ERIC Number: EJ524624
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1047-8485
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Creating a Community/University Partnership That Works: The Case of the East St. Louis Action Research Project.
Reardon, Kenneth M.
Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, v5 n4 p47-59 Spr 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, political, racial, and social barriers it has confronted are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, City Government, Community Development, Community Organizations, Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Higher Education, Organizational Development, Partnerships in Education, Public Administration, School Community Relationship, Urban Areas, Urban Studies, Urban Universities
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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