Research Center Links
The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs provides applied research and outreach services to the community through a number of integrated centers and initiatives. The collective mission of these research centers is to serve as a source for the investigation of issues and challenges facing urban communities and to apply the College's resources to solutions.
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Center for Civic Education The Center for Civic Education positions the College as a leader in state-of-the-art civic education and engagement programs. Through public forums, applied research and outreach services, the Center explores key issues and challenges facing Northeast Ohio. |
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Center for Economic Development The Center for Economic Development conducts research and offers technical assistance on urban and regional economic issues of interest to local, state, and national policymakers. Primary focus areas include regional economic analysis, regional indicators, economic impact analysis, innovation and entrepreneurship, manufacturing competitiveness, and the role of urban universities in regional development. |
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Center for Health Equity The Center for Health Equity provides leadership to advance the understanding of health disparities and their resolution through interdisciplinary research, community partnerships, and multidisciplinary education. The center develops and implements strategies that promote health and well-being for residents of Greater Cleveland. |
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Center for Housing Research & Policy The Center for Housing Research & Policy studies critical housing supply and demand issues. In addition to undertaking a comprehensive inventory and analysis of the region's housing stock and its conditions, the program also identifies and analyzes housing directions and trends useful for neighborhood and regional revitalization. |
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Center for Leadership Development The Maxine Goodman Levin College has established a number of leadership development programs for policy makers, elected officials, public administrators, local ward leaders, and community leaders. |
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Center for Neighborhood Development The Center for Neighborhood Development (CND) was founded in 1979 to assist community groups in preserving and restoring the city's neighborhoods. It was the first outreach program in the College. CND provides technical assistance to neighborhood-based development organizations and training to build organizational and community capacity. Neighborhood Leadership Cleveland, a program to enhance the effectiveness of volunteer neighborhood leaders, is offered annually. CND staff are also involved in evaluation, research on affordable housing issues, project management of housing and neighborhood development projects, and civic engagement activities including training of community development corporations staff on community organizing. |
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Center for Nonprofit Policy & Practice The Center for Nonprofit Policy and Practice was founded in 2001 to support and foster the health of the nonprofit sector in our region through training and technical assistance that support the role of nonprofits in civil society; scholarly and applied research; and undergraduate and graduate education in the leadership and management of nonprofit organizations. |
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Center for Planning Research and Practice The Center for Planning Research and Practice was established in April 2006 as a focal point for land use planning and sustainability in the Levin College of Urban Affairs. This mission of the center is to strengthen the practice of planning in the Ohio Lake Erie basin through research, education, service and technical assistance to local communities and to the planning profession. Our emphasis is on creating sustainable, resilient communities through good planning practices. |
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Center for Public Management The Center for Public Management provides technical assistance to State of Ohio departments, local governments, civic groups, and nonprofit organizations in such areas as strategic planning and fiscal analysis. |
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Center for Sacred Landmarks The Center for Sacred Landmarks provides information about Cleveland and Northeast Ohio's religious structures and organizations and their past and present roles in strengthening and maintaining communities within the region. |
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Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center (GLEFC) The GLEFC is one of nine university centers established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to help create sustainable environmental systems in the public and private sectors. |
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Levin College Forum The Levin College Forum is a focal point and catalyst for thoughtful public debate, innovative thinking, new ideas and timely action addressing the critical urban issues that impact Northeast Ohio, the state and the nation. All Forum programs are open to the community and Cleveland State University students, faculty, and staff. |
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Northern Ohio Data & Information Service (NODIS) The Northern Ohio Data Information Service (NODIS), as a Census Bureau affiliate, provides census and other data resources to the public. It also provides mapping and GIS services, data, and training. Services include standard and customized community profiles, demographic analysis, census tract look-up guides, demographic and environmental mapping, geocoding, database and web site development, and more. GIS training includes ESRI certified instruction as well as MapInfo workshops and customized training. Named as one of the three regional data centers in the state by the State of Ohio and the U.S. Bureau of the Census in 1981, NODIS has more than 25 years experience in demographic and geographic data dissemination and analysis. |
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Ohio Center for the Advancement of Women in Public Service The Ohio Center for the Advancement of Women in Public Service was founded to promote the advancement of careers of women in public service within the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government at the national, state and local levels. The Center produces research on the state of women's careers in public service, identifies particular barriers to the movement of women into positions of authority and leadership, and devises strategies to address these barriers. |
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Unger International Center for Local Government Leadership The Unger International Center for Local Government Leadership, established in November 2001, is a collaborative effort of the Levin College to respond to the training, research and educational needs of local government leaders in emerging democracies. Its goal is to strengthen the management of public organizations and NGOs, to promote local governments that are transparent, accountable, responsive, innovative, efficient, and characterized by reliance on the rule of law and active citizen participation. The center is committed to facilitating sustainable government reforms that result in long-term impact and systemic change. The center works with university faculties and local government leaders in emerging democracies to develop and implement academic and continuing education programs in public management for future and incumbent officials and managers in local governments and non-government organizations. |
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Urban Child Research Center The Urban Child Research Center (UCRC) engages in research and policy analysis on matters that affect families and children in urban communities. Urban households, particularly those in central cities, are uniquely affected by economic, social, and political trends. The work of this center is to provide information and consultation that will enable policy-makers and community leaders to respond to the impacts of these trends. |
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