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Cummings, Scott – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1995
The history and status of the field of urban and public affairs are discussed, and some characteristics of the 13 existing graduate programs in this area are identified. Ways to organize a high-quality graduate degree program and to avoid common internal institutional obstacles are considered. Some new initiatives in metropolitan universities are…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
Reardon, Kenneth M. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1995
A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign program involving faculty and students in participatory action research to improve community-based organizations in East St. Louis (Illinois) is described. The project's origins, management, community development strategy, and accomplishments are documented, and some of the institutional, environmental,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, City Government, Community Development, Community Organizations
Thurber, John P. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1995
The Trenton (New Jersey) Office of Policy Studies was established in conjunction with Thomas Edison State College to analyze emerging issues in urban public policy. The program is active in the internal life of the city's government while maintaining an independent academic orientation that shields it from political and practical pressures.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, City Government, Cooperative Programs, Economic Change
