{"id":3348,"date":"2014-08-02T07:12:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T13:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2015-01-30T10:10:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T17:10:40","slug":"the-university-and-the-city-location-structure-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/?p=3348","title":{"rendered":"The University and The City: Location, Structure, Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/Location-Location-Location-\/147931\/\">Jeff Selingo<\/a> writes in the <em>Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em> that location is becoming increasingly important as a factor that can determine a university\u2019s success or failure. He argues that institutions located in cities enjoy a strategic advantage by providing a higher density of off-campus opportunities for students to apply their learning in real world settings (e.g., through internships and community-engaged research projects). Selingo references a recent Moody\u2019s Investor Service report showing that \u201cmarket leading institutions\u201d are primarily located in urban areas. He advises institutions in urban areas to strengthen partnerships with local employers, and those in rural areas to develop student exchange programs with institutions located in the city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3439\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DU-and-City-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3439\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DU-and-City-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Denver, as viewed from its University (D. Saitta)\" width=\"620\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DU-and-City-copy.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DU-and-City-copy-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.interculturalurbanism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DU-and-City-copy-260x193.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denver, as viewed from its University (D. Saitta)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Selingo\u2019s piece provides an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between cities and universities. Location is important to an institution\u2019s success, but so too are qualities like institutional <em>structure<\/em> and <em>culture<\/em>. Ten years ago <a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanfrostconsulting.com\/ChangeFrostMA04.pdf\">Susan Frost and Rebecca Chopp<\/a> wrote an article for <em>Change<\/em> magazine showing how urban theory and history can offer some useful metaphors for analyzing and changing the structure and culture of educational institutions. Specifically, they suggest that in these challenging times for higher education a successful institution may have to function less like <em>metropolis <\/em>and more like a <em>cosmopolis<\/em>. For the full skinny on their perspective and my analysis please visit my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetizen.com\/node\/70571\"><em>Planetizen<\/em> blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week Jeff Selingo writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education that location is becoming increasingly important as a factor that can determine a university\u2019s success or failure. 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