Civic engagement in higher education
Subtitle: concepts and practices
By: Barbara Jacoby and Associates ; foreword by Thomas Ehrlich.
Series: The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780470388464
Subjects: Service learning -- United States; Civics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States; Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Engagement in today's higher education : an overview / Barbara Jacoby; title: What we know about civic engagement among college students / Mark Hugo Lopez and Abby Kiesa; title: Educating students for personal and social responsibility : the civic learning spiral / Caryn McTighe Musil; title: Civic engagement in the first college year / Mary Stuart Hunter and Blaire L. Moody; title: Engaging general education / Kim Spiezio; title: The influence of integrative and interdisciplinary learning on civic engagement / Nance Lucas; title: Capstone experiences / Kevin Kecskes and Seanna Kerrigan; title: Enhancing intercultural competence through civic engagement / Michelle R. Dunlap and Nicole Webster; title: Leadership education and the revitalization of public life / Nicholas V. Longo and Marguerite S. Shaffer; title: Moving from service-learning to civic engagement / Marshall Welch; title: Community-based undergraduate research : collaborative inquiry for the public good / Elizabeth L. Paul; title: Global civic engagement / Barbara Jacoby and Nevin C. Brown; title: Securing the future of civic engagement in higher education / Barbara Jacoby and Elizabeth Hollander.