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Sterrett, Stephen A. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2009
Urban universities are a key resource for municipal government, businesses, community organizations, and citizens to foster partnerships for successful renewal of distressed urban neighborhoods. From its experience over the past decade, the Ohio State University has created a successful model for engagement with its neighborhoods and the City of…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Urban Universities, School Community Relationship, Educational Change
Chen, Moon S., Jr. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1989
This article outlines the context, conceptual bases, and conduct of a project for Southeast Asian refugees, designed to demonstrate that a valid community-based coalition can synergistically promote cardiovascular health through prevention, detection, and control of high blood pressure. (IAH)
Descriptors: Adults, Cardiovascular System, Community Involvement, Delivery Systems
Hilbert, Harvey C.; Morris, Judson H., Jr. – 1983
In order for Child Protective Services (CPS) to be increasingly effective in a community, there must be a continuing attempt to build and maintain a sense of trust and credibility between local CPS agencies and school systems. Literature justifies the need for a teacher inservice training by the necessity of developing greater community awareness…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Involvement, Educational Cooperation
Akron Univ., OH. – 1982
The development of a model network for team leadership by the University of Akron and community agencies is described. The major program objectives were to increase understanding of: interpersonal and intragroup dynamics; organizational development and collaborative planned change; and issues at the local, regional, and national levels that relate…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Role, Community Action, Community Change
Inverness Research Associates, 2006
In the 1990s, the nation's educational focus turned to troubled schools in the nation's poorest cities. Under the leadership of Luther Williams, then Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Urban Systemic Initiative was created to improve the teaching and learning of science and mathematics. Recognizing that high-needs…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Rural Areas, Counties, Rural Schools