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Two examples from the cluster evaluation of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation\u2019s Community Partnerships for Health Professions Education initiative are provided to illustrate why flexibility under these conditions proved to be essential. One of the examples, related to the \u201ccommunity\u201d involvement in the initiative, illustrates the need for flexibility as programs experience goals clarification. The other example, related to the coincidental national health care reform efforts, illustrates the need for flexibility both to capture programs\u2019efforts to protect their integrity and to ensure against spurious conclusions as a result of external turbulence in policy environments. 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