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Draper Center for Community Partnerships


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Associate Professor of History and Chicano/a~Latino/a Studies Tomás Summers Sandoval, faculty coordinator

Community Partnerships (CP) is a curriculum supported by the Draper Center for Community Partnerships, in conjuction with academic departments. Courses are designed to nurture student learning through active community engagement. Through purposeful and reflective preparation and community interaction, students enhance their understanding of real world applications of academic content, as well as develop their sense of ethical action, self-awareness, and collaboration. The community involvement facets of CP courses are designed, planned and executed to be mutually-beneficial—fostering both a stronger community and a student prepared for meaningful engagement with the world around them.

All CP designated courses at Pomona College prepare students to achieve the following learning goals:

  1. Students will apply their knowledge of an academic field in partnership with the greater community.
    1. Engage literature relating to the ethics, practice, and evaluation of community-based research and learning.
    2. Work collaboratively with community partners to address community-identified interests and needs; and
    3. Develop an understanding of the community in which the student works.
  2. Students analyze how to support and promote ethical and equitable engagement with the community.
    1. Identify the relationship of the community engagement to the student’s overall learning goals; and
    2. Assess the role of academic understandings in addressing community needs.
  3. Students will reflect on their interactions with community partners.
    1. Evaluate the impact of the student’s community engagement on both the community’s needs and the student’s development; and
    2. Identify changes in the student’s understanding of community issues.

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