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Findings are presented from a year-long study of a cross-sector collaboration to prepare underrepresented students for postsecondary education and beyond. The LEAD (Leadership Education and Development) Program in Business is an initiative involving universities, corporations, a federal government agency, and a nonprofit coordinating body in an effort to introduce students to business education and careers in business. This paper analyzes and compares (1) the starting conditions catalyzing the involvement of different sectors, (2) sustainability factors, (3) negotiation of the terms of involvement, (4) the actual experience of partnership, and (5) the difference made by a coordinated approach to pipeline development.
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Affiliated institutions are the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan, Northwestern University, UCLA, Duke University, the University of Minnesota, the University of Virginia, Dartmouth College, Cornell University, Stanford University, the University of Illinois, and Georgetown University.
Corporate (or other organizational) partners are 3M, Alcoa, American Express, Apple, ArvinMeritor, Bank of America, Campbell Soup, Credit Suisse First Boston, Dell, Deutsche Bank, ExxonMobil, Ford Motor Company, General Mills, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Hilton Hotels, IBM, Jannsen, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Marsh/Guy Carpenter, McKinsey, MCI, McNeil, Merrill Lynch, Owens Corning, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Popular, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Rohm & Haas, SC Johnson, State Street, UBS, U.S. Department of State, and Young & Rubicam.
Data is based on information received from 156 (48%) of the 326 students who participated in 2004 LEAD Summer Business Institutes.
Data is based on information received from 266 (82%) of the 326 students who participated in 2003 LEAD Summer Business Institutes.
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Siegel, D.J. Building a pipeline for diversity through intersectoral collaboration. High Educ 55, 519–535 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-007-9072-6
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