A new perspective on the relationships among colleges,
universities, and the communities with which they are now
partnering. Colleges and universities have always had interesting
relationships with their external communities, whether they are
cities, towns, or something in between. In many cases, they are the
main economic driver for their regions-State College, Pennsylvania,
or Raleigh, North Carolina, for example-and in others, they exist
side by side with thriving industries. In The New American College
Town, James Martin, James E. Samels & Associates provide a
practical guide for planning a new kind of American college
town-one that moves beyond the nostalgia-tinged stereotype to
achieve collaborative objectives. What exactly is a college town in
America today? Examining the broad range of partnerships
transforming campuses and the communities around them, the book
opens by detailing twenty characteristics of new American college
towns. Subsequent chapters invite presidents, provosts, planners,
mayors, architects, and association directors to share their views
on how college town relationships are shaping new generations of
students and citizens. The book tackles urban and rural
institutions, as well as community colleges, and closes with
predictions about what college towns will look like in twenty-five
years. Contributors include presidents from Lehigh, Portland State,
New Jersey City, and Connecticut College, along with five college
town mayors and the current or former executive directors from the
International Town-Gown Association, the Association for the Study
of Higher Education, and others. The book also traces how town-gown
relations are expanding into innovative areas nationally and
internationally, moving beyond familiar student life programs and
services to hundred-million-dollar downtown developments. The first
comprehensive, single-volume resource designed for leaders on both
sides of these conversations, The New American College Town
includes action plans, lessons learned, and pitfalls to avoid in
developing transformative relationships between colleges and their
extended communities. Contributors: Robert C. Andringa, Aaron Aska,
Beth Bagwell, Katherine Bergeron, Kelly A. Cherwin, Phillip
DiChiara, Lorin Ditzler, Mauri A. Ditzler, Kevin E. Drumm, Erin
Flynn, Michael Fox, Joel Garreau, Susan Henderson, Andrew W. Hibel,
Patrick Hyland, Jr., Jay Kahn, James Martin, Miguel Martinez-Saenz,
Fred McGrail, Kim Nehls, Krisan Osterby, Tracee Reiser, Stuart
Rothenberger, Kate Rousmaniere, James E. Samels, Rick Seltzer, John
D. Simon, Jefferson A. Singer, Allison Starer, Wim Wiewel, Eugene
L. Zdziarski II
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