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Metropolitan College: Building Community Value Through Education–Business Partnerships

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Metropolitan College is a distinctive and innovative business–education partnership that provides educational opportunities to many Kentucky residents who would otherwise be unable to attend college. The program also provides significant, tangible benefits to the business and education partners, as well as to the local and statewide community. This article outlines the structure of the Metropolitan College, chronicles some measures of program impact, and briefly describes the values on which the program was founded and continues to operate.

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  1. Steven C. Riggert
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  2. Daniel Ash
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  3. Mike A. Boyle
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Riggert, S.C., Ash, D., Boyle, M.A. et al. Metropolitan College: Building Community Value Through Education–Business Partnerships. Innovative Higher Education 29, 7–19 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:IHIE.0000035364.79720.73

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