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Rich, Meghan Ashlin; Tsitsos, William – Education and Urban Society, 2018
Based on ethnographic fieldwork and 39 formal interviews with 42 participants, we examine the influence of higher education institutions on a transitional, revitalizing neighborhood in Central Baltimore: Station North, a state-designated Arts and Entertainment District. This case study applies new urban regime theory to the development strategies…
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Ethnography, Interviews, Urban Universities
Williams, Ronald C.; Klugh, Elgin L. – Metropolitan Universities, 2017
The legacy of deindustrialization and associated underemployment continues to plague many former industrial communities. In these spaces, universities serve as anchors providing gateways for individual economic empowerment, and as "brain centers" charged with generating solutions for societal problems. This paper explores the development…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Urban Renewal, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
KOCH, MOSES S.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE NEED FOR CITY PLANNING PERSONNEL AT THE SUBPROFESSIONAL LEVEL LED TWO JUNIOR COLLEGES IN THE BALTIMORE AREA TO JOIN THIS PROJECT. WRITTEN AT THE END OF THE 2D YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, THE REPORT DESCRIBES AND APPRAISES A 2-YEAR JUNIOR COLLEGE CURRICULUM TO TRAIN URBAN RENEWAL ASSISTANTS. THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF THE URBAN COLLEGE AS A TRAINING…
Descriptors: Courses, Curriculum, Two Year Colleges, Urban Culture
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Tech Directions, 2006
Baltimore is an American success story. Since the redevelopment of the Inner Harbor in the late 1970s, Baltimore has set the standard for urban renewal and is now rated as one of the top 10 summer destinations in the world. This year, the city will host the 68th Annual International Technology Education Association (ITEA) Conference. The…
Descriptors: Urban Renewal, Technology Education, Teacher Educators, Student Motivation
Brown, Prudence; Butler, Benjamin; Hamilton, Ralph – 2001
This report documents results of Baltimore's Sandtown-Winchester Neighborhood Transformation (NT) Initiative, focusing on key decisions that helped shape the initiative. NT was one of the first attempts to systematically bring together diverse strands of thinking about comprehensive community change to overcome conditions that undermine…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Change, Community Development, Elementary Education
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1983
This report examines some of the barriers to black economic development in Baltimore (Maryland) and discusses the extent to which blacks have participated in or benefited from revitalization projects in the city's downtown area. Background information on black businesses in the United States in general and Baltimore in particular is provided.…
Descriptors: Black Businesses, Black Employment, Blacks, Business Responsibility