Creating a safe space for expression through art can forge immense opportunity for meaningful communication and sharing of space between diverse inhabitants of a specific location.
Estimating DEA Confidence Intervals for Canadian Urban Paratransit Agencies Using Panel Data Analysis GCP-08-01
This paper illustrates three concepts new to the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) literature, and applies them to data from Canadian urban paratransit agencies.
Third Space Scholars: Enacting Third Space Within The Academy GCP-08-04
This paper explores the notion of 'Third Space', the space between the academy and activism. This space allows the academician to make sense of her contribution to social change.
Using Panel Data Analysis to Estimate Confidence Intervals for the DEA Efficiency of Individual Urban Paratransit Agencies GCP-07-10
This paper demonstrates a methodology using Panel Data Analysis to estimate confidence intervals for the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) efficiency of individual urban paratransit agencies and the statistical significance of trends in individual agency efficiency.
Comparing the Efficiency of Urban Transit Park & Ride Lots Using Data Envelopment Analysis GCP-07-09
This paper discusses the need for a performance measure that compares the efficiencies of subunits within an urban transportation organization, reflects the diversity of inputs and outputs, and is objective and consistent.
University Employer-Assisted Housing: University-Community Partnerships
The paper critically explores the potential for EAH programs to not only meet the needs of universities, but also contribute to the improvement of the communities that reside in “the shadows” of universities.
The HistoryMakers: A New Primary Source for Scholars GCP-07-08
This paper explores the possibilities of increasing the use and accessibility of The HistoryMakers’ video oral history archive.
Addressing Controversy in the Classroom: Teaching about Immigrant Rights in Chicago Schools GCP-07-07
This article examines the issue of teachers’ decisions to address controversial issues as teaching opportunities in the classroom, using the recent immigrant rights mobilizations of 2006.
Joint Environmental and Cost Efficiency Analysis of the Electricity Production Industry: Applying the Materials Balance Condition GCP-09-03
The electricity generation industry produces a substantial proportion of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change in the United States and globally.
Engaged Scholarship at the University GCP-07-04
The complex relationship between the university and the city provides the context for this chapter, which explores not only the changing nature of scholarship in the metropolitan research university, but how its changing intellectual climate should, in turn, change our conception of writing instruction for students who attend college in the city.