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Transforming the Urban University
In Transforming the Urban University, Richard M. Freeland reviews how Northeastern University in Boston, historically an access-oriented, private urban university serving commuter students from modest backgrounds and characterized by limited academic ambitions and local reach, transformed itself into a selective, national, and residential research university. Having served as president during a critical decade in this transition, Freeland recounts the school's efforts to retain key features from Northeastern's urban history—an emphasis on undergraduate teaching and learning, a curriculum focused on preparing students for the workplace, its signature program of cooperative education, and it...
The Role of Urban Universities in Economic and Community Development
At the hearing recorded in this document, which was held at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama, testimony and prepared statements were received concerning the role of urban universities in economic and community development, with special attention to other forms of incentives that the Federal Government could be providing to city/university partnerships over and above those contained in the Urban Grant University Program. Additionally, testimony was heard from representatives of the city of Birmingham and the University of Alabama about projects taking place in that city. Among those providing prepared statements and/or giving testimony were the following: William Bell, Chairma...
