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| Research our team conducted while we were preparing our proposal uncovered numerous examples of successful partnerships between predominantly white research institutions and HBCUs. A number of these studies explored the benefits of exchanges, including resource sharing, exposure and cultural diversity, as well as the creation of diverse student pipelines for the predominantly white university. We believe our collaboration will yield similarly successful results in these areas, and will have some significant and unique outcomes to add to the body of research that exists. Our work centers around the idea that enhanced core curriculum creation can be achieved in the Information Age if institutions work together, if they are diverse in nature, if they synthesize liberal arts and technological thinking, and if they consider instructional design and evaluations concepts in the curricular design and delivery. This is a broader goal that previous collaborations pursued. In addition, we are formally articulating the collaboration process by which we created the shared core course materials, believing that it will be very helpful to other institutions pursuing similar partnerships in the future. |