Word: bridgeport
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...economic impact of Yale on New Haven is, and has always been, undoubtedly positive. If Yale ever left New Haven, the city's economy would collapse. New Haven would resembled the now bankrupt city of Bridgeport, Conn...
...Kimball County, Nebraska, local officials welcomed a hazardous-waste incinerator after Waste-Tech Services promised a $60 million investment. The mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, which tried to declare bankruptcy last year, is angling to win a cash infusion of several million dollars from Wheelabrator Environmental Systems in exchange for permitting the expansion of a regional waste incinerator...
Among the financially weakest colleges, however, intelligent cutting will not suffice. "Some colleges will either have to consolidate or shut down," says Sara Melendez, who until recently served as vice provost and dean of arts and humanities at Connecticut's University of Bridgeport. The school, hard hit by the deterioration of its hometown, has been struggling to stave off its own demise. Late last year it began negotiations for an emergency loan of $2 million to $3 million in order to keep operating. Administrators now believe that the school can survive only by merging with nearby Sacred Heart University, though...
...challenging than ever for young men who are * poor, black or Hispanic. Although recent reports suggest that the number of black students completing high school is growing, thousands continue to fall by the wayside. Nearly one-third of the youngsters in James' class dropped out before graduation. In the Bridgeport area, the unemployment rate for black and Hispanic males between ages 16 and 19 is 38.5%, more than five times the rate for the general population. Idleness often leads to illicit activity. Local police arrested 1,914 juveniles in 1989; 158 of them were charged with violent crimes...
...James got involved with the Bridgeport chapter of a national program called Youth at Risk, which took youngsters to the Catskill Mountains for 10 summer days of arduous physical exercise and intense rap sessions designed to help them develop skills to cope with the pressures back on the street. Gerrod, who was also selected to go, left after just six days, but James stayed on and completed a follow-up program during the school year...