Swearer Center for Public Service

Principles and Practices for Collaboration

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Principles and Practices for Collaboration

Transformative change requires collaboration, grounded in a sense of our shared humanity, shared purpose and shared power.

This work matters. Community engagement recognizes and deepens our understanding that Brown’s academic and research excellence is tied to the mutuality of benefit we achieve with the people and communities of Rhode Island.

Christina H. Paxson President of Brown University

Guiding Principles

Download a PDF of guiding principles, resources and reflection questions

How the Guiding Principles Were Developed

The guiding principles were developed by the University’s Community Engagement Council with input from many other campus and local community collaborators, including members of several Community Advisory Boards. They were also informed by established principles in the field and the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification and align with the Swearer Center’s learning priorities and values. We welcome feedback at engage@brown.edu.

Additional Considerations and Resources

Review the engaged research and/or teaching pages for additional considerations and resources. Starting a new project? If so, review the strategies outlined in our recommended practices.