Campus–community partnerships are essential to the field of family science. Like many other academic units in the applied social sciences, family science departments connect with communities to train students and engage in outreach, fulfilling the mission of many institutions, particularly land‐grant universities. Establishing, nurturing, maintaining, monitoring, and improving these partnerships benefits academia, the scholarly institution in question, and the organizations and individuals in their host communities. This paper focuses on the application of a family science‐derived theoretical model to illuminate connections between institutions of higher education and the communities in which they are situated, for better or for worse. Using case studies and real‐life examples, we adapt the three corners theory of relationships to campus and community partnerships, illuminating how external interests and investment in the partnership can affect the productivity of joint initiatives.

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使用三角婚姻模型解决校园与社区的关系


校园与社区的伙伴关系对于家庭科学领域至关重要。与应用社会科学的许多其他学术单位一样，家庭科学系与社区联系，培训学生并参与外展活动，履行许多机构的使命，尤其是赠地大学。建立、培养、维护、监测和改善这些伙伴关系对学术界、相关学术机构及其所在社区的组织和个人都有好处。本文侧重于应用家庭科学衍生的理论模型来阐明高等教育机构与其所在社区之间的联系，无论好坏。通过案例研究和现实生活中的例子，我们将关系的三角理论应用于校园和社区伙伴关系，阐明外部利益和对伙伴关系的投资如何影响联合倡议的生产力。