Professional Organizations Supporting Academy-Business Partnerships

This chapter explores four categories of organizations that support academy-business partnerships. First, there are general organizations that guide higher education behavior in academy-business partnerships. This area also includes third-party accrediting agencies and rankings. Second, there are also general organizations that guide business-industry relationships in academy-business partnerships. Some in this area also include third-party indices and ratings of businesses and corporations. Third, some support organizations emphasize human resource, human capital, or talent and skill development including career services and relationships with professional associations, student clubs, honor societies, and alumni relations. Finally, some organizations are research and/or commercialization related for technology transfer. While these supporting organizations are independent, they periodically interact to share ideas and best practices.