Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement

Posted by on October 7, 2005

[posted from Community Based Participatory Research listserv]

The Spring/Summer 2005 issue of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement (Vol 10, No. 2) is a special issue sponsored by the Annie E Casey Foundation and focused on colleges and universities as economic anchors and engines. The article titles appear below:

*Some Unexpected Ways Universities can Prime the Community Economic Engine: Asset Building for the Working Poor and the University Back Office

*Factors Influencing Civic Engagement at Australian and US Research Universities: Two Illustrative Examples

*Institutions of Higher Education as Engines of Small Business Development

*Organizing Partnerships for Sustainable Community Economic Development: Lessons Learned from the University of Illinois-Chicago Neighborhoods Initiative

*A Promising Tool for Helping Vulnerable Workers? An Exploration of the Use of Employee Assistance Programs to Help Low-Wage Workers on College Campuses

*Just Good Business: Community Development within Colleges and Universities

*East Baltimore Revitalization Project: Opportunities and Challenges in Transforming an Urban Neighborhood

*The Cornell Urban Scholars Program: Cultivating New York City’s Next Generation of Civic Leaders

*The Next Wave: Building a University Civic Engagement Service for the 21st Century

For more information, visit http://www.uga.edu/jheoe or email Vivian H. Fisher, Journal Business Manager, at jheoe@uga.edu or vhfisher@uga.edu