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University-Community Engagement Projects: Design To Empower Community, Anthony Michael Hanline
University-Community Engagement Projects: Design To Empower Community, Anthony Michael Hanline
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This paper examines University-Community engagement projects from the perspective of an adult student. Explicating the difficulties of community engagement as it applies to team based experiential learning, community partnerships, and university instructors, this paper analyzes personal experience of designing and implementing a community engagement project. To aid in overcoming the obstacles universities face engaging community this paper provides program specific suggestions and visual models explaining the importance of a flexible project design to the mobility, needs, and limitations of the community partner.