Arendale, David R.Barefoot, BetsyEaton, ShevawnLevin, HenryLundell, Dana B2018-10-012018-10-012000Arendale, D. R., Barefoot, B., Eaton, S., Levin, H., & Lundell, D. (2000). Collaboration and partnership: Within and between disciplines, programs, and institutions. In D. B. Lundell, & J. L. Higbee (Eds.), Proceedings of the First Intentional Meeting on the Future Directions in Developmental Education (pp. 43-45). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, General College, Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy. Available online: ERIC database (ED462119).https://hdl.handle.net/11299/200455The key questions in this group focused on two basic issues: (a) Is collaboration important?, and (b) Why is it important to developmental education? A primary assumption is generally held that collaboration is a positive framework for educators. This standpoint has also been applied to research, teaching, and practice in developmental education. Within the next ten years, the issue of creating partnerships and coalitions is projected to increase as a primary educational and social agenda, specifically as national demographics have changed and as our society requires an increasingly educated, expanded, and specialized work force (Carnoy, 1997). It is within this changing social context that we must begin to consider the conditions and circumstances in which collaboration will be important for developmental educators.encollege studentslearning assistancehigher and postsecondary educationpedagogydevelopmental educationpublic policy analysisacademic accessprogram implementationenrollment managementacademic access and widening participationcollaborationsConference Paper