Center for Urban Research and Learning

Loyola University Chicago

Here you will find all of CURL's research projects and publications.

Strategies for Using Whole School Climate Prevention to Support the Morale of Staff

The purpose of this project was to develop specific strategies for using whole school climate prevention to support the morale of staff when experiencing unexpected change which increases teacher’s stress and may have a negative impact on student’s learning. We performed a mixed method study of an urban middle school that was targeted for downsizing in a large urban district and is now implementing school-wide prevention for behavior problems.

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Evaluation of Medicaid Housing Demonstration Project

This project delivered a process and outcome evaluation of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) Medicaid Supportive Housing Pilot Project in collaboration with AFC and Health Disability Advocates (HDA). CURL and HDA partnered in this research, with CURL focusing on the process evaluation and analysis of outcome data, and HDA focusing on the policy context and recommendations.

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Community Uprooted: Eminent Domain in the U.S.

Loyola University’s Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL) partnered with photographer Richard Wasserman to create Community Uprooted: Eminent Domain in the U.S., an anthology of photographs and interviews that grapples with the impact of eminent domain – past and present -- on the lives of Americans across the country -- in cities, suburbs, and in rural and farming communities. The project combines a collection of stirring and evocative photographs with the words and experiences of the people most impacted by cases of eminent domain.

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Bethel New Life: Community Economic Development

The Center for Urban Research and Learning at Loyola University Chicago partnered with Bethel New Life in developing research to benefit the surrounding community. This emerging project focused on key issues around community and economic development. Research goals included utilizing GIS technology to create databases of information pertinent to the surrounding and Bethel New Life community.

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