ESSAYS

Igniting the Engines of Regional Economic Development:
An Overview of the Roles of Colleges and Universities
James P. Pappas, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Outreach and Distance Education;
Dean, College of Continuing Education, University of Oklahoma

Metropolitan Universities: Economic Engine for the Twenty-First Century
Gregory M. St.L. O'Brien, Ph.D.
Chancellor, University of New Orleans
Lynn M. Accardo
Assistant to the Chancellor, University of New Orleans

Sewing and Reaping in the Economic Development Field:
Twenty Years of Learning, Leveraging, and Initiating
by the UNO Center for Economic Development
Ivan J. Miestchovich Jr., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Economic Development, College of Business Administration
University of New Orleans

Small Business Development Centers: A University Economic-Development Tradition
Woodrow C. McCutchen
Director, Association of Small Business Development Centers

Welfare Reform:
An Opportunity to Engage Universities in Community and Economic Development
Bonnie Braun, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Outreach, University of Minnesota
Jean Bauer, Ph.D.
Professor, College of Human Ecology, University of Minnesota

Economic Education for the Twenty-First Century
Robert F. Duvall, Ph.D.
President and CEO, National Council on Economic Education

Making Research Count in Indian Country:
The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
Manley Begay, Ed.D.; Stephen Cornell, Ph.D.; Joseph P. Kalt, Ph.D.
Co-directors, Harvard Project on american Indian Economic Development

The National Issues Forums and the Challenges of Deliberative Democracy
David Mathews, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Kettering Foundation

BEST PRACTICES

Developing Multidisciplinary Institutes to Enhance the Lives of Inidviduals and Families:
Academic Pitfalls and Potentials
Richard M. Lerner, Ph.D.
Director, Boston College Center for Child, Family, and Community Partnerships
Julia R. Miller, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Human Ecology, Michaigan State University

Partnering for Social and Economic Developmeent:
Collaboration and the Practice of Democracy
Kathy Farmer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Bowling Green State University
Bill Armaline, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Toledo

Interdisciplinary Health Professions Service Learning:A View from the Grassroots
Barbara LeGrand Brandt, Ph.D.
Director, Curriculum and Faculty Development, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Political Science Goes to College:
Demystifying the Electoral College through Observation Brian Janiskee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Central Connecticut State University
Paul R. Petterson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Central Connecticut State University