Programs
Lehigh Community Research And Policy Service
The Institute for the Study of Regional Political Economy also sponsors the Lehigh Community Research and Policy Service (Lehigh CORPS). Lehigh CORPS is an experiential, team-based program in regional and urban economic development operated principally by multi-disciplinary teams of undergraduate students.
Lehigh CORPS teams tackle real problems of economic development, planning, and policy formulation, working directly on projects in partnership with external client organizations.
By nature, economic development planning projects can include students and faculty across a wide range of disciplines - economics, finance, marketing, law, urban studies, political science, public administration, history, sociology, environmental science, geology, architecture, and civil engineering. Two to four students work on each project by enrolling in a 3-credit, one-semester course (Eco 158).
Organizations interested in sponsoring projects may contact Prof. Todd A.Watkins at (610)758-4954 or taw4@lehigh.edu