Findings from a study conducted by CAPHE for The Teagle Foundation, Inc. of its Collaborative Ventures Program will be presented during a concurrent session at the 2002 Presidents Institute. The session will focus on the hallmarks of successful collaboration among private colleges and universities, as well as the challenges that beset them.
    Since 1996, the Collaborative Ventures Program has provided private colleges and theological seminaries with "venture capital" to encourage pairs or groups of institutions to work together to make more effective use of administrative, faculty, physical, and other resources. Since the program's inception, 102 private institutions have participated in more than 40 collaborations.
    Over the past two years, the study team, composed of Mary-Linda Armacost (independent consultant), James Coriden (Washington Theological Union), and Sharon Miller (Auburn Theological Seminary), collected information through documents, telephone interviews, site visits, and regional focus group meetings. The study team sought to learn from the participating institutions: why they collaborate; what practices they have found to be effective; how they collaborate to maximize their resources; what impedes the collaboration effort; and what can be done to strengthen the collaboration process.
    The Presidents Institute session will be co-facilitated by Armacost and Richard W. Kimball, president and CEO of The Teagle Foundation. A publication detailing the study's findings will be released by CAPHE in April 2002.

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