Anchor Institutions

15 Small City Anchor Institutions • Context 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 Satisfaction with institutional quality, alongside strong desire for continued expansion. Institutional expansion is outpacing integration, creating friction and local tension. Large footprints and limited positive contributions to the communtiy. Institution remains underutilized by the city, with need for deeper engagement. Institutional quality is strong, but growth has not kept pace with its potential role. Quality Change Eds Quality and Change, Co-Lab City Portraits The chart above displays participants’ ratings of educational institutions in their small cities based on quality and change. Each bubble represents one institution. The X-axis measures the institution’s quality, rated from 1 (liability) to 5 (asset) by each participant. The Y-axis measures the pace of change, from 1 (slow) to 5 (fast). Each bubble therefore shows how participants perceive an institution’s quality in relation to how quickly it is changing.

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