Research Projects for 2001-2002
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Community Development and Preservation
Urban Cyber-Democracy
Abdul Alkalimat - A program to study and address Digital
Divide Issues and to assist minority-controlled organizations with information technologies.
CATNeT
Providing leadership, fundraising, organizational and technical assistance,
and computers to a network of two dozen community technology centers that assist low-income
individuals seeking access to and knowledge of how to operate computers and the Internet.
Evaluation of Ohio Works First in Lucas County
Terry Cluse-Tolar and Milo Jennings - Studying
the effectiveness of attempts to move people from welfare to work.
Cost-Effectiveness of selected JFS programs in Lucas County
Lynn Bachelor - Analyzes job
development, placement, and retention program, including the Transportation Commuter Link.
Dynamics of Contemporary Hispanic Leadership in Toledo
Laura Duffy - Study of networks
among and concerns influencing local Hispanic Community leaders.
Sustainability of Utility Poles in an Urban Environment
Martin Abraham - A socio-environmental
assessment of toxic contamination by wooden utility poles, especially in older neighborhoods.
NIP Charrette
Assist the Neighborhoods in Partnership and their community partners to develop
a community-generated plan for the Detroit and Central Avenue area.
Walk Westgate
Guide and support a neighborhood coalition working to re-envision, re-design and
re-develop this community so as to enhance quality of life.
Discover Downtown Toledo
Train guides and offer public tours of downtown buildings and
neighborhoods weekly during the summer.
Conduct Candidate Debates
Sponsor and host forum for candidates for Mayor, City Council,
and School Board during the fall.
Assist the Mayor
Help to lead the Mayor's transition team and provide technical and
organizational support for the transition activities.
Economic Development
Displaced Worker Consortium
Participate in the PIC-led federal grant to retrain displaced workers.
Toledo Tax Revenues Forecast 2002
Paul Kozlowski - Create tax revenue forecasts for Toledo
City Council to permit and promote more fiscally sound City budgeting.
Changing Workforce Composition
Deborah Dwyer and Rick Boden - Analyze changing workforce
composition and emerging occupational niches.
Employment in Northwest Ohio's Information Technology Sector
James LeSage - The changing
composition of the information technology workforce in 19 NW Ohio counties will be examined.
Survey of Internet Usage in Business Practices among NW Ohio Corporations
Paul Fritz - Study how firms outside of the information sector use computer and the internet in their businesses.
Improving ES-202 Data
James LeSage - UT will clean and modify this state workforce data for
use by scholars and policy-makers throughout Ohio.
Structural Change in the Local Financial Industry
Paul Kozlowski - Examine whether concentration of bank ownership has affected the
availability of capital for local firms, and elsewhere in Ohio.
Urban Education
T.A.P.E.S.T.R.I.E.S.
Charlene Czerniak - Analyze the effectiveness of a 5 year program
(TAPESTRIES) of innovative elementary science education on students in local urban and suburban schools.
Social, Economic, and Institutional Support in the East Toledo Community
Barbara Chesney and Jerry Van Hoy - Studies the impacts of a federal "Gear-up" grant on community support for
educational attainment.
Contemporary Toledanos
Maryellen Edwards - Analyzes educational attainment of Hispanic
students in public and parochial schools, and seeking to identify best practices.
A Further Examination of Urban Land Labs and Ecology
Charles Rop - Examining how urban
schools can use local site land labs to more effectively and less expensively teach ecology.
Higher Education and Workforce Preparation
Sunday Griffin - Ascertain the extent of variance
in educational content among Ohio colleges and whether it may be affecting workforce preparation.
Urban and Regional Planning
Smart Growth Assistance
Assist Myron Orfield's study of political and economic dynamics of
sprawl in Northwest Ohio, and maintain the complex coalition working on sprawl issues.
Smart Growth Survey Analysis
Barbara Coventry - Fully analyze the results of the survey of
local attitudes toward smart growth so as to identify underlying patterns in the data.
Urban Issues Committee
Organize inner city groups to assure core city concerns are included in
"smart growth" discussions and planning.
Community Data Book
Create an on-line databook describing the economy, schools, real estate,
and major institutions of each community in a 5 county area.
Land Cover and Wetland Identification in the Maumee Watershed
Patrick Lawrence and Kevin Czajakowski - Using satellite technology to examine the
status and to recommend more effective protection of local wetlands.
Regional Implications of Public Service Delivery Systems
Hugh Hinton - Analyze the equity of
public service delivery systems in incorporated and unincorporated political divisions in Lucas County.
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