Loyola University Chicago
Here you will find all of CURL's research projects and publications.
Fairfield University, Santa Clara University and Loyola University Chicago partnered and received a grant from the Ford Foundation to explore experiences of undocumented students at Jesuit universities. The project seeks to better understand challenges and obstacles faced by undocumented students and ways of eliminating those barriers. The project has several short-term and long-term goals.
Read MoreTo better understand the factors producing stable diversity, community leaders were interviewed in a select number of communities identified as stable and diverse according to the 2000 and 2010 Census data.
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The Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities was a nationally recognized fair housing organization founded at the end of Martin Luther King's Chicago Freedom Movement in 1966. For 40 years the Leadership Council fought against racial segregation in Chicago and around the country through litigation, direct housing assistance services and educational programs for real estate professionals. In 2006, the Council was disbanded for financial reasons. CURL worked to collect an archive of information, interviews and documents about the history of the Council.
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South Asian students at a picnic in Chicago, circa 1959. Courtesy of SAAPRI.
In partnership with the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations, researchers from CURL and multiple Loyola University departments examined the cycle of community reinvestment, displacement and its impact on low income residents, particularly those living in predominantly African American or Latino communities.
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