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Lo Re, Mary L. – Metropolitan Universities, 2014
This paper investigates the experience of Staten Island's diverse urban communities with limited financial resources regarding access to affordable housing after the 2008 economic downturn. It details a successful partnership in researching the challenges faced in these communities and offers recommendations for the targeting of resources to…
Descriptors: Housing Needs, Urban Population, Community Study, Financial Problems
Luo, Yupeng; Crask, Lloyd; Dyson, Arthur; Zoghi, Manoochehr; Hyatt, Brad – Metropolitan Universities, 2011
Poverty has caused enormous pressures and urgent needs in the city of Fresno. In an effort to incorporate a deep awareness of social, cultural, and environmental needs of the Fresno area in engineering and design education, a pilot design-build program entitled Eco-village at California State University, Fresno, has been established. Students from…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Service Learning, Best Practices, Partnerships in Education
Liu, Judith; Kelly, Donald P. – Metropolitan Universities, 2010
The 2008 presidential election catapulted "community organizers" into the media fray and raised awareness about community organizing. At the University of San Diego (USD), a course teaching consensus organizing techniques to address community issues was instituted in 2004. The course incorporates traditional undergraduate students and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Community Involvement, Social Change, Community Coordination