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Barnes, Jessica V.; Altimare, Emily L.; Farrell, Patricia A.; Brown, Robert E.; Burnett, C. Richard, III; Gamble, LaDonna; Davis, James – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2009
This article presents the unique approach to university-community partnerships developed and practiced at Michigan State University (MSU). We have established a model of campus-community partnerships that builds a wide-reaching system of networks connecting the university to communities. Our approach is "developmental",…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Group Dynamics, School Community Programs
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Hill, K. Dara – Urban Education, 2009
This study chronicles the historical divisions of race and class between Detroit and its suburban neighbor as an explanation for current tensions in the communities and schools. This analysis poses implications for educational apartheid and stark disparities between urban and suburban boundaries and consequent discomfort among practitioners when…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Racial Bias, School Desegregation
Daun-Barnett, Nathan J.; Bowman, Nicholas A. – National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good (NJ1), 2005
The "Access to Democracy" project has two broad goals. It is an effort to understand community beliefs, attitudes and conditions that shape educational outcomes for community youth, and it is a way to focus community discussions on efforts that support higher educational attainment for residents. This report focuses on the lessons…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Attainment, Community Attitudes, Counties