The American Association of State Colleges and Universities in conjunction with the Sears Roebuck Foundation offered financial support to various state colleges and universities which were planning innovative programs for educating inner-city teachers. Twenty-two schools submitted proposals, and five were selected for funding after a stringent…

The Higher Education Center for Urban Studies (HECUS) was formed as a consortium in 1968 by 5 institutions of higher education located in or near Bridgeport, Connecticut. It has been involved mainly in urban research, community service, and in facilitating educational services for disadvantaged people. This report is a study made to determine…

Findings from 470 students at 1 urban commuter university revealed that sizable percentage of respondents reported consuming alcohol 10 or more times within last 30 days, drinking to intoxication 3 or more times within last 2 weeks, having family history of alcoholism, driving while using alcohol, missing class because of drinking, and receiving…

Calls for a new urbanism in composition studies. Attempts to reconfigure the landscape of the writing classroom around the very notion of landscape, to reposition the architectonics of college writing more strictly according to architecture. (RS)

The aim of this article is to describe and analyze the undergraduate Social Foundations course I taught at an urban, inclusive university that attempted to provide students with, among other things, a forum for them to develop both a self-confident personal voice and a view of self as potential change agent of schools. In brief, with what I term…

This paper discusses the development, implementation, and evaluation of a first-year action program at Indiana University, South Bend, designed to prepare urban people for careers in education. The program was initiated because of the need presented by the ever growing concentration of blacks in the urban environment who, in many cases, face poor…

This paper describes the winter quarter internship program that is part of the Urban Educational Leadership (UEL) Program of the University of Cincinnati. The internship program is designed to help students gain knowledge and understanding of urban education leadership and issues in the lives of urban youth. It aims to provide students with a…

Traces the uses of the "urban mission" trope both nationally and locally as it pertains to the history of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Educational Assistance Program. Maintains that educational histories are important because they explain how political dynamics determine who will be basic writers and how many will appear…

Asserts that many composition instructors design courses around theories driven by two narratives of progress: solitary struggle; or earning placement by the dominant social order through passivity. Argues that these approaches are counterproductive and alienate the underclass, ensuring high failure rates at urban colleges and sending students…

Analyzes New York City's occupational skills requirements, matching locally derived skill ratings for detailed census occupations to years of schooling, then estimating change in mean skill requirement for employed residents and change in local employment of occupational skills by level of required education. Results show insignificant change in…

This volume of transformed research utilizes an activist approach to examine the notion that nothing is apolitical. Research projects themselves are critically examined for power orientations, even as they are used to address curricular problems and educational or societal issues. Philosophical perspectives that have facilitated an understanding…

Describes the conceptualization and development of a pilot urban extension program designed to enhance community self-help efforts while assisting the university in its educational, research, and service functions. Originally funded under Title I of the Higher Education Act, it still functions through the Ohio State University Department of…

Discusses the education of Melvin Smith, who attended Noyes Elementary School in the kindergarten grade; Larimer School, Dewey School, and Foster School in the elementary grades; Haven Junior High School; Evanston Township High School; and Fisk University. (JM)

This document describes the urban education program at William Paterson College of New Jersey. Urban education is defined as educating people for living and in coping with an urban environment, including politics, crime and drug prevention, and delivery of services to cities. Some problems in urban education are identified as weak…