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Kirby, Angela M. – Ethnography and Education, 2011
This paper reports on an ethnographic study of administrators, faculty, parents and community members in one remote Michigan school district. The purpose of the study is to describe and explain how Michigan's educational reform perspective--arguably similar to the education reform perspectives of many states--encountered the educational…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
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Hilton, Timothy; DeJong, Cornell – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2010
This study examines coping behaviors and felt experiences of homeless adults in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Data from in-depth interviews with 55 homeless adults reveal 5 general coping pattern groups: shelter users, campers, couch hoppers, mixed users, and circumstantial homeless. Homeless adults within each group experienced similar levels of…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Coping, Disadvantaged Environment, Rural Development
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Barnes, Jessica V.; Altimare, Emily L.; Farrell, Patricia A.; Brown, Robert E.; Burnett, C. Richard, III; Gamble, LaDonna; Davis, James – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2009
This article presents the unique approach to university-community partnerships developed and practiced at Michigan State University (MSU). We have established a model of campus-community partnerships that builds a wide-reaching system of networks connecting the university to communities. Our approach is "developmental",…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Group Dynamics, School Community Programs
Siles, Marcelo; Robison, Lindon J.; Cuellar, Israel; Garcia, Carlos; LaHousse, Sheila F. – Julian Samora Research Institute, 2006
Social capital is a person or group's sympathy for others. The social capital paradigm includes social capital, networks, socio-emotional goods, attachment values, institutions, and power. This paper describes how social capital is used within Latino communities in the Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area of Michigan. It describes migration, housing,…
Descriptors: Metropolitan Areas, Employment Opportunities, Immigration, Social Capital