Sustaining Innovation: Capstones, Curriculum, and Community Partnerships at Portland State Universit

Shared Spaces, Shared Learning: University/Corrections Partnerships that Transform Thinking

By partnering with correctional facilities, institutions of higher education are well positioned to create shared learning communities that provide profound educational experiences. Portland State University offers several courses involving university/corrections partnerships; these courses meet inside carceral institutions. This article highlights three of these courses and the shared learning spaces they involve. We address the negotiating of these partnerships, development of the courses, and the creation, maintenance and outcomes of these complex learning environments.

The Hesburgh Certificate and Portland State University\u27s Faculty Development Approach to Supporting Service Learning and Community–University Partnerships

Service learning now has a prominent home in hundreds of diverse campuses across the nation. Developing service-learning expertise and other community-campus partnership enhancement strategies for faculty requires innovation. Recently, Portland State University’s Center for Academic Excellence received the Theodore M. Hesburgh Certificate of Excellence for Community-University Partnerships. This chapter outlines the center’s three-tiered approach to supporting and sustaining civic engagement practices that are sensitive to individual needs on campus and in the community, while also working toward ongoing departmental and institutional transformation