The Detroit Hearings, A Model for City/University Collaboration on Urban Concerns

摘要

The Detroit Hearings are an effort at developing an additional method of collaboration between City and University. The aim is to develop an environment of collaboration around major areas of concern out of which a wide range of collaborative efforts could develop. It is both a complement and a supplement to the traditional methods of consultations, grant, contracts, and joint institutions. The Hearings method is based on a collaborative-consortial arrangement, where the partners have a broad general concern and where neither the specific needs nor the capability of responding are clearly defined. The Hearings are an effort to provide the environment in which needs and capabilities are clearly defined and where the issues can be joined. This report describes how the hearings are organized, what happened at the hearings, and what is coming out of that experience. In addition, the authors provide a brief description of collaborative projects coming out of the hearings.