Joint Urban Studies Center
  A partnership among Keystone College, King's College, Luzerne County Community College, Marywood University, Misericordia University,
Penn State Wilkes-Barre, University of Scranton, and Wilkes University.

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Visiting Scholar Program
Click on the link below for fact sheet on the visiting scholar program for faculty from our member institutions.

JUSC Visiting Scholar Initiative
2007: Faculty members from our partner institutions of higher education are offered an opportunity to work with the staff on Center research projects. Some projects could help to further each faculty members own specific research. Member institutions have provided incentives to encourage faculty participation.


Faculty Research
Click on the links below for faculty research from our member institutions.

Planning and Managing Quality for Success by Vijay K. Arora, Ph.D.
May 2005: Quality Management has become a part and parcel of everyday life, be it at home, in the office or factory and in Government. In all organizations, where a group of human beings assemble for a common purpose, management principles come into play through the management of resources, finance, strategies, priorities, policies and practice. Quality Management is a systematic way of planning and carrying out activities in any field of human effort.


JUSC First Annual Faculty Research Symposium - April 18, 2008
April 2008: JUSC's first annual faculty research symposium took place on the Wilkes campus on April 18. Click on the link to view the Proccedings. Faculty focusing on urban studies related topics or who have used northeastern Pennsylvania as its laboratory will be featured.
Reynold Verret, Ph.D., Provost, Wilkes University, Verret welcomes attendees to the symposium.


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Executive Director Research & Policy Analyst Administrative & Outreach Coordinator

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