Building and Sustaining Community-University Partnerships in Marginalized Urban Areas

Abstract

This symposium explores and examines the cha- llenges and opportunities of building community-university collaborations in marginalized urban areas. The selection of short essays highlights different experiences of building and sustaining community-university partnerships in a variety of cities as vehicles for enhancing experiential learning in geography, urban studies, and cognate disciplines. The aim is to foster a debate among geographers about the role of community-university partnerships in marginalized urban areas and their potential for advancing reciprocal activities that address community needs while offering new circumstances for university out- reach and teaching.

Keywords:

• geographic education
• service-learning
• post-secondary education

Notes

1. Project maps can be viewed at www.geography.osu.edu/maps2serve (accessed May 15, 2011).

2. Information about Project Pericles can be found at www.projectpericles.org (accessed September 7, 2011).