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Town & Gown Leadership
College Towns Again Fare Well in Forbes Top 25 Towns To Live Well
BOULDER, CO - Forbes Magazine released its rankings for the top 25 towns in America to live well. The college town of Boulder, CO took the top spot based upon cultural amenities, pro-business environments, highly educated workforce and enviable salaries. Other colleges with a strong college or university presence that ranked in the top 25 are Santa Fe, NM, Davis, CA, Evanston, IL, and Coral Gables, Fl. According to Forbes, "Boulder offers world-class ski slopes and an abundance of parks, as well as a strong venture capital environment, plenty of like-sized start-ups and high-quality talent from local resident University of Colorado". Editorial Summary of Town/Gown Relations of UNH and Durham, NH "To Solve Town-Gown Relations, Both Sides Must Make Changes"DURHAM, NH - A commentary from The New Hampshire news reviews a two part feature on town/gown relations between the University of New Hampshire and Durham. The commentary reviews the problems and history as well as potential solutions. The bottom line, as in many issues, the solutions fall somewhere in the middle of opposing arguments, "both sides must make changes".
Wisconsin System Closer to Rule That Would Allow the System to Punish Students For Off-campus BehaviorMADISON, WI - The Wisconsin State Journal reports that a decision is close to being made by the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents of whether changes will be made how system students will be punished for both on and off-campus conduct.
If approved by the Board of Regents on Thursday, the board will ask the state Legislature to consider putting the changes into state law. Off-campus conduct that "adversely affects a substantial university interest" could result in punishment, under the new rules. This includes crimes, such as sexual assault and illegal use of alcohol or drugs, and rule violations, such as misuse of computing resources and hazing. Municipal violations - things like noise violations or disorderly conduct - also could land students in trouble, but they would need to be both "serious and repeated" before the university would step in. | |
HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT
New Haven Proposes to Create an Office Of Sustainability
NEW HAVEN, CT - According to a report by the New Haven Independent, the City of New Haven is looking to follow in the footsteps of Yale University, by establishing an Office of Sustainability as Yale did in 2005. The city is requesting $1.3 million in stimulus money to launch a three-year effort to save energy, cut costs and craft a long-term vision for greener government. Immediate projects for the fund would include making city buildings more energy efficient, build a city owned power plant, energy audits for public and private buildings, augment existing solar programs for the private sector and finally to create a city office of sustainability.
College and city partner to improve move-out garbage collection
MEADVILLE, PA - The Meadville Tribune writes on the partnership between the City of Meadville and Allegheny College to correct past problems of garbage collection during the year end move-out period. Arrangements made by the college with the city's contracted waste hauler, will add two additional days of pick-ups of garbage in the city areas immediately adjacent to the college. This year's goal is to have garbage sitting out no more than two before it is collected and not two weeks like prior years. |
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PLANNING & HOUSING
Montana State University System Talks of Turning Communities into College Towns
BITTERROOT, MT - As reported for the Ravalli Republic, the Montana University System is looking to turn every community into a college town and they're starting in Bitterroot. Ravalli County and Bitterroot will play the role of a "pilot project" in a university system effort to cost effectively increase educational attainment and degree production in the state. The Montana Commissioner of Higher Education
cited a 2008 study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development showing that the highest performing countries in the global economy have populations with about 55 percent of citizens ages 25-34 possessing some sort of degree or high-quality credential. Ravalli County has been selected the initiation project due its longstanding, but unsuccessful efforts to create a local community college. |
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Bike Power - More Than Just Transportation
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA - A Los Angeles Times writer tells about the San Luis Obispo community making bicycle use a priority mode of transportation, providing extra benefits as well. "San Luis Obispo, a college town of less than 50,000 souls, has those too, more than 25 miles of them. But it also sports a bicycle boulevard along a less-traveled section of Morro Street, where two-wheelers get the run of the car lane. At one intersection, just by placing your bike on a designated spot, you trip a metal detector that turns the stoplights red for everyone else. At the weekly downtown farmers' market, volunteer valets will watch your wheels for free while you shop.
Student Parking Creates Citizens Cry for Action
CHESTERFIELD, UK - The Derbyshire Times reports from England on parking problems on the rise by students of Chesterfield College. Neighbors complain that up to seventy cars a day park illegally in the neighborhood. Tempers have now flared until vehicle vandalism and verbal attacks have taken place between residents and students. | |
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The International Town & Gown Association is a non-profit organization that brings together leaders from college and university campuses and communities. Member representatives include Mayors, Elected Officials, City Administrators, Police Chiefs, Planners, University/College Presidents, Business Officers, Student Affairs Officers, Campus Planners, Student Housing Staff, Off-campus student staff, Parking & Transportation Officials, Students, Neighborhood Officials, Private Housing Developers, and many others sharing a unified town-gown vision. The ITGA acts as a communication, education, consulting and training resource for decision makers of colleges and college communities in areas of shared resources, programs, planning and project opportunities while addressing existing and potential conflicts.
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Chip Boyles
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