National Collegiate Honors Council
Date of this Version
2006
Abstract
Campus collaboration between academic areas is often encouraged but can be difficult to implement in practice. Opportunities for instructional collaboration where the goals of each program must be met are even more challenging. Despite such challenges, a collaboration known as the Community Fellows Program was initiated between the Honors Program and the Center for Citizenship and Community at Butler University. The Community Fellows Program has not only brought together academic and programmatic areas at Butler but also introduced Indianapolis community leaders to honors students, faculty, and staff. While our students have appreciated the community leaders’ “real world” experiences, the community leaders have been invigorated by the experience of working with our students in the Honors Program. This article describes the process that brought these elements together, the results of the collaboration, and our hopes for future implementation of the Community Fellows Program at Butler University.
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Published in Honors in Practice, volume 2. Copyright 2006 National Collegiate Honors Council.