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Chlebowski, Arthur L.; McWilliams, Joshua D.; Hawkins, William C.; El Tawil, Stephanie – Metropolitan Universities, 2021
The Technology Commercialization Academy (TCA) was launched to promote the identification, assessment, and exploitation of economically viable innovations by undergraduates and retain those graduates in the southwest Indiana region. Further, as part of the I-69 Innovation Corridor initiative, the TCA was part of increasing the regional Innovation…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Job Skills
Ogude, Nthabiseng A.; Mathabathe, Kgadi C.; Mthethwa, Nosipho; White, Regina – Metropolitan Universities, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) adopted an anchor institution strategy and designated the Mamelodi Campus as a faculty with a focus on community engagement with the primary goal of broadening educational pathways to post-secondary school attainment. As a conceptual shift from the community engagement literature, the Mamelodi Campus identifies the…
Descriptors: Universities, Strategic Planning, Campuses, School Community Relationship
Friedman, Joanie – Metropolitan Universities, 2019
The University of Chicago (UChicago), known for transformative education, created the Civic Leadership Academy (CLA) to address the need for leadership development in government and the non-profit sector. In 2014 the Office of Civic Engagement recognized that while there were a host of leadership development opportunities for individuals in the…
Descriptors: Universities, Leadership Training, Citizen Participation, Fellowships