This article presents a study that aimed to determine engineering students' preferred way of learning and to provide additional learning resources to support their methods of learning. The population for this study was drawn from electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering programs at an urban university. Overall, the results of the study…

Differences in curriculum and teaching styles across disciplines in higher education courses are also evident in online courses. This study used two widely available sources of data, CMS tool usage logs and course evaluations, to analyze differences between online courses in disciplinary quadrants (hard-pure, hard-applied, soft-pure, soft-applied)…

Based on address to the annual meeting of the American Council on Education (51st, Denver, Oct. 1968).

A federal urban grant program is necessary to enable urban universities to develop their research and service activities. Such a program would provide the resources and impetus for continued innovation and viability in urban universities. (Author/IRT)

Public funding of higher education in Kenya has gone through various stages all buffeted by myriad equity challenges. This prompted the government of Kenya (GoK) to create the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), through an Act of parliament in the year 1995. GoK guidelines on loan provision to university students emphasise that deserving cases…

In May 1968, a committee was appointed at Harvard to evaluate the University's effort in helping both community and nation find solutions to urban distress, poverty, economic imbalance, racial inequality, and disease. The committee was charged with recommending new actions if necessary and determining the role Harvard should play in responding to…

For five years graduate students in the Oakland Project of the University of California at Berkeley have been working at jobs in the city of Oakland while continuing their studies. This paper describes the Oakland Project and seeks to extract from it considerations important to the design of any university-city relationship. In the Oakland…

In this report, the Carnegie Commission considers the special issues and opportunities of the urban setting and the nature and quantity of higher education resources required to respond adequately to the needs of a metropolitan area. Recommendations deal with higher education's relationships with cities as educator, as expert, and as a major…

In a large metropolitan research university, multiple enrollment models are required to fulfill the needs of the many constituents and planning horizons. In addition, the method of predicting enrollment in a growth environment differs from that of universities in a stable environment. Three models for predicting enrollment are discussed, with a…

This report, third in a series on the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), covers 22 items from the NSSE that measure active learning within and outside the classroom. Comparisons were provided by the NSSE with other urban institutions that participated in the survey process. Results were also compared with those from the 2000 NSSE to see…

Describes the experiences of the University of Cincinnati in working to improve the urban situation in Cincinnati. (Editor/PG)

This document presents a summary of the proceedings of the 58th annual meeting of the Association of Urban Universities. Following a historical introduction, member institutions, officers 1971-72, and committee are listed. The program for the conference, various addresses and reports of the committees are included. (MJM)

This study is designed to determine if it is possible and worthwhile to develop a formal simulation model as an aid to urban university management. Evidence is introduced that indicates existing planning models may not be justified on a basis of benefits derived versus their development and operating costs. A survey of models and ideas indicates…

How an urban university, the University of Portland, gave leadership and direction in solution of a problem of a neighbor high school is described. (Editor/PG)

Describes eight years of efforts converting the University of South Carolina Spartanburg from being a "regional" to a "metropolitan" university, including the stages of development of its community, Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, as an internationalized metropolitan area. Describes ensuing university goals in campus…