The topics and applied research explored via our students' Master's papers are diverse within community development.
Recent Master's paper titles include
- The Emerging Role of Team Leadership In Community Capacity Building
- The Responsible Banking Ordinance As A Mechanism of Community Development
- The Fire Service in Community Development: Prevention, Partnerships, and Public Value
- Home Is Where the Shale Isn't: The Effects of Marcellus Shale Development
On Amenity Migration in Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands - Cultural Economic Development In Michigan: An Examination of Available Public State Resources
- Knowledge, Knowledge Management, and Innovation: The Importance of Knowledgeable Citizens to Community and Economic Development Efforts
- Business Incubation, Innovation & Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Brazil, China, & Turkey
- How the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity Assets Can Foster Livelihoods
- The Effects Of Military Mobility On Involvement In Community Development
- Threats and Opportunities Facing the Nogales, Arizona Economy and Society: A Case Study of Federal Revenue's Impact on Border Town Economies
- Elite Power, the Growth Machine and Local Economic Development: A Case Study
- Implementation of Community Visioning: Municipal Comprehensive and Nonprofit/Public Strategic Plans
- The Role of Universities in Local Place-Based Development: Practice and Potential
- Philanthropy and Pennsylvania's Natural Gas Boom: An Examination of Philanthropic Opportunities in Rural Communities
- Sustainable Community Economic Development: A Framework For Practitioners
- Are Communities Ready to Fly? - An Overview of the High School Dropout Crisis and What Communities Can Do To Reduce Dropout
