num_pages: 324
description: Today’s institutions of higher education find themselves in a struggle to rediscover their roots in civic engagement, and embed such values in their students through intentional leadership, service-learning, and community connectedness. Public Work and the Academy provides academic leaders with a resource to increase their fluency with and ability to lead service-learning and civic engagement efforts on their campuses, with their peers, and throughout their institutions in order to shape the future of higher education. It is written specifically for chief academic officers, provosts, deans, and division and department chairs, who have significant responsibility for their campus's academic programs. This book provides guidance on
language: English
title: Public Work and the Academy: An Academic Administrator's Guide to Civic Engagement and Service-Learning
titlecomplete: Public Work and the Academy: An Academic Administrator's Guide to Civic Engagement and Service-Learning (JB - Anker)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Jossey-Bass