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PHENND Action Seminar

This seminar, focused on the role of colleges and universities in helping to overcome poverty, is co-chaired by Drs. Ira Harkavy, Caroyln Adams, and Keith Reeves. Currently several subcommittees are being developed to critically examine poverty from a variety of angles, all with “”action”” as the guiding goal. So far, these subcommittees are: Community Action Research Internships Statements about Higher Education’s Responsibility to “”help overcome”” poverty in local communities Concepts, mapping and measurement of economic poverty Concepts, mapping and measurement of schooling and poverty Concepts, mapping and measurement of family structure and poverty Concepts, mapping and measurement of ill health…

Seminar in Urban Information Resources

Course Description: This upper division undergraduate research seminar provides an opportunity for participants to develop an assessment on the character and quality of informational resources available to residents of Philadelphia and other urban centers. As a community service learning course, this research activity will be conducted in cooperation with teachers and students at West Philadelphia High School . Each seminar participant will produce a final report reflecting his or her individual interest and enterprise. Student performance will be evaluated periodically on the basis of written and oral reports. Ten percent of the final grade will be based on an assessment…