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03581aam a2200433 i 4500 001 5E55B9DC91E611EB93ECBDD551ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210331010017 008 201123t20212021nyu e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020045203 020 $a 1568588925 020 $a 9781568588926 035 $a (OCoLC)1164501307 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LC238 $b .B35 2021 082 00 $a 378.1/03 $2 23 100 1 $a Baldwin, Davarian L., $e author. 245 10 $a In the shadow of the ivory tower : $b how universities are plundering our cities / $c Davarian L. Baldwin. 246 30 $a How universities are plundering our cities 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Bold Type Books, $c [2021] 300 $a 262 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Chess moves on a checkerboard -- When universities swallow cities -- Rural college in a capitol city -- The schools that ate New York -- The "800-pound gargoyle" -- A "phoenix rising"? -- The ivory tower is dead! 520 $a "American higher education is in crisis-costs continue to climb skyward while public funding is in decline. In response, university administrators have aimed to enrich their campuses and the surrounding areas with amenities to attract students and faculty, especially in urban areas where students can explore cities from the safety of the ivory tower. But what, then, becomes of the communities and cultures surrounding these campuses? In In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower, historian Davarian L. Baldwin argues that urban universities have been key forces behind the gentrification of America's cities; in fact, urban planners have used the profitable high-tech high-density model of the university campus as a blueprint for the city as a whole. As a result, the Black and Latino communities that largely surrounded campuses are left especially vulnerable, at the mercy of skyrocketing property values, discriminatory campus police forces and the need for low-wage high education labor. Universities are treating cities as their company towns, and catering to the whims of students for the sake of profit means that these longstanding communities are bulldozed over, metaphorically and literally. Despite these implications, everyone from New York to Arizona wants to build a UniverCity. Baldwin takes us on a journey from his own university in Hartford to Chicago, from Phoenix to Manhattan, using these case studies to illustrate the increasingly parasitic relationship between higher education and urban planning. In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower is a wake-up call to the reality that higher education is no longer the ubiquitous public good it was once thought to be, and an urgent call for a more equitable relationship between American cities and universities"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Community and college $z United States. 650 0 $a Universities and colleges $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Universities and colleges $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Education, Higher $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Community development, Urban $z United States. 941 $a 4 952 $l CZPD706 $d 20220709010353.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722064423.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210602011437.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210331010109.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5E55B9DC91E611EB93ECBDD551ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search