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Watson-Thompson, Jomella – Metropolitan Universities, 2015
For most colleges and universities, community-engaged scholarship (CES) is a value that supports the public mission of academic institutions. However, shifting CES from a core value to a guiding principle requires demonstrable support and structural modifications to academic practices and policies. Through this reflective paper, I will propose…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Community Development, Educational Policy, Institutional Mission
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Broadway, Michael J.; Stull, Donald D. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2006
In December 1980, the world's largest beef processing plant opened 10 miles west of Garden City, KS. Three years later another beef plant opened on Garden City's eastern edge. Full employment in the surrounding region meant that most of the 4000 workers needed to run these plants had to come from elsewhere--and they did. Garden City grew by…
Descriptors: Community Development, Food, Agribusiness, Economic Impact
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Procter, David E.; White, Leah E. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1996
In the strategic planning process used by citizens in McPherson County, Kansas, discussions were dominated by the view of community as a county-wide issue. (JOW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Strategic Planning