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The University and the Development of Democratic Societies

The UB Center collaborates with the University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships and other organizations to strengthen the role of anchor institutions—universities, hospitals, public schools, and community foundations—in neighborhood development and transformation. It is also affiliated with the International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility, and Democracy. The goal is to position colleges and research universities as progressive agents of change committed to social justice and the transformation of underdeveloped neighborhoods into healthy, thriving, and joyful communities. Within this network of anchors, the university must serve as a hub for producing knowledge that drives social change. The task of developing engaged universities has moved to a new level in the United States. Higher education is under attack by the Trump Administration. Trump knows that an autocratic society cannot be established with an engaged university system in place. Hence, in his first wave of attacks to destroy democracy, Trump has targeted the university.