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Library Resources Filtered by Journal: "Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum"

Total number of Library Resources: 75

Eco-village Experience at California State University, Fresno, (The): An Integrated Approach to Service Learning (2011)

Poverty has caused enormous pressures and urgent needs in the city of Fresno. In an effort to incorporate a deep awareness of...
University-Community Engagement: The Fresno Story of Targeted Neighborhood Revitalization (2011)

In this article we take a closer look at a developing university-community engagement project being undertaken between...
Lowell Revitalization: One Student Conflict Manager at a Time (2011)

This article summarizes the initial, collaborative implementation efforts of a school-based conflict resolution program. Lowell...
Innovative Degree Programs Matched to City Strengths (2011)

In recent years, IUPUI has steadily acquired a considerable national reputation as an up-and-coming university. Some of the...
Engaging the University in Building Communities of Practice for Aging in Place (2011)

Based upon the principles of the Engaged University (Kellogg Commission 2001), The Institute of Gerontology (IOG) at the...
Downtown Education Collaborative, (The): A New Model for Collaborative Community Engagement (2011)

The Downtown Education Collaborative (DEC) is an innovative collaborative which includes public and private colleges working...
Green Auditing Course for Undergraduate Students, (A): The York University Experience (2010)

The environment has become headline news on a regular basis and, in response, going green has become mainstream. Universities...
Green Writing Curriculum: Showing Your Students How to Make a Difference (2010)

A growing group of green writers are persuading people to change their thinking and their behaviors for the benefit of our...
Preparing Students for the Environmental Workforce (2010)

One of the challenges of designing curricula in environmental programs is finding ways to cover the social, scientific, and...
Teaching Environmental Entrepreneurship at an Urban University: Greenproofing (2010)

The authors provide a case study of their own experience teaching Environmental Entrepreneurship. For the past six years, they...
Enhancing Public School Education: A Collaborative Partnership for School Resiliency (2010)

Urban schools are plagued with multiple issues that contribute to their low graduation rate. University of Louisville took a...
Creating Sustainable Community Engagement Initiatives in a Graduate Physical Therapy Program (2010)

Many institutions of higher learning engage in activities related to community building. At Widener University, the Institute...
Comparative Analysis of Academic-Based Service-Learning Programs, (A): Students' and Recipients' Teachers' Perspectives (2010)

A pretest and posttest survey was used to measure differences in personal and interpersonal development for 622 students...
Building Community Capacity through School-Based Service-Learning (2010)

This article describes the opportunities and challenges encountered in the service-learning adaptation of an early childhood...
Logos, Ethos, Pathos, and Ecos: Neighborhood Housing Design Research and Development (2010)

This article presents an overview of a community-based teaching and learning project linking sustainability, working family...
Sustainability Education as a Catalyst for University and Community Partnerships (2010)

Universities are uniquely positioned to lead society toward sustainability and their collaborations with community...
Green Service-Learning Across the Curriculum: Model Courses at an Urban Research University (2010)

The authors contend that service-learning courses at urban universities can and should play a vital role in the greening of...
Evaluating the Accomplishments of the Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative (2009)

The findings of the evaluation of the three-year Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative are presented,...
Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative, (The): A National Change Initiative Focused on Faculty Roles and Rewards (2009)

This issue includes papers emanating from the work of the Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative, a three-year...
Models for Faculty Development: What Does It Take to be a Community-Engaged Scholar? (2009)

Community-engaged scholarship (CES) is gaining legitimacy in higher education. However, challenges of institutionalizing and...
Community-Engaged Scholarship Review, Promotion, and Tenure Package, (The): A Guide for Faculty and Committee Members (2009)

The Peer Review Workgroup of the Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative developed a novel set of quality...
Why Faculty Promotion and Tenure Matters to Community Partners (2009)

Communities across our nation - whether geographic, ethnic, or issue-based in their composition - are struggling to be healthy...
Applying Kotter's Model of Change to Sustaining Community-Engaged Scholarship within a School of Public Health and its Parent University (2009)

This paper reflects on strategies employed by a private, faith-based school of public health to integrate community-engaged...
Community-Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education: An Expanding Experience (2009)

Higher education in this country has always been expected to serve the public good. Sometimes, the emphasis is on preparing...
Pre-service Teachers' Perceptions of Teaching After Concurrent Service-learning Training and Engagement (2009)

This article presents the findings from a study on the impact of concurrent service-learning pedagogical training and service-...