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Wiewel, Wim; Guerrero, Ismael – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1997
Describes the University of Illinois at Chicago's Neighborhoods Initiative, a partnership with a community-based development corporation designed to strengthen life in two local neighborhoods. Objectives include university/community agency partnerships, development of community organizational capacity to address future needs, institutional changes…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Community Development, Higher Education
Ramaley, Judith A. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1995
Higher education is being asked to pay more attention to student learning and to contribute to advancement of community social and economic conditions. As a result, educational institutions will no longer be self-contained. Community members and organizations have become critical partners in framing goals and intentions of educational reform, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Development, Community Resources, Cooperative Planning
Reardon, Kenneth M. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1995
A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign program involving faculty and students in participatory action research to improve community-based organizations in East St. Louis (Illinois) is described. The project's origins, management, community development strategy, and accomplishments are documented, and some of the institutional, environmental,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, City Government, Community Development, Community Organizations
