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Williams, Ronald C.; Klugh, Elgin L. – Metropolitan Universities, 2017
The legacy of deindustrialization and associated underemployment continues to plague many former industrial communities. In these spaces, universities serve as anchors providing gateways for individual economic empowerment, and as "brain centers" charged with generating solutions for societal problems. This paper explores the development…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Urban Renewal, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
Rodwell, Gary D.; Klugh, Elgin L. – Metropolitan Universities, 2014
This paper explores efforts of the Coppin Heights Community Development Corporation (CHCDC) to: (1) increase the commitment to community engagement at Coppin State University, an HBCU situated in the heart of one of Baltimore's most challenged communities; and, (2) increase the community's capacity to engage the university, and other institutions,…
Descriptors: State Universities, Urban Universities, School Community Relationship, Community Development