But Yale, which is starting to feel the impact, has been slow to use its academic prestige on the city's behalf.
In the June 2 polls for city governor, they vented their feelings by electing an academic unschooled in the ways of City Hall.
Around the table we had entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship resource providers and supporters from the for-profit, not-for-profit, academic, and government (city and federal) arenas.
The Catholic-school closures are similar to those undertaken in suburban towns wrestling with under-enrollment but very different from school closures conducted by New York City for poor academic performance.
David Begg, a transport academic, who is convener of the city's transport committee, has well-advanced plans for an ambitious public-transport infrastructure programme.
The city's university held an academic conference on European issues in February - but no extravaganza, complete with fireworks and carnivals, is planned.
Orchkids works with the Baltimore City Public Schools to provide instruments, academic instruction, meals and mentorships at no cost.
On March 24th a group of 100 or so Utopia fans attended a lecture in the southern city of Kunming given by a well-known academic, Han Deqiang, on the Chongqing model.
Thousands of students are set to move into the city in the coming weeks for the start of the academic year.
Police in the Indian city of Jaipur are investigating controversial remarks made by a leading academic at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
BBC: Ashis Nandy: India police probe academic for 'caste slur'
Although the city's struggling schools generally face closure because of poor academic performance, the Believe schools are being targeted for fiscal and governance problems.
Describing the academic contingent as "dreadful", residents of Fallowfield say they want Manchester City Council to curb any future student housing.
BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Manchester | Residents demand curb on students
The Boricua All Stars which is a New York City based 501C3 Charitable Foundation committed to the highest principles of citizenship, academic excellence, athleticism and sportsmanship.
Academic Prawat Nagvajara was a cross-country skier for Thailand at both the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2006 Turin Games.
Howard Brim takes public transportation east from the city's predominantly African-American West End to a suburban high school that has an equally strong academic and athletic program.
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