Knowledge Towns: An IngenioUs Mini with David J. Staley

<p>In a recent <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/business/economy/college-towns-economy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">New York Times piece,</a> the writer asks a critically important question: Colleges have been an important small-town lifeline--what happens when they shrink? In their hot-off-the-shelf new book, <a href="https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12918/knowledge-towns" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Knowledge Towns: Colleges and Universities as Talent Magnets</em></a>, <a href="https://history.osu.edu/people/staley.3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">David J. Staley</a> and <a href="https://northstarventures.co.uk/our-team/dominic-endicott/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Dominic D.J. Endicott </a>suggest that this current scenario is an opportunity for such institutions to rethink and redefine their missions with their geographic place at the center. In Staley&#39;s most recent <a href="https://ingeniousu.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">IngenioUs blog</a> article, he describes what this might look like and offers that both the institution and the surrounding community have much to gain by partnering together to design a strategy for creative place-making.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chelip/message