The role of HRD in university – community partnership

What is it about?

This paper seeks to identify ways by which the core functions of HRD can be used to enhance the UCP in lieu of the “town and gown era.” Furthermore, we seek to tout the need to extend HRD activities beyond the organization and leverage their knowledge and skills to spearhead community development agenda through coalition building between organizations, local universities and the community. This will ensure greater collaboration and help identify the best practices in using community resources for mutual benefit.

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Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash

Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash

Why is it important?

Cities across the USA have expanded such that university campuses, which were once separated from the community, can no longer enjoy the solitude that previously defined them. Hence, the problems of the external community cannot be isolated from the university. The startling transition from the “town and gown” era (the metonymy that describes the academic and non- academic community) to the overarching synchrony between university campus life and the external community calls for the solidification of the UCP to help address some of the common community problems that impact campus life.

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