This book reveals how major changes in society have created major challenges for the delivery of higher education--challenges that can be met successfully by the power and potential of the urban campus and its flexibility in offering education and services to nontraditional students. Elliott discusses the true significance of urban-based nontraditional campuses, which not only serve student populations that extend beyond 18- to 22-year-old full-time students, but also interact with and respond to the needs of surrounding communities. She describes inequities in accreditation, funding, and faculty performance evaluation and explores limitations and misplaced fears about territorial concerns. Understanding how the urban campus works actually gives the reader an important perspective on our traditional higher education system.