use the format below, use APA
The research question is: To what extent does retaining recent college graduates in legacy cities contribute to long-term civic capacity and economic revitalization?
Citation
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Summary
For example: What was their research question? Did they have a study area? What data and methods did they use? What were their findings?
Contribution
For example: What do the authors claim is their contribution to knowledge? What did they find that was previously unknown? How did they push knowledge forward?
Relate to other sources
For example: Did this source agree or disagree with others you have found? Does this paper focus on the same study area as another source? Ask a similar research question?
Relate to research question/thesis
For example: Which part of your paper does this source support? Is it geared towards your introduction/foundation? Or maybe your thesis has three supporting ideas and this supports idea #1. Maybe it is a counter example you’re going to talk about in a discussion or conclusion section.
These are the sources:
Hansen, S. B., Ban, C., & Huggins, L. (2003). Explaining the “Brain Drain” from Older Industrial Cities: The Pittsburgh Region. Economic Development Quarterly, 17(2), 132–147. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891242403017002002
Swanstrom, T., Ukpabi, I., & Johns-Wolfe, E. (2024). The People-Place Dilemma: The Challenge for Anchor Networks in Legacy Cities: The Challenge for Anchor Networks in Legacy Cities. Metropolitan Universities, 35(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.18060/27454
Mitra, D. L., Movit, M., & Frick, W. (2008). Brain Drain in the Rust Belt: Can Educational Reform Help to Build Civic Capacity in Struggling Communities? Educational Policy, 22(5), 731–757. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904807310038
Ehrenfeucht, R., & Nelson, M. (2018). Moving to a shrinking city? Some suggestive observations on why college-educated professionals came to New Orleans and why they stayed. Urban Studies, 55(12), 2762–2779. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098017720883