Award Information
The Carter Partnership Award will be awarded every two years
to one exceptional partnership involving a Massachusetts college
or university and a community group, with the $10,000 prize
divided equally between campus and community partners. The
contact persons identified in the application are expected
to attend the award presentation ceremony if their project
is selected as a finalist. The event will be held on September
27, 2004 at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Award Criteria
The Carter Partnership Award is given every two years to
one exceptional partnership involving a Massachusetts college
or university and a community group or groups, with a $10,000
prize divided equally between campus and community partners.
To be a candidate for the award, a partnership should have
a strong combination of the following components:
- Collaboration between a Massachusetts college or university
(public or private) and the community for at least two years.
- A history of shared power and decision-making.
- Impact on the lives of families and communities through
increased economic opportunity, resourceful social and civic
networks, or responsive public systems.
- Recognition of existing family and community strengths
and efforts to build upon and enhance these.
- Data-informed planning and decision-making.
- An optimal blend of learning, research, and/or service
for higher education participants through service-learning,
community-based research or work-study, other co-curricular
programs, etc.
- Mobilization of both students and institutional resources
by the campus partner.
- Efforts to enlist other collaborators (e.g., businesses,
civic organizations, government agencies, faith-based institutions).
- Documentation of measurable outcomes.
- Promise of sustainability.
A selection committee composed of representatives from community,
higher education, business, and government organizations chooses
the finalists and winner of the Carter Partnership Award.
The committee makes its selection based on the combined merits
of each program, giving careful consideration to how closely
the program applicants match the award guidelines.
Application Materials
Click here for an application form and instructions:
Application Deadline
Friday, April 30, 2004 at 3:30 P.M. |
