PART 1

Big plan on campus

Participants in a sweeping seminar on town-gown relations sponsored by the Boston Foundation in 2003 predicted that colleges and universities would take up the mantle of leadership lost by many local corporations after a spate of mergers. (Boston Globe, 11/6/06)

PART 2

A college try for Boston

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino doesn't spend time poring over "Dissertation Abstracts," but he usually has some bright ideas about what Boston needs, and he is convinced that universities aren't giving enough thought to their host city. (Boston Globe, 11/7/06)

 CHART: Payments-in-lieu-of-taxes

part 3

Colleges as city builders

Boston's colleges and universities are no longer limited to shaping young minds. They are also molding their host city. The imperative to "grow or die" is strong on campus, stronger at times than both City Hall and Boston's muscular neighborhood groups. (Boston Globe, 11/16/06)

part 4

College town hall

After just six months on the job, it is clear that Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun's mission is to weave the university more deeply into the life of the city. ()