New directions in civic engagement
Subtitle: university avenue meets main street
By: [edited by Kathleen Ferraiolo]
Contributors: Ferraiolo, Kathleen; Pew Partnership for Civic Change
Publisher: Pew Partnership for Civic Change
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Charlottesville, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
Subjects: Community and college
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: Introduction; title: Pt. 1: Engagement through university-community partnerships; title: Key features of successful university-community partnerships / David Wilson; title: A public citizen: The civic code of an educational institution for the betterment of society / Osvaldo Cardoza and Gustavo Salinas; title: A partnership that's making a difference: The University of Pennsylvania's West Philadelphia's Initiatives / Judith Rodin; title: Pt. 2: Engagement through civic education; title: Educating for citizenship in a diverse and interdependent  society / Nancy Thomas; title: The role of higher education in preparing undergraduates for lives of civic responsibility / Anne Colby, Thomas Ehrlich, Elizabeth Beaumont, and Jason Stephens; title: Brown University and civic engagement: A recent graduate's perspective  / Claiborne Walthall; title: Pt. 3: New perspecrives on engagement; title: The public engagement of theological education / James Waits and Robert Franklin; title: Heavy lifting: Bridging Main Street and College Avenue / Carlyle Ramsey; title: Mutual benefits that can accrue to universities and communities from their interactions with each other / John Bryant and Miriam West; title: Pt. 4: Is it working? Three universities take on assessment; title: Assessment strategies in civic engagement and higher education / Kathleen Ferraiolo; title: Lessons and recommendations