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Hoyt, Lorlene – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2010
This article tells a story of practice, a story of theory, and how each informs and transforms the other through a two-way flow of people and knowledge from a city to a campus and back again. By reflecting with fellow participants on the events and outcomes of a sustained city campus partnership, the author introduces a theory of engagement from…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Urban Education, Partnerships in Education, Community Development
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Giles-Gee, Helen; Rozewski, Mark – Planning for Higher Education, 2006
Camden, New Jersey, a city of 80,000 located directly across the Delaware River from center-city Philadelphia, is, by any index of urban decay, one of the nation's most distressed urban centers. While severely ineffective, the city houses the essential building blocks of future recovery: branches of four colleges and universities and two major…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Lobbying, Educational Facilities Improvement, Urban Planning
Ross, Bernard H.; Mackelprang, A. J. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1979
American University sponsored two summer institutes in urban affairs to expose college educators to major developments in the area and to give them training for developing or upgrading their own programs. The program's effectiveness is evaluated and institutes as a means of continuing education for educators are discussed. (JMD)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Expectation, Faculty Development