The engaged university
Subtitle: international perspectives on civic engagement
By: David Watson ... [et al.].
Series: International studies in higher education
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780415874656; 9780203818763
Subjects: Higher Education; Education and globalization; EDUCATION / Higher; Higher education and state; Community and college; Cross-cultural studies; EDUCATION / General; EDUCATION / Administration / General
Description: "University civic engagement encompasses a broad range of efforts to directly apply university resources to the communities and societies in which they are located. These activities include applied research, community service learning courses, education and training of non-matriculated groups, community development partnerships, and student volunteering. The Engaged University is a fully empirical account of a genuinely global movement of higher education institutions to increase university civic engagement. Based on the self-assessment policies and practices of an international network of over 20 universities committed to social and civic service, it examines the everyday their objectives, management and achievements. This timely volume offers three special contributions to the literature on higher education policy and practice: an historical overview of university foundation, which is demonstrated as having almost invariably incorporated 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.""--

"University civic engagement encompasses a broad range of efforts to directly apply university resources to the communities and societies in which they are located. These activities include applied research, community service learning courses, education and training of non-matriculated groups, community development partnerships, and student volunteering. The Engaged University is an empirical account of a genuinely global movement of higher education institutions to increase university civic engagement. Based on the self-assessment policies and practices of an international network of over twenty universities committed to social and civic service, this book examines their objectives, management and achievements. This timely volume offers three special contributions to the literature on higher education policy and practice: an historical overview of university foundation, together with a survey of how these "founding" intentions have fared in different systems of higher education; a contemporary account of the policies and practices of universities all over the world seeking to reengage with this social purpose; and an overview of generic issues which emerge for the "engaged university.""--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.