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Interorganizational Town-Gown Relationships And Property Taxes: A Case Study, Cynthia Felix Burns Jan 2002

Interorganizational Town-Gown Relationships And Property Taxes: A Case Study, Cynthia Felix Burns

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

This study examined the relationship between a college and its local government organizations in a community that engaged in property tax or voluntary contribution deliberations with nonprofit organizations to determine the extent to which these interactions altered the preceding town-gown relationship. Interorganizational relationship theory and social interaction theory provided a theoretical framework for data collection while cooperative interorganizational relationship (CIOR) theory was utilized in describing the findings.;A qualitative, single, embedded, descriptive case study was employed to investigate the town-gown relationship between Mercyhurst College and the City, County and Public School District of Erie, Pennsylvania to determine if and how the …


The Development Of Private Universities In Kenya, Amadu Jacky Kaba Jan 2002

The Development Of Private Universities In Kenya, Amadu Jacky Kaba

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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