URBAN UNIVERSITIES NOW ENROLL NEARLY ONE-HALF OF THE STUDENTS IN DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS. BECAUSE OF THIS INCREASING TREND, THESE URBAN UNIVERSITIES ARE BECOMING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE VOLUME DISCUSSES ASPECTS OF THE SCHOOL-COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP--(1) A PROFILE OF THE URBAN UNIVERSITY, (2) THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY WITH RESPECT TO ITS COMMUNITY, (3) THE URBAN NEEDS AND THE UNIVERSITY RESOURCES WHICH CAN FULFILL THESE NEEDS, (4) THE URBAN CAMPUS AND THE DIFFICULTIES IT FACES IN EXPANSION ATTEMPTS, (5) THE URBAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND THE TREND TOWARD COMMUTING, AND (6) THE URBAN UNIVERSITY AND MASS EXPOSURE TO THE ARTS. THE FINAL CHAPTER PRESENTS THE PROBLEMS WHICH AN URBAN CULTURE IMPOSES ON AN URBAN UNIVERSITY AND THE RESPONSES NECESSARY FOR COPING WITH THEM SUCCESSFULLY. THIS DOCUMENT WAS PUBLISHED BY HARPER AND ROW, PUBLISHERS, INC., 49 EAST 33RD STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016, 149 PAGES, $4.50. (HW)