The dominant images that have characterized periods - "intellectualism" of the '30s, purposefulness of the '40s, "apathy" of the '50s, and "idealism" of the '60s - represent population rather than value changes. It may be generally assumed that students come to college believing, to various degrees, that college is a…

These guidelines were prepared to encourage and assist colleges and universities in giving systematic thought to the dimensions of their involvement in community and area affairs. They are intended to provide the basis for in-depth analyses to be conducted by individual institutions. Various aspects of urban involvement are defined, some of the…

Presented in the present document is a report of the 1971 annual meeting of Association of Urban Universities. In addition to reports of various committees of the Association, a history of the Association is presented and addresses by Dr. David Brown of Miami University (Ohio) and Peter B. Muirhead of the Office of Education. Brown's talk…

The University Urban Interface Program (UUIP) at the University of Pittsburgh provides a major challenge to the university. Through study and research of various issues, it is the hope of the project directors that they will be able to assist other interested institutions in preparing themselves to respond and adapt to the challenges of urban…

The author of this paper predicts that by 1990, enrollments in metropolitan institutions of higher education will increase by 100% and that costs for these same institutions will increase by 200%. In other words, statistics reveal that in 1968 there were 4.1 million students enrolled in metropolitan colleges and universities and that the cost at…

UTD created a special college (College IX, nicknamed Maturity College) to deal individually with older students. Its purpose was to create an atmosphere conducive to the integration of older students into the academic, extracurricular, cocurricular, and social life of the university. A Bachelor of General Studies program was also developed.…

A survey of the University of Pittsburgh student participation in the 1970 election suggests that college students may not exert the independent political influence that many predicted. (Author)

This keynote address encourages urban and metropolitan universities to be courageous and creative in meeting new social and economic challenges. Explores why universities, products of the Age of Reason, must now face the competitive pressures arising from a collapse of the Authority of Reason. (EV)

Describes how the University of Arkansas helped the cities of Little Rock and North Little Rock to resolve a difficult and longstanding conflict over water rates and the provision of drinking water. (EV)

Explored whether the old categories of "traditional" and "nontraditional" students needed to be reconceptualized at an urban university in order to better meet student needs and target communications. Surveyed students at the University of Toledo and found that the proposed community-oriented versus campus-oriented segmentation…

Looks at issues of college collaboration, asking questions about appropriateness, cost, and impact, and suggesting probable outcomes and necessary conditions for success. Drawing on organizational theories, makes a case for the natural and inevitable development of strong individual campuses, and suggests that collaboration can be constructed as…

This paper begins with the observation that, for a variety of social, political, and economic reasons, many universities are beginning to rethink the nature of their relations with local communities and asks about the place of Faculties of Education in such processes of reconsideration. It describes recent initiatives at York University as…

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…

Having neglected urban responsibilities for too long, institutions must now employ several strategies to mitigate problems and achieve a more livable and equitable society. (Editor/PG)