This report the first of a 3-volume study, presents the findings and conclusions of Phase I of the Federal City College Research Project on the role of college-community relationships in urban higher education, planned as a 4-phase study. This report deals with: the background of Phase I; the approach and methods used; the principal findings of…

Creation of a college in an urban setting is considered with emphasis on its development as an integral part of the surrounding area rather than as a separate entity. Although the report is based on a particular piece of ghetto land in a particular city (Bedford-Stuyvesant section of New York City), its implications are national in scope. Physical…

Despite large rural areas, the United States is basically an urban nation, particularly since the extensiveness and variety of communication networks, rather than open spaces, determine the true degree of urbanization of a region or community. A region is urban to the extent that its interpersonal and media channels are developed. The metropolitan…

Of the responsibilities of a university communications professor--teaching, research, and service--community service usually receives the least amount of professional recognition. One reason is that community service is often unrelated both to academic expertise and to responsibilities within the university system. It is an action undertaken not…

This research study was undertaken to elucidate the conflicts between urban universities and their neighbors that are related to the form of the university proper, and the university district. The effects of the university campus on the neighboring community and the ways in which the two interact must both be considered aspects of institutional…

This is a report on a series of University-Community Forums in the Goals Project of the University-Urban Interface Program of the University of Pittsburgh in which the relationships of urban universities and their urban communities are explored. A review of the original study plan and an explanation of departures from this plan precedes a…

This background paper for the Community Goals Forum at the University of Pittsburgh focuses on some of the local experiences that seem to be related to the Pittsburgh citizenry's low level of confidence in and expectation of local government as a means for improving the quality of life in the metropolis. The recent development of the great urban…

This guide contains information on 80 federal programs representing possible sources of funding for urban programs and activities of colleges and universities. It provides faculty and administrators with brief reference guides to current programs and with new leads and suggestions for further exploration. Each program description indicates…

The first part of the paper focuses on concepts and ideas which can be used to discuss interface in any field or domain. For example, meaning of words "community" and "university" are sorted out. Attention is given to the idea of interface as expectations, goals, attitudes, purposes and behavior. In the second part, these same…

A comparative study was made between a medium-sized university and a smaller public community college in the same urban area to determine profiles of student populations and to correlate student characteristics to default rates. Demographic makeup is shown to influence an institution's categorization as "high risk" for student loan…

Reviews a recent study on university-community tension and urban campus form. Finds that the use of physical and social indicators in evaluating form-related tensions to be insufficient and inconclusive. Contends that future such studies call for an interdisciplinary approach. (Author/JN)

Social security can stifle the teaching hospital's development through increasing expenses and budgetary considerations. These problems are discussed in relation to the hospital organization and university structure in Paris, France. (Author/PG)

The rationale for graduate consortia, the constraints on cooperation, and guidelines for designing and managing an interuniversity consortium are examined. The experiences of five New York city doctorate-granting universities when they launched a project to test the feasibility of doctoral cooperation in arts and sciences are described.…