Critical issues of partnerships between higher education and public schools

The theme of this e-book focuses on the critical issues of partnerships between higher education and public schools as a means of improving the administration, teaching, and learning capacities of public schools. There is growing awareness that school improvement is not the sole province of schools or educators; nor is research the sole province of higher education. The formation of short and long term partnerships between public school organizations and the private sector, universities, parents, and community groups are essential because partnerships offer numerous assets that are collectively available yet unavailable individually such as human capital, financial capital, enhanced knowledge base, and considerable public legitimacy (Wohlstetter, Smith, & Malloy, 2005).