David Watson, Robert Hollister, Susan E. Stroud, Elizabeth Babcock

The Engaged University (eBook, PDF)

International Perspectives on Civic Engagement

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Engaged University is a fully empirical account of a genuinely global movement of higher education institutions to increase university civic engagement.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136738449
• Artikelnr.: 38270031

Autorenporträt

David Watson is Principal of Green Templeton College, Oxford.

Robert M. Hollister is Dean, and Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Professor of Citizenship and Public Service in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University.

Susan E. Stroud is Executive Director, Innovations in Civic Participation.

Elizabeth Babcock is Talloires Network Coordinator, Innovations in Civic Participation.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editors' Introduction
Preface
Talloires Declaration on the Civic Roles and Social Responsibilities of Higher Education
Introduction and Acknowledgements
I. University-Community Relationships: The long view
1. Historical and Geographical Perspectives
2. Types of Capital and Citizenship
3. Contemporary Drivers
II. The Engaged University
4. The project
5. The profiles
5.1 Australia and its Higher Education System
6. Findings: Common patterns and influences
III. An Engaged University Movement
7. Networks: A unifying force
8. The world upside-side down: university engagement from the South to the North
9. Implications for policy and practice
Appendix 1. Institutional questionnaire
Appendix 2. Field research questions
Acronyms
References
Notes on Contributors
Index