Engaged Undergraduate Research Grants
Advancing High Road Student Research: Social Sector Studies in Action
Increasing the number of opportunities for ILR students to translate policy and help Buffalo-based community partners better inform practices around community and economic development.
Buffalo is a city that is experiencing an economic renaissance, but it still struggles with high poverty, segregated neighborhoods and low urban high school graduate rates. In 2008, Cornell created the High Road Fellowship that places 20 students in internships in organizations in Buffalo that are focused on community and economic development. This project will increase the number of High Road projects that have an engaged research component to at least half of the fellowships. To date, student research projects have included an analysis of the economic impact of immigrants and refugees on the economy in Buffalo and research for a study of racial inequality in employment in the region. After the High Road fellows return to campus, they present the results of their projects at a new applied research showcase to the Cornell community.
Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Economic Vitality and Entrepreneurship; Law, Government and Policy
The Team
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Lou Jean Fleron, Workforce Industry and Economic Development
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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Shannon Gleeson, Department of Labor Relations, Law and History
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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Marya Besharov, Department of Organizational Behavior
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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Ron Applegate, Department of Labor Relations, Law and History
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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Diane Burton, Department of Human Resource Studies
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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Megan Connelly
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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Sam Magavern
School of Industrial and Labor Relations
- Community partner: Partnership for the Public Good
In the News
JUNE 4, 2018
Revitalizing a Region: High Road students taking action through community agencies
– School of Industrial and Labor Relations website