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Author: David Watson,Robert Hollister,Susan,Elizabeth Babcock

The Engaged University is a comprehensive empirical account of the global civic engagement movement in higher education. In universities around the world, something extraordinary is underway. Mobilizing their human and intellectual resources, institutions of higher education are directly tackling community problems – combating poverty, improving public health, and restoring environmental quality. This book documents and analyzes this exciting trend through studies of civic engagement and social responsibility at twenty institutions worldwide.

This timely volume offers three special contributions to the literature on higher education policy and practice: a historical overview of the founding purposes of universities, which almost invariably included a context-specific element of social purpose, together with a survey of how these “founding” intentions have fared in different systems of higher education; a contemporary account of the policy and practice of universities – all over the world – seeking to re-engage with this social purpose; and an overview of generic issues which emerge for the “engaged university.”

The Engaged University International Perspectives on Civic Engagement 1st Table of contents:

Part I University–Community Relationships The Long View

1 Historical and Geographical Perspectives

Universities and Communities Phase One: Specialist Communities

Universities and Communities Phase Two: National and Regional Institutions Serving Post-Industrial Society

Universities and Communities Phase Three: Public “Systems of HE”

Universities and Their Communities Phase Four: Curriculum and Institutional Innovation

Universities and Their Communities Phase Five: Blurred Boundaries and the “Dual Sector”

Universities and Their Communities Phase Six: The “For Profit” Sector

Phase One

Phase Two

Phase Three

Phase Four

Phase Five

Phase Six

Grand Narratives

2 Types of Capital and Citizenship

The Question of Citizenship

3 Contemporary Drivers

 

Part II The Engaged University

4 The Project

Scope

Why This Study?

Project Goals

Methodology

5 The Profiles

Australia and Its Higher Education System

Two-Way Learning

Sharing Knowledge

A University Without Walls

India and Its Higher Education System

An Enlightened Woman is a Source of Infinite Strength

Israel and its Higher Education System

Institution-Wide Commitment to Social Responsibility

The Occupied Palestinian Territories and their Higher Education System

Education and Service for Political Change and Development

Malaysia and Its Higher Education System

Community Partnerships to Address National Priorities

Mexico and Its Higher Education System

Cultivating Ethics and Citizenship

Pakistan and Its Higher Education System

A Unique University with a Mandate for Social Development

Peru and Its Higher Education System

A Regional Leader for Human and Economic Development

Origins and History

Cultivating a Regional Identity

Evolving Internal Structures

Being Present in the Community

Strengthening Civil Society and Local Government

Conclusion

The Philippines and its Higher Education System

Volunteer Service to the Poor

South Africa and its Higher Education System

Community Partnerships for Development and the Appropriation of New Knowledge

Sudan and Its Higher Education System

Empowering Women as Agents of Change through Education

Tanzania and Its Higher Education System

Knowledge for Development

Ukraine and Its Higher Education System

Building Civil Society

The United Kingdom and Its Higher Education System

Open Access for Social Justice

Reinventing Liberal Higher Education

The United States of America and Its Higher Education System

Knowledge to Serve the City

Social Justice Education and Research and Service

Venezuela and Its Higher Education System

From Education for National Development to Community Solidarity

6 Findings Common Patterns and Influences

Vision, Mission, and Goals

Common Vision that Transcends Major Differences in Context

A Central Dimension of Institutional Mission

Primary Goals: Community Impacts and Education of Leaders for Change

Programs and Policies

Applied Research and Service-Learning

Institutional Policies and Practices

Variations in Program Mix

Extensive Investment in Community Partnerships

Access to Higher Education is an Important Form of Civic and Social Responsibility

Empowering Women Through Education

Leadership and Organization

The Leadership Dimension

Organizational Strategies

Results and the Future

Outcomes

The Future—Expansion and Collaboration

Influences on University Civic Engagement

Institutional Leadership

Financial Constraints

Explicit Government Policies Matter

Politically Diverse Contexts

Less Prestigious Institutions Lead in Innovation

The Power of Community Needs and Expectations

A Major Obstacle: The Academic Rewards System

International Agencies are a Major Ally

Student Expectations and Leadership

 

Part III An Engaged University Movement

7 Networks A Unifying Force

Opportunities and Constraints

Driving Factors in Network Development

Independent or Not?

Challenges

Growing Global Momentum

8 The World Upside Down University Civic Engagement from the South to the North

Comfort Zones

Political Priorities

Character or Development

Human Capital

Necessity Over Choice

Empanelling the Private Sector

International Partnerships

Religion and Science

Vocational Courses and Translational Research

Mode 2

Pull Over Push

9 Implications for Policy and Practice

Aspects of Policy

Government Policies

Funding and Sustainability

Aspects of Management

Leadership

Faculty Incentives

Organizational Structure

Operating on the Boundary: The Place of Partnerships

More Research is Needed

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