Lincoln Institute Reports on Town-Gown Collaboration
CAMBRIDGE, MA - An article in the US Newswire reports on a recent Lincoln Institute study that finds that despite the challenges of the economic downturn, colleges and universities should continue to integrate campus expansion with urban neighborhoods. The tasks laid out in Town-Gown Collaboration in Land Use and Development, the Lincoln Institute's latest Policy Focus Report include balancing university and community roles as part of a large, complex urban environment; working together toward common goals by sharing responsibility, authority, and accountability for achieving results; and creating lasting change founded on ongoing communication and long-term, relationships.

 

Town & Gown Issues, Then and Now 
BELLINGHAM, WA - The bellinghamstertalk web blog looks at recent town & gown issues in New Haven, CT and Cambridge, MA and compares to historical town & gown issues of higher learning as a distinct and autonomous institution within an urban setting dating back to an Academy founded by Plato c. 387 BC. Issues, then and now include neighbors, landlords, transportation, taxes & fees for service, competition for jobs, different attitudes toward responsibilities and codes of conduct, and enforcement problems.

 

College Town Culture
STATE COLLEGE, TX - The town talk web blog tells the story of college town antics and incidents from the point of view of a cab driver turned journalist. The writer editorializes, through Penn State's President, about how no single university executive, no matter how effective and how committed to the cause, cannot change a culture that has been around forever.