Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration
Carter Award Criteria
The Carter Partnership Award recognizes campus and community groups that work together to produce measurable improvements in people’s lives and to enhance learning in the process. The winning program receives $10,000, divided equally between the campus and the community partner.
To be a candidate for the award, a partnership should have a strong combination of the following components:
- Collaboration between a Michigan college or university (public or private) and the community for at least two years.
- A history of shared power and decision-making.
- Impact on the lives of families and communities through increased economic opportunity, resourceful social and civic networks, or responsive public systems.
- Data-informed planning and decision-making.
- An optimal blend of learning, research, and/or service for higher education participants.
- Efforts to enlist other collaborators (e.g. businesses, civic organizations, government agencies, faith-based institutions, etc.).
- Documentation of measurable outcomes.
- Promise of sustainability.
A selection committee composed of representatives from community, higher education, business, and government organizations will select the finalists and winner of the Carter Award. The committee is independent of Michigan Campus Compact , the organizers of the award. The committee will make its selection based on the combined merits of each program, giving careful consideration to how closely the program applicants match the award guidelines.