Author : Lisa K. Hood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Book Synopsis Priorities for Allocating Corporate Resources to Improve Education by : Lisa K. Hood
Download or read book Priorities for Allocating Corporate Resources to Improve Education written by Lisa K. Hood and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of businesses partnering with education has risen dramatically from 42,200 in 1983-84 to approximately 200,000 in 1991. This study is one of only a handful to explore the business perspective toward business-education partnerships, examining what business-education partnerships look like as well as the interrelating mechanisms that guide them. More specifically, this project explores where business prioritizes its time and resources in these partnerships and why. The goals of this study were to: (1) learn how business representatives characterize their partnerships with education in terms of activities they engage in with students, teachers, and administrators; (2) uncover where business prioritizes time and resources and the rationale they give for placing higher priority on some activities than others; and (3) learn what outcomes business expects to achieve in their business-education partnerships. Business representatives were interviewed and asked to prioritize their partnership activities according to the time and resources committed to working with students, teachers, and administrators in the educational setting, changing company practices to support business-education partnerships, and working at a local, state, or national level to support education. Results of the study are organized according to the following categories: (1) Working with Students; (2) Working with Teachers; (3) Working with Administrators; (4) Changing Company Practices; and (5) Partnerships in Action. In (1), it was found that working directly with students was the highest priority for businesses in this study--Businesses want to work with students to inform them about opportunities to attend college and obtain employment. In (2), it was found that working with teachers was a priority for businesses as well, closely following working with students--Business representatives said that working with teachers is a high priority because teachers have the most impact on the education system and students. In (3), many business partners are working with administrators and view these activities as important because they see administrators as the gatekeepers to working with students and teachers. In (4), not many business representatives rated changing their own company practices as a high priority in their partnerships--The most common activities mentioned in this category were contracting with local educational institutions: to train employees; encouraging employees to get involved in the local educational system by serving on school boards and volunteering in schools; and collaborating with other businesses to form organizations that work toward improving education. Little attention was given to internal organizational or personnel changes as a part of business-education partnerships. In (5), the business representatives interviewed provided rich descriptions of partnerships that might serve as models for other business and education organizations to learn from and replicate. The last section of this report highlights a number of these partnerships.
