Promise and Betrayal: Universities and the Battle for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods / Edition 1

by John I. Gilderbloom, R. L. Mullins Jr., Henry Cisneros

Overview

Traditionally, institutions of higher education have been viewed as the gateway to a better future, despite the fact that so many of the neighborhoods surrounding them have been filled with hopelessness and despair. In Promise and Betrayal, the authors want nothing less than to start a revolution in higher education, calling on partnerships between "town and gown" to create sustainable urban neighborhoods. John I. Gilderbloom and R. L. Mullins Jr. detail how higher education institutions can play an important role in helping to revitalize our poor neighborhoods by forming partnerships with public, private, and nonprofit groups. They advocate leaving the "ivory tower" and supplying the community with expert knowledge as well as creative and technical resources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791464847
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	07/05/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

John I. Gilderbloom is Professor of Urban and Public Affairs and Director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods at the University of Louisville. He is the coauthor (with Stella M. Capek) of Community versus Commodity: Tenants and the American City, also published by SUNY Press, and (with Richard P. Applebaum) of Rethinking Rental Housing. R. L. Mullins Jr. is Vice President of Science Applications International Corporation.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Additional Resources

1. Promise of University-Community Partnerships

2. Universities Providing Human Services

3. Universities Helping to Rebuild Neighborhoods

4. Urban Revitalization Partnerships: Perceptions of the University’s Role

5. The Urban University in the Community: The Role of Boards and Presidents

6. A Model for University-Community Partnerships

7. Betrayal by the Universities

Appendix A. Program Correspondence
Appendix B. HANDS Strategic Management Plan

Notes
References
About the Authors
Name Index
Subject Index