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  1. Frontispiece
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Foreword
  8. Biden School Timeline
  9. Introduction
  10. Part I: Creating the Delaware Model (1961–1996)
    1. Chapter One: The Division of Urban Affairs
    2. Chapter Two: The College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy
    3. Chapter Three: Policy Partnerships and the Delaware Model
  11. Part II: Becoming a Comprehensive School (1997–2014)
    1. Chapter Four: The School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy
    2. Chapter Five: The School of Public Policy and Administration
    3. Chapter Six: Shaping Public Policy
  12. Part III: Pursuing a New Vision (2015–2021)
    1. Chapter Seven: Rising Expectations
    2. Chapter Eight: The Biden School
    3. Chapter Nine: Legacies and Possibilities
  13. Notes
  14. Selected Bibliography
  15. Photo Credits
  16. Index

INDEX

Note: Page numbers in italics indicate figures, and page numbers following “n” refer to notes.

AAU. See American Association of Universities.

AAUP. See American Association of University Professors.

Academic Program Review (APR), 112, 175n21

Allen, Raina Harper, 182n25

Allen, Tony, 100, 109, 111, 136, 182n25, 186n31, 188n22

Allred, Lisa Moreland, 178n33

American Association of Universities (AAU), 75, 181n4

American Association of University Professors (AAUP), 70

American Civil Liberties Union, 186n34

American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), 72, 166

Ames, David L., 28, 31, 32, 37, 39, 95, 96, 103, 174n8, 174n9

Annie E. Casey Foundation, 66, 101

Anti-Racism Initiative, 192n18

Apple, Thomas, 79, 83, 181n17

APR. See Academic Program Review.

Archibald, Sandra, 130, 189n33, 192n13

Aristigueta, Maria, 73, 79, 81, 83, 91, 136, 137, 143, 157. 182n19, 189n33, 192n15

and CAS, 80

at naming of Biden School, 132, 137

partnership with CEI, 125

role as director of SPPA, 72, 79–89, 89–90, 91

role as dean of Biden School, 147, 148, 149, 151

ASPA. See American Society for Public Administration.

Assanis, Dennis, 4, 123, 130, 149, 187n1, 192n18

naming of Biden School, 4, 130, 132, 133, 139, 160

role as UD president, 1–2, 116, 117, 118, 146, 147, 151

role in civic and community engagement, 125

role in Wilmington Policy Partnership creation, 126

Assanis, Eleni, 133

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 166

Barnekov, Timothy K., 42, 48, 64, 64, 70, 176n40, 177n20, 178n4, 180n25, 180n26

Barnes, Philip, 146, 156, 157

Becker, Allison, 144

Becker, Kenneth, 102, 182n25, 185n19

Begleiter, Ralph, 91–93, 183n43

Berry, Francis, 77

Better Buildings Challenge, 185n20

Bianchi, Sarah, 124

Biden Challenge conference, 130

Biden Foundation, 187n12

Biden Hall, 129, 152

Biden Institute, 4, 92, 118–19, 120, 125, 129, 135, 189–90n40, 192n12.

Biden is Back Rally, 121, 122

Biden Owens’s role in, 119, 121, 123, 124

Donilon’s role in, 119

McLaughlin’s role in, 119, 121

promoting civic engagement and civil discourse, 152–58

public launch of, 121

student volunteers at National Voter Registration Day program, 153

Biden, Jill, 1, 133, 134, 136, 187n12

Biden, Jr., Joseph R., 1, 1, 16, 116, 117, 126, 141, 186n31, 187n12, 189n37, 190n43, 190n46

at Biden Challenge conference, 131

at Biden is Back rally, 121, 122, 169

bond with University of Delaware, 168, 170

leading “Bridging the Divides” event, 152, 154

partnership with UD, 119, 136

Biden Owens, Valerie, 1, 119, 121, 123, 124, 149, 190n41

Biden School, 1–2, 7, 118, 129, 132, 139, 140, 168

affiliated centers and institutes, 139

alumni as leaders in various sectors, 165–66

COVID-19 crisis, 146–47

growth of academic programs, 139–46

mission statement, 170

process of naming, 129–34

relationship with Biden Institute, 149

SNF Ithaca Initiative, 154, 157

timeline, xii–xiii

transition to freestanding professional school, 136–38, 147–52

translational research, 5

white paper, 117–18

Bishop, Clyde, 36, 36

Blue Hen community, 1, 136, 146

Blueprint Communities Delaware program, 100, 165, 185n11

Bourke, Jason, 172n18

Boyer, William W., 14, 38, 73, 172n14, 173n40

BPEC. See Business Public Education Council.

Broadnax, Walter, 182n25

Brown, C. Harold, 25, 29, 31

Brown v. Board of Education, 69

Bruch, Sarah, 139, 142, 191n2

Bruni, Frank, 92

Brynteson, Susan, 91

Bullock, Jeffrey W., 85, 182n25

Business Public Education Council (BPEC), 63

Byrne, John, 39, 55, 55, 4, 162, 174n19, 178n26

as director of CEEP, 98, 104, 105, 184n8

and SEU, 102, 185n19

CADSR. See Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research.

Calistro, Paul, 166

Callahan, Mary Helen, 29, 173n1

Campbell, L. Leon, 31, 42

Campus Compact, 125

Carney, John, 59, 109, 158, 166, 193n14

Carper, Thomas R., 65, 82, 106, 193n14, 194n15

Carroll, Crawford, 24

CAS. See College of Arts and Sciences.

CCD. See Center for Community Development.

CDS. See Center for Disabilities Studies.

CEED. See Center for Earth, Energy, and Democracy.

CEEP. See Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.

CEI. See Community Engagement Initiative.

Census and Data System, 21, 32, 45, 164. See also Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research (CADSR).

Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research (CADSR), 21, 46, 139, 164

conducting demographic and enrollment projections, 185n25

contribution to healthcare policy, 101

creating database for school finance information, 66

Ed Ratledge as director of, 95, 96

international programs, 54

statewide programs, 98, 100

Center for Community Development (CCD), 44, 48, 50–51, 66, 177n15. See Center for Community Research and Service (CCRS), Urban Agent Program.

Center for Community Development and Family Policy. See Center for Community Development, Center for Community Research and Service (CCRS), Urban Agent Program.

Center for Community Research and Service (CCRS), 95, 97, 100–101. See Center for Community Development (CCD), Urban Agent Program.

Center for Disabilities Studies (CDS), 66

Center for Earth, Energy, and Democracy (CEED), 190n47

Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP), 39, 41, 44, 47, 55, 80, 102

Center for Energy and Urban Policy Research (CEUPR). See Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP).

Center for Historic Architecture and Design (CHAD), 39, 41, 102, 139, 175n35, 185n17, 185n18

Center for Historic Architecture and Engineering (CHAE). See Center for Historic Architecture and Design (CHAD).

Center for Political Communication (CPC), 92, 183n49, 184n61, 189n38

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 76

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 166

CHAD. See Center for Historic Architecture and Design.

Chajes, Michael, 192n10

Charles P. Messick Chair in Public Administration, 72, 73, 175n22

CHEP. See College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy.

Christiana Care, 181n6

Christie, Chris, 92

Civic Action Plan, 188n19, 193n13

Cochran, John, 116, 123, 133

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), 4, 79, 80, 83, 91, 184n63

College of Education and Human Development, 79

College of Education and Public Policy, 79

College of Health Sciences, 180n34

College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy. See College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy (CHEP).

College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy (CHEP), 64, 71, 159, 165, 180n34, 181n14

administrative issues, 78–80

center-based strategy, 65

expanded state partnership, 65–67

orientation of, 67–68

College of Marine Studies, 31, 174n7

College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, 2, 3, 31, 39, 41, 63, 159, 160, 162. See also Delaware Model of public affairs education.

Department of Consumer Studies, 71

ENEP program, 55, 57

focused priorities, 42–44

global reach of, 51, 53

graduate programs, 33–39, 68

as innovative organization, 31–33

interdisciplinary research initiative, 39–40

international programs, 54–55

MPA program, 37–38, 42

partnerships with public and nonprofit institutions, 45

PhD program, 33–37, 43, 44

Review Committee report, 176n47

study abroad programs, 53–54

transition issues, 41–42

university-level review of, 71

Wilmington Community Development Partnership, 48

College Review Committee, 43

Commission to Promote Racial and Cultural Diversity, 68

Community Design Commission, 30–31

Community Development and Nonprofit Leadership, 48

Community Development Resource Center, 50

Community Engagement Classification, 125

Community Engagement Commission, 185n15, 188n20

Community Engagement Initiative (CEI), 124–29, 151, 188n19.

Campus Compact organization, 125

Symposium on Engaged Scholarship, 129

start-up support for TNP, 129

UD Civic Action Plan, 125–26

Community Outreach Partnership Center grant, 50

Cooksey, Leslie, 179n4

Coons, Christopher, 110, 163

Council of University Institutes for Urban Affairs, 29, 173n1

CPC. See Center for Political Communication.

Cullingworth, J. Barry, 37, 40, 41, 177n20

Daniels, Jennifer, 192n15

David, Nina, 146, 192n16

DCTE. See Delaware Center for Teacher Education.

DECC. See Delaware Early Childhood Council

DECRAC. See Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council.

DEI. See diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Delaware Academy of School Leadership, 66

Delawareans for Educational Opportunity, 186n34

Delaware Association for Public Administration, 25

Delaware Biotechnology Institute, 76

Delaware Center for Teacher Education (DCTE), 66

Delaware Chapter of American Society for Public Administration, 25

Delaware College. See University of Delaware (UD).

Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council (DECRAC), 173n39

Delaware Department of Education, 98

Delaware Early Childhood Council (DECC), 107–9

Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council, 98

Delaware Education Research and Development program, 66

Delaware Energy Institute, 165, 193n13

Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN), 76

“Delaware First” principle, 77, 163–65

Delaware General Assembly, 46–47, 58, 59, 105, 112

Delaware Health Sciences Alliance, 76

Delaware Homeless Planning Council, 51

Delaware Kids Count program, 66

Delaware League of Local Governments, 24–25

Delaware Model of public affairs education, 2, 3, 46, 57, 112, 161, 173n40, 183n38.

college-wide operation, 68

civic and community engagement, 125

integration of theory and practice, 57–58

Legislative Fellows Program, 58–59

Public Service Assistantship program (PSA), 58, 65

role in graduate education of Biden School, 162–63

Delaware Population Consortium, 98

Delaware Public Administration Institute, 25, 32, 44, 164

Delaware Public Policy Institute, 105, 165, 182n26

Delaware Public Service Commission, 47

Delaware Social Studies Education Project, 66

Delaware Stars for Early Success (Stars), 108

Delaware State College. See Delaware State University.

Delaware State University, 6

Delaware Summit on Civics Education, 154

Democracy Project, 66, 154

Denhardt, Robert, 57, 72, 73, 163, 182n25

DENIN. See Delaware Environmental Institute.

Department of Political Science, 38

desegregation process, metropolitan school, 19, 21, 47, 171n9

DiamondNet (online community network), 50

DISA. See Disaster Science and Management.

Disaster Research Center (DRC), 89

Disaster Science and Management (DISA), 86, 89, 182n31

diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), 151

Division of Urban Affairs, 2–3, 11, 31, 95, 159, 160, 162, 163, 165

Census and Data System, 21–22

Delaware Public Administration Institute, 25

Ford Foundation, contribution of, 11–14

and GWDC, 14–19

internal operations of, 25, 27

new model of university public service, 27

policy analysis and research on public issues, 27

public service and applied research programs, 22–24

research-based knowledge development, 19, 21

Urban Agent Program, 24–25

Dobler, Gregory, 191n2

Donilon, Michael, 119, 119, 121, 135, 136, 154

DRC. See Disaster Research Center.

Duncan, Arne, 109, 110

du Pont, Amy, 172n12

DuPont company, 14, 180n2

du Pont, Henry B., 15

du Pont, Pierre S., 172n12

Early Learning Challenge Grant, 108

Energy and Environmental Policy program (ENEP), 55, 57, 80, 178n28

Energy Policy Research Group, 39

engaged university model, 64–65, 72, 74, 179n7

equity in Delaware public education

IPA’s focus on DECC, 107–9

Redding Consortium for Educational Equity, 112

Wilmington Education Advisory Committee, 109

Wilmington Education Improvement Commission, 109

Ergin, Laure Bachich, 189n39

Family Services Cabinet Council, 65

Farley-Ripple, Liz, 126

Federal Direct Tax (1789), 175n35

Feldman, Stephanie, 190n46

Fitzpatrick, Katie, 142, 143, 191n2

FOIA. See Freedom of Information Act.

Ford Foundation, 2, 160

contribution to urban affairs programs, 11–14

evaluation of urban university programs, 27

urban affairs grants to UD, 172n4

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 135

Freel, Edward, 66, 82, 86, 108, 154, 182n30, 192–93n24

Fretz, Kristin, 163

Gamel-McCormick, Michael, 78–79

Gempesaw, Bobby, 91

G.I. Bill, 6, 171n10

Gifford, Kathryn, 185n16

Gilman, Marvin, 51

Golinkoff, Roberta, 188n21

Gomes, Kim, 182n25

Graduate Record Examination (GRE), 36, 151–52, 192n20

Graham Hall, 41–42, 143, 175–76n39

Grasso, Domenico, 117, 125

GRE. See Graduate Record Examination.

Greater Wilmington Development Council (GWDC), 15, 16, 21, 22, 165

Groff, Stephen, 100

GWDC. See Greater Wilmington Development Council.

Harker, Patrick, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81, 92–93, 117, 180n1

Health Sciences Alliance, 181n6

Healthy Communities Delaware, 189–90n24

Herman, Bernard, 39, 54, 174n8

Hoffecker, Carol, 14, 16, 43

Homeless Management Information System, 51

Horowitz, Irving Louis, 33

Housing Capacity Building Program, 50, 177n15

Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood, 108

Institute for Public Administration (IPA), 46, 54, 66, 182n26. See also School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA).

Conflict Resolution Program, 66, 105

Delaware General Assembly partnership, 58

Democracy Project, 66, 154

developing online toolboxes of resources, 185n21

improving equity in Delaware public education, 107–12

Office of Conflict Resolution, 66

Redding Consortium for Educational Equity, 112

role of Lewis in, 25, 25, 53, 57, 58, 95, 96, 173n40

Water Resources Agency (WRA), 107

Water Resources Center (WRC), 107

Wilmington Education Advisory Committee, 109

Wilmington Education Improvement Commission, 109, 111

Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory (ISE Lab), 94

International Union of Local Authorities–Office for Research and Training (IULA-ORT), 54

IPA. See Institute for Public Administration.

ISE Lab. See Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory.

Isett, Kimberley, 143, 149, 150, 191n2, 192n11

IULA-ORT. See International Union of Local Authorities–Office for Research and Training.

Jabbar-Bey, Raheemah, 50

Jackson, Michael, 166

Jannelli, Sebastian, 129

Johns, Babette, 48

Johnson, Lyndon, 11

Jones, Russell, 42

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration. See Biden School.

Journal of Public Administrations Education, 57

Karas, David, 144

Kasich, John, 152

Kaufman, Edward E. (Ted), 192n13

Kaufman, Gerald, 107

Kellogg Commission on Higher Education, 64–65

Kendra, James, 88, 89

Kerr, Clark, 7

Kids Count program, 101

Kirschling, Neil, 163

Knight, Erin, 146

Knowledge-Based Partnership conference series, 165, 193n13

Landgraf, Rita, 126

Land Grant Act, 5–6

Laznick, John, 186n28

Legislative Fellows Program, 58–59, 105, 166, 193n14

Leland, Pamela, 178–79n4

Lerner College of Business and Economics, 189n31

Lewis, Jerome, 25, 25, 53, 57, 58, 95, 96, 173n40

Lilly, Jane Case, 146

Lockman, Elizabeth (Tizzy), 99, 100, 109, 112

Loessner, G. Arno, 22–25, 23, 53, 83, 84, 173n36, 177n18, 182n25

Long, John, 188n20

Louis L. Redding Chair in Law and Social Policy, 63, 69

Louis L. Redding Diversity Award, 70

Luft, Carl, 165

Mandela, Nelson, 52, 53

Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), 53

Markell, Jack, 108, 109, 116

Martinez, Cecilia, 136, 190n47

Master of Energy and Environmental Policy (MEEP), 55

Master of Public Administration program (MPA), 38, 91, 173n40, 175n25, 183n38

diversity of students, 68–69

enrollment decline due to recession, 89–90

reaccreditation from NASPAA, 42

online programs in, 143

Master of Public Health (MPH), 143

Math and Science Education Resource Center (MSERC), 66

McCummings, Betty, 69

McDonough, Kalyn, 188n22

McDowell, Harris, 185n19

McDuffe, Mary Joan, 101

McLaughlin, Catherine, 119, 121, 149, 157

McNeil, Sue, 86

Meacham, Jon, 132, 134, 189n37

MEEP. See Master of Energy and Environmental Policy.

Messick, Charles P., 38, 175n22

Meszaros, Bonnie, 154

Metraux, Stephen, 101, 101

Middlebrooks, Anthony, 146

MISTRA. See Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection.

Mokate, Renosi, 52, 53

Molloy, Judith, 20

Moore, Leann, 189n25

Morgan, Robin, 128, 129, 136, 147, 149, 188n20, 189n26, 192n18

Morrill Act (1862), 5, 6

Morrison, James L., 146

Morrison, Minion K. C., 191n2

Morton, Michael, 166

MPA. See Master of Public Administration program.

MPH. See Master of Public Health.

MSERC. See Math and Science Education Resource Center.

Murphy, Kathleen M., 105, 105

NASPAA. See National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.

NASULGC. See National Land-Grant Universities Association.

National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 186n34

National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), 38–39, 42, 72, 77, 89, 129, 166, 180n30

National Land-Grant Universities Association (NASULGC), renamed Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), 45

Nemours Foundation, 181n6

Nigro, Felix, 38

Noble, Audrey, 85

Nonprofit Capacity Building Program, 66

Nonprofit Leadership Training Certificate Program, 100

Nonprofit Management Certificate Course, 48

Obama, Barack, 92

OCL. See Organizational and Community Leadership.

O’Malley, Fran, 55, 154

Organizational and Community Leadership (OCL), 85, 146

Overby, Lynnette, 126, 127, 129

Overman, Edward, 13, 15, 19, 22, 172n7

PAC. See Partnership for Arts and Culture.

PAD. See Public Allies Delaware.

PHC. See Partnership for Healthy Communities.

PPE. See Partnership for Public Education.

Partnership for Arts and Culture (PAC), 126, 129

Partnership for Healthy Communities (PHC), 126, 188n24

Partnership for Public Education (PPE), 126

Pelesko, John, 130, 136, 189n32

Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, 119

Perkins, John, 12, 37–38, 160

Perry, James, L., 159

Peterson, Russell, 16–19

Peuquet, Steven, 48, 95, 97, 101, 177n9

PHC. See Partnership for Healthy Communities.

Pierce, Andrea, 85, 146, 182n27

Pika, Joseph, 91–93

Pipes, Byron, 43

Plouffe, David, 92, 124

Posner, Paul, 182n25

Project Vision, 42

PSA. See Public Service Assistantship program.

Public Administration Review, 38

Public Allies Delaware (PAD), 67, 100

Public Service Assistantship program (PSA), 47–48, 58, 65

Purzycki, Mike, 126

Qaissaunee, Haley, 112

Quinn, Nicole, 98, 149, 150

Rabb, Phyllis, 20

Raub Hall, 41

Raffel, Jeffrey A., 24, 25, 27, 34, 47, 67, 69, 73, 78, 173n29

as chief analyst of desegregation process, 185n25

role as SUAPP director, 68, 71, 72, 78

role in Delaware Model, 57

Ramaposa, Cyril, 53

Ratledge, Edward, 20, 21, 54, 95, 96, 173n32

RBB. See Responsibility-Based Budgeting.

Redding Consortium for Educational Equity, 112

Redding, Louis L., 69

Redding Young Scholars, 69

Reed, Bruce, 190n46

Reedy, Chandra, 41, 103, 175n29

Research Universities Community Engagement Network (TRUCEN), 188n18

Responsibility-Based Budgeting (RBB), 75

Rich, Daniel, 18, 31, 39, 74, 79, 84, 85, 110, 125, 139, 177n20, 188n23

Biden School white paper, 117, 118, 187n3

as dean, College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy, 64,

as dean, College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, 43, 64

in DECC, 107

as director, Community Engagement Initiative, 125–29

engaged university model, 74

and IPA, 109

as provost, 74, 79

role in Delaware Model, 57

Robinson, Breck, 145, 146, 191n5, 191n52

Robinson, Matt, 137

Rochester, Lisa Blunt, 136, 166, 167, 194n15

Roselle, David, 42, 43, 48, 49, 63, 74, 160, 176n44

Rossi, Louis, 192n10

Ruberto, Dianna, 188n22

Salzburg Seminar, 53–54

Schiavelli, Melvyn, 63, 178n1

Schmidt, Steve, 92, 124

Schneider, Richard, 43, 43

School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA), 80, 117, 130, 139, 159, 165. See also Institute for Public Administration (IPA).

Aristigueta’s role in, 79, 81, 83, 90

Biden Institute, 118–24

Biden proposals, 91–94

CADSR, 95, 98, 100

CCRS, 95, 100–101

CEEP, 102, 104

CHAD, 102, 103

Community Engagement Initiative, 124–29

expanding undergraduate and graduate missions, 85–86, 89

external program review, 95, 113

faculty decline, 90–91

fiftieth anniversary celebration, 80–85

funding from external contracts and grants, 95

IPA, 105–12

MPA enrollment decline issue, 89–90

policy impacts of comprehensive school, 112–13

School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy (SUAPP), 2, 4, 63, 64, 67, 163, 178n3

administrative issues, 78–80

and engaged university model, 72, 74

promoting racial and ethnic diversity, 68–70

public service faculty and professionals, 70–71

Raffel’s role in, 67–68

undergraduate mission, 71–72

Schwartz, Murray, 173n28

SDS. See Students for a Democratic Society.

Seitz, Judge Collins, 6

Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (1944). See G.I. Bill.

SEU model. See Sustainable Energy Utility model.

Shaffer, Timothy, 193n28

Shah, Ismat, 143

Shah, Kalim, 191n2

Sharp, H. Rodney, 172n12

Sheppard, Rebecca, 103

Sherretz, Kelly, 108, 108, 109, 112

Shirley, John, 30

Siders, A. R., 191n2

Siders, Rebecca, 39

Sills, Jr., James H., 24, 24, 47–48, 49, 50, 68, 69, 177n11

Smith, Daniel L., 142, 143, 191n2

SNF Ithaca Initiative, 154, 157

Solano, Paul, 101, 177n20

Solar City Seoul, Korea initiative, 102, 105

Sowa, Jessica, 191n2

Speer Trust Commission, 50

SPPA. See School of Public Policy and Administration.

Stars. See Delaware Stars for Early Success.

State of Delaware General Assembly, 58

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). See SNF Ithaca Initiative.

Stein, Karen, 72, 145, 146, 191n5

Student Government Association, 30

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 29–30

SUAPP. See School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy.

Sustainable Energy Utility model (SEU model), 102

Sustainable Newark Initiative, 189n25

Symposium on Engaged Scholarship, 129

Tannian, Francis, 34, 35, 39

Targett, Nancy, 117

Taylor, Casey, 191n2

Taylor, Jr., John H., 83, 84, 182n25

Terrell, Louisa, 190n46

Terry, Charles, 16

Thelin, John, 6

The Newark Partnership (TNP), 129, 189n25

TNP. See The Newark Partnership.

Toth, Tibor, 108

Trabant, E. Arthur, 30, 42, 160

Trainor, Joseph, 143, 149, 150

TRUCEN. See Research Universities Community Engagement Network.

UAA. See Urban Affairs Association.

UAUA. See United Alumni of Urban Affairs.

UD. See University of Delaware.

UD Energy Institute (UDEI), 76

UD Path to Prominence strategic plan, 75, 76. See also University of Delaware (UD).

“Delaware First” guiding principle, 77, 163–65

impact of 2008 recession and recovery, 76–78

Unidel Foundation, 39, 172n12

UNISA. See University of South Africa.

United Alumni of Urban Affairs (UAUA), 42

University of Delaware (UD), 1, 11, 189n38, 190n42.

bond with Joe Biden, 168, 170

Carnegie Classification, 125

Community Design Commission, 30–31

COVID-19 crisis, 146–47

du Ponts’ contribution to, 172n12

as engaged university, 5, 74, 124–29, 168

Ford Foundation, 12–13, 172n4

informing Delaware decision-making, 46–47

Path to Prominence strategic plan, 75, 76–78

Project Vision, 42

PSA partnership, 48

public purpose of, 5–7, 168

Sustainability Council, 188n20

UD Civic Action Plan, 125, 126

University of South Africa (UNISA), 53

Urban Affairs Association (UAA), 29, 162, 166, 173–74n1

Urban Agent Division. See Urban Agent Program.

Urban Agent Program, 24, 32, 50, 68, 95, 139, 177n13. See also Center for Community Development (CCD), Center for Community Research and Service (CCRS).

capacity building for nonprofits and community organizations, 100–101, 186n25

leadership of Blueprint Communities program, 164

partnership with CCRS, 100

role of Barnekov in, 48–51

role of Johns in, 48

role of Metraux in, 101

role of Peuquet in, 95, 177n9

role of Sills in, 47

Urban Community Service grant, 50

Vil-Nkomo, Sibusiso, 52, 53, 182n25

Vincent, Jane, 85, 182n25, 194n17

Wachtendorf, Tricia, 88, 89

Wang, Young-Doo, 39, 56, 57, 162, 174n19

Ware, Leland, 62, 69, 83, 83, 84

War on Poverty, 11

Warren, Robert, 40, 41, 54, 175n36, 177n20

Washington Fellows Winter Session program, 86, 182n30

Water Resource Agency (WRA), 107

Water Resources Center (WRC), 107

Watson, George, 83, 90, 93, 117, 118, 143, 130

“White Paper: The Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration”, 117–18

Wilder, Margaret, 174n1

Williams, Harry, 126

Wilmington Area Community Development Project, 50

Wilmington (city of), 14

DuPont company in, 14–15

National Guard occupation of, 16–19, 17, 18

population and housing analysis of, 22

public issues in, 14–19

role of GWDC and Division of Urban Affairs in, 15, 16

Wilmington Community Development Partnership, 47–51, 164–65

Wilmington Education Advisory Committee, 109

Wilmington Education Improvement Commission, 109

Wilmington Policy Partnership, 126

Wilson, David, 93, 117, 118, 139, 184n60, 187n3

Wilson, Robert, 27, 35, 36, 101

Worrilow, George, 13, 172n9

WRA. See Water Resource Agency.

WRC. See Water Resources Center.

Wright, Jr., George C., 165

Yanich, Danilo, 33–34, 143, 144, 161, 162, 174n19, 191n3

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