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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-9-2024
Abstract
This chapter assesses the changing dynamics of urbanization and urbanism in the contemporary US though three lenses. First, it examines economic shifts spurred by the rise of the knowledge economy, which position higher education institutions (HEIs) as drivers of innovation and urban growth. Second, it draws attention to new metropolitan geographies. Gentrifying inner cities and the suburbanization of race, poverty, and risk indicate a need for HEIs to reappraise their institutional structures, pedagogical practices, and responsibilities as urban place-makers. Third, the chapter considers (post-)pandemic futures and calls for racial justice to frame the city as both the setting and stake of social justice movements. The analysis pays particular attention to how these socio-spatial transformations affect the landscape of post-secondary urban education. The result is a contradictory portrait of an urban America with diverse futures forged at the intersection of rising inequality, segregation, and a desire for a more inclusive and just future.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/cc.20598
Recommended Citation
Addie, Jean-Paul, "America's Urban Futures: In and Beyond the City" (2024). USI Publications. 91.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/cc.20598