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Download full textFrancesca M. Ciampa – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2024
Why are many urban universities' relationships with their surrounding communities fraught despite university efforts at community engagement? Relationships between the factors underlying university-driven neighborhood change remain largely unexplored. In this article, I take the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) as a case study and examine the…
Descriptors: School Security, Campuses, Urban Renewal, Universities
Tamminga, Ken; De Ciantis, Deno – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2012
University faculty and outreach program directors have been called to deliver more effective, equitable, and sustainable ways in which neighborhood and university communities may creatively interact. The authors report on the case of the Pittsburgh Studio, an initiative that matches students and resident stakeholders in researching local issues…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Administration, Administrators, Outreach Programs
Direct linkKapp, Amy – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2009
Each year, more than 200 students at YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School in Pennsylvania make a commitment to help improve Philadelphia's neighborhoods as they work toward their high school diplomas. Since YouthBuild Philadelphia's inception in 1992, students have provided a wide variety of volunteer services to families and organizations…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Neighborhood Improvement, Service Learning, Dropouts
Powers, Elia – Planning for Higher Education, 2007
When it comes to college towns and neighborhoods near urban campuses, quaint will not cut it anymore. An increasing number of institutions are finding ways--directly or indirectly--to promote a mix of commercial and residential development just beyond their borders that they hope will lure students and faculty. This article discusses how…
Descriptors: Municipalities, School Community Relationship, Colleges, Urban Areas
Cucchiara, Maia – Journal of Education Policy, 2008
This article examines an effort to use urban schools to promote the revitalization of a large northeastern city in the United States. In order to attract and retain professional families to a regenerated central city, downtown schools are re-branded and promoted to such families as suitable for their children. The article draws on interviews and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Middle Class, Social Status, African American Students
GERARD, ROBERT A. – 1966
THE PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO EXPERIMENT WITH NEW METHODS OF EMPLOYING YOUTHS FROM LOW- AND MARGINAL-INCOME FAMILIES, EMPLOYED 170 YOUTHS AGED 16 TO 21 IN IMPROVING AND DEVELOPING VACANT AREAS FOR RECREATION IN DECLINING NEIGHBORHOODS. THE LONGER RANGE GOALS OF THE PROJECT WERE TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUTHS TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR SKILLED EMPLOYMENT AND TO…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Indigenous Personnel, Neighborhood Improvement
