Not only has the district received a great
deal of positive press about this partnership (for
example, one blogger recently wrote that he «left ABC rejoicing in what they have been able to accomplish» in this arena), it also served as the basis for research by Rutgers University's Saul Rubinstein and John McCarthy on how
working together improves
student achievement.
At the University
of Wisconsin, for
example, the Center for Patient Partnerships at the law school brings together
students and faculty from law, social
work, pharmacy, engineering, psychology, medicine, nursing, and other fields.28 The faculty and
students work in teams to help patients with life - threatening illnesses address their most pressing needs, while at the same time learning from one another about the ways their quite different disciplines
deal with problems.