ACL Webinar: Consortial Partnerships

with External Organizations

Neal B. AbrahamExecutive Director

Five Colleges, IncorporatedJuly 2011 1

Five Colleges, Incorporated:

A nearly 50-year old collaboration of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount

Holyoke and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts

Amherst

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What are both intra-consortial and

extra-consortial partnerships?

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Intra-consortial partnerships: Whenever 2 or more are

gathered… Keep open the option for others.Extra-consortial partnerships: Adding another institution on a

case-by-case basis.Working with another

consortium or organization.

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Extra-consortial Partnerships for Five Colleges, Incorporated

• Community-Based Learning and Community Service projects (student orientation, placement partnerships) with nearby Holyoke Community College.

• Western Massachusetts Mathematics Partnership (NSF-funded) including neighboring community colleges and neighboring colleges/universities.

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Extra-consortial Partnerships for Five Colleges, Incorporated

• Shared services/employees (energy, recycling, grant writing, project management, scholarships, community service) with the Eight Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield.

• Interconsortial collaborations to achieve economies of scale in purchasing and healthcare management.

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Extra-consortial Partnerships for Five Colleges, Incorporated

• Courses, webinars, study trips, seminars, instructional materials for K-12 teaching about Asia, in conjunction with 6 other National Centers for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) funded by the Freeman Foundation.

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Issues/Questions:How to get started?Should we collaborate first or build a

governance structure first?Does it matter if support or

participation is uneven?How do we decide funding formulas for

real costs?Who decides whether you should join?

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QUESTIONS?

Contact me:nabraham@fivecolleges.edu

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