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Higher Education’s Anchor Mission: A Sharpened Imperative & A Framework for Action

bpham · Jul 20, 2020 ·

The paper by the Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and the Coalition of Urban & Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) “rearticulates the goals of the anchor mission and positions it as a framework through which higher education institutions can more fully realize their commitment to the public good and make more equitable the local economies they support and often […]

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Anchor Collaboratives: Building bridges with place-based partnerships and anchor institutions

bpham · May 7, 2019 ·

Healthcare Anchor Network’s director of communication and policy Bich Ha Pham co-authored the report Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges with Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions, which discusses the role of anchor institutions and collaboratives in leveraging the power of their economic assets to address social and economic disparities and to revitalize local communities. The report focuses on the work […]

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Advancing the Anchor Mission of Healthcare

lworth@democracycollaborative.org · May 1, 2019 ·

In December 2016, leaders from 40 health systems gathered in Washington, DC to explore the potential to more fully harness their economic power to inclusively and sustainably benefit the long-term well-being of American communities. This report summarizes the events of the convening and presents the health systems’ collective vision of the Healthcare Anchor Network.

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The Anchor Mission: Leveraging the Power of Anchor Institutions to Build Community Wealth

lworth@democracycollaborative.org · Feb 2, 2013 ·

This report from The Democracy Collaborative and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT focuses on the path-breaking Vision 2010 Program implemented in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio by University Hospitals System.

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