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Direct linkDesplaces, David E.; Steinberg, Margery; Coleman, Susan; Kenworthy-U'Ren, Amy – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2006
This paper presents a service-learning approach to inner city revitalization that is grounded in a human capital model for economic development. The case study demonstrates how a private university became the catalyst for growth in an "at risk" neighborhood of an urban inner city. Our ongoing service-learning project, called The Upper…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Urban Schools, Human Capital, Private Colleges
