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Community Engagement in Higher Education

Policy Reforms and Practice

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  1. W. James Jacob

    1. University of Pittsburgh, USA

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  2. Stewart E. Sutin

    1. University of Pittsburgh, USA

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  3. John C. Weidman

    1. University of Pittsburgh, USA

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  4. John L. Yeager

    1. University of Pittsburgh, USA

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  • This book provides a global perspective on higher education community engagement and is comprised of both conceptual chapters and individual and comparative country case study contributions, including Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Part of the book series: Pittsburgh Studies in Comparative and International Education (PSCIE)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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    1. Community Engagement in Higher Education

      • W. James Jacob, Stewart E. Sutin, John C. Weidman, John I. Yeager
      Pages 1-28

  3. Thematic Issues Related to Higher Education Community Engagement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Divide and Conquer

      • Kassie Freeman
      Pages 31-39

    3. Service-Learning and Disaster Recovery

      • Alex Johnson, David Hoovler
      Pages 41-49

    5. Building University-Community Partnerships

      • Tatyana Dumova
      Pages 73-88

    6. Place-Based Approaches to Engagement

      • Linda Silka, Mario Teisl, James Settele
      Pages 89-102

  4. Institutional Programs, Partnerships, and Case Studies in the United States

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. University and Communities in Partnership

      • Tracy M. Soska
      Pages 105-125

    3. Public Higher Education Performance in the United States

      • Stewart E. Sutin, Kathryn Bethea
      Pages 127-137

    6. Teachers College Partnership Schools Consortium

      • Kecia Hayes, Emily Zemke
      Pages 185-208

    7. Evolution, Not Revolution

      • Anne C. Kaplan
      Pages 209-224

  5. Institutional Programs, Partnerships, and Case Studies in China, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. Knowledge Matters

      • Sumin Li, Dongfang Wang
      Pages 239-253

    4. The Role of Maasai Mara University in Promoting Sustainable Development

      • David K. Serem, Augustine M. Kara
      Pages 269-285
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There seems to be renewed interest in having universities and other higher education institutions engage with their communities at the local, national, and international levels. But what is community engagement? Even if this interest is genuine and widespread, there are many different concepts of community service, outreach, and engagement. The wide range of activity encompassed by community engagement suggests that a precise definition of the “community mission” is difficult and organizing and coordinating such activities is a complex task. This edited volume includes 18 chapters that explore conceptual understandings of community engagement and higher education reforms and initiatives intended to foster it. Contributors provide empirical research findings, including several case study examples that respond to the following higher educaiton community engagement issues. What is “the community” and what does it need and expect from higher education institutions? Is community engagement a mission of all types of higher education institutions or should it be the mission of specific institutions such as regional or metropolitan universities, technical universities, community colleges, or indigenous institutions while other institutions such as major research universities should concentrate on national and global research agendas and on educating internationally-competent researchers and professionals? How can a university be global and at the same time locally relevant? Is it, or should it be, left to the institutions to determine the scope and mode of their community engagement, or is a state mandate preferable and feasible? If community engagement or “community service” are mandatory, what are the consequences of not complying with the mandate? How effective are policy mandates and university engagement for regional and local economic development? What are the principal features and relationships of regionally-engaged universities? Is community engagementto be left to faculty members and students who are particularly socially engaged and locally embedded or is it, or should it be, made mandatory for both faculty and students? How can community engagement be (better) integrated with the (other) two traditional missions of the university—research and teaching? Cover image: The Towering Four-fold Mission of Higher Education, by Natalie Jacob
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  • University of Pittsburgh, USA

    W. James Jacob, Stewart E. Sutin, John C. Weidman, John L. Yeager

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