Colleges today embrace the power of collaboration in many forms. Beyond such practical aspects as saving money, cooperative ventures enhance knowledge, coalesce the community of scholars, and add to our appreciation of diverse cultures.
Collaboration also has a transformational aspect.
Stated succinctly, we are finding that new ways of working together create powerful new ways of working. We are, in other words, embracing a way of work predicated on the concept of community. In many respects, colleges and community go hand in glove. By definition, of course, a college is itself a community-of students, scholars, alumni. By mission and tradition, a college serves the members of its community, as well as the community beyond the campus.