AbstractImplications of an Urban Residential College Campus Track: Community Projects and Partnerships Author(s): Kaleb Stromberg, Catherine Hansen A college campus impacts the community in which it resides unlike any other institution. Likewise, a college and its students are affected by their surroundings. One unique scenario, although not entirely uncommon, exists when a post-secondary school is nested into a middle-class, urban neighborhood such as the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. What influence does the school and the presence of off-campus students have on crime, housing values, rental units versus owner-occupied houses, neighborhood diversity? How far reaching are such influences? What role do neighborhood associations and university policy play? What bearing does school location have on where students choose to live? How far/long are some willing to commute? This study will use GIS in an attempt to answer such questions in what is truly a complex, and spatially significant relationship. Kaleb Stromberg University of St. Thomas Geography 2115 Summit Ave. St. Paul , MN 55105 US Phone: 715-220-2601 E-mail: krstromberg@stthomas.edu Catherine Hansen University of St. Thomas Geography 2115 Summit Ave. St. Paul , MN 55105 US Phone: 612-804-9095 E-mail: hansen.catherine@comcast.net |