| Description: | The Academic Summer Camp on Neighborhood Development is designed to improve the skills of middle school students in reading, writing, research and computer use. By working on a neighborhood development project on the East Side, the students also develop skills in critical thinking, teamwork and problem solving. The camp is hosted annually by the Center for Urban Studies on the South Campus in partnership with the Erie County Youth Bureau, UB’s Liberty Partnerships Program, UB’s Community Relations and Say Yes to Education Buffalo. The summer program has an open enrollment policy for students from across the city, although children from East Side zip codes, highest in need, are its prime target population. The Academic Summer Camp on Neighborhood Development is a problem-based and project-centered learning program. It seeks to reinforce skills in reading, writing, research, computer use, critical thinking, teamwork and problem solving by having students work on real-world projects during an intensive six-week summer program. This program is based on the nationally recognized “Mini-Education Pipeline” program developed by the Center for Urban Studies and has four interrelated goals: (1) stop the summer loss of learning, (2) increase student motivation, (3) build interactive relationships with the students’ parents and (4) instill college-going culture in students and their parents/caregivers. |
| Project/Activity Leader(s): | Henry L. Taylor, Professor and Director, Center for Urban Studies |
| Unit: | School of Architecture and Planning |
| Department: | Urban and Regional Planning |
| City: | Buffalo |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | United States |
| External Funding: | Yes |
| Funding Source: | Erie County Youth Bureau |
| Start Date: | 2012-07-01 |
| End Date: | active |
| Internal Partners: | Liberty Partnerships Program, Office of University Preparatory Programs, Graduate School of Education; Community Relations, Government and Community Relations |
| External Partners: | Erie County Youth Bureau; Buffalo Public Schools; Say Yes to Education Buffalo |
| Are UB students involved? | Yes |
