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Kennelly, Patrick; Wichowsky, Amber; Knapp, Luke; Gerdes, Erin Wissler; Schram, Jacqueline; Byrne, Jennifer; Altenburg, Rana; Bergen, Daniel – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
There is broad recognition that anchor institutions--universities, hospitals, and other locally embedded organizations--can leverage their economic and human resources to revitalize and empower distressed neighborhoods. In Milwaukee, five anchor institutions, including Marquette University, collaborated with residents, city officials, and other…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, Neighborhood Improvement, Economic Development, Crime Prevention
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London, Rebecca A.; Glass, Ronald David; Chang, Ethan; Sabati, Sheeva; Nojan, Saugher – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2022
This study examines the ethics and politics of knowledge across 15 distinctive community-engaged research projects. We focus our analysis on interviews with community partners and consider their perceptions of research, academic research partners, motivations for partnering, and the benefits and challenges of community-engaged research. We…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Research, Community Attitudes, Knowledge Level
Davson, Victor; Englot, Anne Schaper; Fischzang, Chantal; Fleming, Tamara; Kline, Nick – Metropolitan Universities, 2018
Publically engaged scholarship demands new ways of working within and outside of the academy. Systems within the university reward faculty for individual achievements. This approach militates against working on collaborative projects because of the difficulty of explaining and quantifying one's contribution. The culture of academia further…
Descriptors: Universities, Role of Education, College Role, School Community Relationship
Nye, Nancy; Schramm, Richard – 1999
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of University Partnerships helps support the process of forming higher education-community development partnerships through its Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) and Joint Community Development (JCD) initiatives. This handbook describes COPC and JCD initiatives for building…
Descriptors: College Role, Corporations, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Yarrington, Roger, Ed. – 1978
The 1977 Assembly focused on community forums, planned events providing an opportunity for broad participation and informed discussion of current issues of concern to local citizens. The background papers and recommendations of the Assembly are included in this report. "Why the Community College Should Be the Institutional Base," by…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Education
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Colle, R. D. – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2005
Universities and community telecenters have somewhat parallel missions in society. These include the generation, storage and diffusion of knowledge and information. Yet, in most developing countries where telecenters strive to be demand-driven, universities are seldom perceived as relevant to telecenters sustainability. Focusing especially on…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Information Technology, Universities, African Studies