Goal Three: Adopt a long-term strategy for University engagement in community partnerships
Good progress has been made in promoting the campus as a central place for social and cultural development. Attendance at campus programs, performances, presentations, and athletic events is increasing.
The Community-University Partnership Institute has made a tremendous number of contacts, develop numerous relationships and begin meaningful partnerships. Many other independent units and projects are underway with varying points of contact and areas of community interest. Most notable are the many Centers and Institutes in existence, such as the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship, the Center for Economic Education, the Center for Scholarship on Spirituality, Center for the Study of Hate Crime and Extremism, the Institute for Applied Research and Policy Analysis, The International Institute, the Institute for Criminal Justice Research, the Water Resources Institute, the Office of Research Development and Technology Transfer and major annual events such as the Environmental Expo, Career and Education Job Fairs, and the many major conferences organized and hosted by the Extended Learning, the academic colleges and departments.
Significant headway has been made in collaboration with K-12 through the many partnerships established by the College of Education as well as our Gear-Up grant projects the Pre-Collegiate Academic Development program, Project Up-Beat, I’m Going to College Project, Future Latino Leaders program, etc.