Faculty: Ira Harkavy, harkavy@pobox.upenn.edu

Subject/Discipline: City Planning/Urban Studies
School: University of Pennsylvania
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Fall 1998

The seminar examines the broad issue of the relationship of universities to their local environments.  Specifically, the seminar focuses on the history of Pennís relationship to West Philadelphia and the extent to which Pennís actions (or inactionís) have both positively and negatively affected the quality of life in its local environment.  Beginning with Paul Cretís plans in 1913, we will review and assess the Universityís various planning efforts.  Significant attention will be devoted to how Penn, the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Pennís eleven other schools, and Pennís City and Regional Planning Department can make significant contributions to improving the Universityís local environment, simultaneously advancing knowledge and student learning.  More generally, the seminar will investigate how Pennís activities to improve the quality of life in West Philadelphia can exemplify planningís potential to contribute to overcoming the problems of the American city.
 
 

September 14	Organization and Socialization
September 21-28	Universities and Their Local Environments: The Current Context Henry G. Cisneros, The University and the Urban Challenge Ira Harkavy and Wim Wiewel, "University-Community Partnerships: Current State and Future Issues"; David W. Bartelt, "The University and Community Development: A Common Cause"; Judith A. Ramaley, "Preparing The Way for Reform in Higher Education: Drawing Upon the Resources of the Community-at-Large"; and Michael A.      Stegman, "HUDís University Partnerships," all in Metropolitan Universities 6, no. 1 (1996): 7-44, 97-107 Journal of Planning Education and Research, 17 no. 7 (1998): 283-360  Colleges and Communities: Partners in Urban Revitalization A Report on the Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program Ira Harkavy and Harmon Zuckerman, "Eds & Meds: Catalysts for Urban Revitalization"
October 5-12	Universities and Their Communities: An Historical Overview Edward Shils, "The University, The City and the World: Chicago and the University of Chicago, in Thomas  Bender, ed., The University and the City, pp. 210-230 The University and the City: A Centennial View of the University of Chicago, pp. VII-XII, 1-15 Darnell Rucker, The Chicago Pragmatists, pp. 3-27, 158-170 Gerald Kurland, Seth Low, pp. 50-62 Ira Harkavy, in School-Community University Partnerships: Effectively Integrating Community Building, and Education Reform"
October 26	Penn in West Philadelphia From 1913 to 1993: Plans, Actions, and Inactions Paul Philippe Cret, Report to the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania upon the Future Development of Buildings and Grounds, and the Conservation of Surrounding Territory (1913) Department of Facilities Development, University of Pennsylvania, A Brief History and Compilation of the Trustee Actions Concerned with the Planning and Development of the West Philadelphia Campus Duane A. Schremp, comp., Campus Planning and Development at the University of Pennsylvania: An Annotated Bibliography Charles G. Dobbins, ed., The University and the City, and Urban Renewal Gaylord P. Harnwell, "An Environment for Learning," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.  115 no. 3 (1971): 170-186 Sheldon Hackney, "The Physical Transformation of the University: Planning for the 21st Century" University of Pennsylvania Annual Report (1992) Karen Gaines "Some Thoughts on Penn and the Planning Process," draft memo (1993) Samuel Hughes "The West Philadelphia Story," in Pennsylvania Gazette 96, no. 2 (1997) 12-2
November 2-9	Penn and West Philadelphia from 1997 to 2000: What Could Be Done? Judith Rodin, "The Unity of Theory and Practice: Pennís Distinctive Character,"  Almanac Supplement April 2, 1996 Richard Geruson, "Higher Education and Medical Complexes: The Key to Revitalizing West Philadelphia," Universities and Community Schools 4, no. 1-2 (1994): 70-71 Journal of Planning Literature 11, no. 3 (1997): 307-336 Allen J. Wutzdorf and Dwight E. Giles, Jr. "Service-Learning in Higher Education" in Joan Schine, ed., Service Learning, pp. 105-117
November 16	Toward Determining What Penn, the Graduate School of Fine Arts, and the Penn City and Regional Planning Department Could and Should Do to Significantly Improve the Universityís Local Environment Karl Nass, "Toward the Committed, Integral Solution: The Graduate School of Fine Arts and The Department of City and Regional Planning in West Philadelphia," Panorama: The Planning Journal of the University of Pennsylvania (Spring 1997); 32-40 David Thornton Moore, "Thinking about Learning from Experience: A Model Proposal," NSEE Quarterly (Summer     1997) Ira Harkavy and Lee Benson, "De-Platonizing and Democratizing Education as the Bases of Service Learning," in Robert S. Rhoads and Jeffrey Howard, eds., Academic Service Learning: A Pedagogy of Action and Reflection, pp. 11-20 Shelagh A. Gallagher et al., "The Effects of Problem-Based Learning on Problem Solving," Gifted Child Quarterly, 36 (1992): 195-200 Patricia M. King and Karen S. Kitchener, Developing Reflective Judgment, pp. 1-19, 222-257 Barry Checkoway, et al, "Paulo Davidoff and Advocacy Planning in Retrospect," Journal of American Planning Association 60 no. 2 (1994): 139-161 John E. Smith, The Spirit of American Philosophy, pp. 115-160
November 23-30	Student Progress Reports on What Penn, GSFA, and the Penn City and Regional Planning Department Could and      Should Do...
December 7	Where are We and Where Do We Go From Here?