By Elia Herman Contributing Writer Successful partnerships model process, not structure. Successful partnerships are motivated by shared and coherent goals, not by available funding. Successful partnerships attend to the interests, needs, and limitations of University faculty, staff, and students.
Successful partnerships cultivate leaders in the schools.
These are the four overarching principles that result in successful partnerships between Brown and Providence schools, according to a study by Lucia Trimbur '97, a Rhode island native. Jr. Urban Scholarship, created last year by former Brown President Vartan Gregorian. Christine Heenan, director of community and government relations, and Peter Hocking, director of the Swearer Center for Public Service, also advised Trimbur throughout her research and writing of the report. The particular focus of the project was the result of guidance by President Gordon Gee. As a result of the project's late start, there was not opportunity for applications, so Trimbur was selected internally by a group of faculty and staff that met to discuss candidates.