Addressing barriers to university-community collaboration: Organizing by experts or organizing the experts?

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 219-233

  Cherry, Donna J ^a   Shefner, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Community based organizations; Community organizing; Community Outreach Partnership Center; University community partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248611094     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v12n03_13     Document Type: Article

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