Teagle Collaborative Ventures

In 1999, CAPHE was invited to design and administer a study of The Teagle Foundation's Collaborative Ventures Program. The Foundation wanted to understand how collaborations work from the perspective of institutional leaders, that would help chief executive officers, boards of trustees, and others understand the critical elements of successful collaborations so that they might use the information to position their institutions in the future. Information was collected and analyzed regarding the experiences of 34 collaborative venture grants awarded between 1996 and 2001. Through a series of telephone interviews and document anaylsis, each of the 34 collaborations was investigated. Additionally, representatives from a number of collaborations also participated in regional focus group meetings and site visits. The collaborations involved as few as two institutions and as many as 24. In each case, the lead institution was either a private college, university, or theological school.

Funder: The Teagle Foundation, Inc.

Program Status: The program officially ended in summer 2002. Two monographs, Collaborative Ventures with Special Focus on Private Colleges and Universities by Mary-Linda Merriam Armacost (2002) and Collaborative Ventures with Special Focus on Theological Schools by James A. Coriden and Mary-Linda Merrian Armacost (2002) were prepared by CAPHE for The Teagle Foundation. These monographs focus on the experiences of deans and presidents, but also draw on the experiences of chief academic officers, faculty, staff, and various association executives whose organizations participated in the program. The results of these candid conversations are presented in these two publications. Copies can be obtained by contacting The Teagle Foundation, 10 Rockefeller Plaza, Room 920, New York, NY, 10020-1903; (212) 373-1970.