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Evette L. Young; Julius Anderson; Cornelius Dollison; Mary Dollison; Robert Dorbritz III; Ky’Lie Garland-Yates; Judith Hill; Bessie Jordan; Jackson Longenbaugh; Khamari Murphy; Frank Scott Sr.; Morgan C. Toschlog; Jörn Seemann – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2025
This article discusses the preliminary results of a semester-long partnership between an undergraduate course and a local Black community to map culture and history of the neighborhood. Students of Ball State University and residents of the Whitely community in Muncie, Indiana, worked together in spring 2022 to collect data and produce maps that…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, African American Community, School Community Programs, State Universities
Glaser, Elizabeth; Warick, Carrie – National College Access Network, 2016
Postsecondary early awareness strategies are a fast-growing component of college access to attainment efforts. Broadly defined, these programs and policies encourage low-income and first-generation students to gain the information, skills, and resources they need to successfully take part in higher education. They focus on students in fifth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Educational Attainment, Low Income Students
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Officer, Starla D. H.; Grim, Jim; Medina, Monica A.; Bringle, Robert G.; Foreman, Alyssa – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
Given the mounting call for academic achievement gains in America's public schools--particularly urban schools labeled "failing"--the need for community engagement to tackle a host of underlying social challenges warrants the resources of the nation's colleges and universities (Harkavy & Hartley, 2009). Because colleges and…
Descriptors: Community Schools, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Change Strategies
Gilmore, Melinda, Ed.; Holwerk, David, Ed. – Kettering Foundation, 2015
Each issue of this annual newsletter focuses on a particular area of Kettering's research. The 2015 issue focuses on a yearlong review of Kettering's research over time. This issue contains the following articles that address this review: (1) How Kettering Discovered Democracy (David Mathews); (2) Key Events in KF History (Collette McDonough); (3)…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Educational Research, Educational History, Democracy
Martin, Joanne – Zero to Three, 2007
The state of Indiana took a unique approach to developing a statewide plan to improve perinatal health outcomes by engaging parents in a series of focus groups, called Community Conversations in Perinatal Care (CCPC), to hear directly from consumers about their health care experiences and needs. Recognizing that disparities exist among different…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Access to Health Care, Perinatal Influences, Cultural Context
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Beckman, Mary; Caponigro, Jay – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2005
Exposure to lead can be devastating for children, and federal regulations established in 2001 are forcing local governments to mitigate this risk. This essay discusses the creation of the Lead Alliance, a university-community coalition created to address lead hazards facing children from low-income households in South Bend, Indiana. Among the…
Descriptors: Success, Best Practices, Poisoning, Risk Management