Overview
Examines the role of higher education in community engagement on local, national, and international levels
Draws from document analysis, interviews with university leadership, senior administrators, and community partners to highlight challenges and opportunities in economic/community development projects, and social responsibility
Provides models for university leaders and colleagues (or faculty) to create, carry out, and scale-up a variety of public mission initiatives
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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About this book
This book covers initiatives related to higher education’s public mission such as university-community engagement, knowledge transfer, economic development, and social responsibility, using empirical and conceptual cases in the US, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. In order to develop a better understanding of public mission initiatives in higher education across the globe, the volume editors developed a theoretical framework emerging from organizational theory. Each chapter analysis uses both external environmental elements (political, economic, sociocultural, and technological), as well as internal institutional elements (mission, vision, leadership, and governance). Finally, each chapter highlights issues related to implementation and challenges with the intent of prompting readers to consider appropriate ways in which to adopt some of the lessons learned by the contributing authors.Chapter 10 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.m.
Reviews
—Ellen Hazelkorn, Professor Emerita, Technological University Dublin, Ireland, and Joint Managing Partner, BH Associates
“The most pressing crisis facing higher education is a crisis of purpose. Papadimitriou and Boboc’s edited volume is an antidote to the myopic vision of university-as-economic-engine. The rich case studies from a wide variety of countries show that while universities can be economic anchors, they also can be vital partners in strengthening communities, addressing civic challenges, and ultimately fulfilling a higher public purpose.” —Matthew Hartley, Associate Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Education at University of Pennsylvania, USA
“Papadimitriou and Boboc tackle a critical topic facing higher education today, namely, the role of the university’s public contributions, or the ‘third-mission’ of universities, in a neo-liberal context. Using an open-systems framework, the chapters in their volume use a range of international case studies based in different contexts to highlight how positive organizational change can occur.”
—Pamela Eddy, Professor of Higher Education, College of William & Mary, USA
—Gerardo L. Blanco, Associate Academic Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA
“More than ever, the public purpose and mission of higher education needs to be clarified and understood. The editors of this volume provide a diverse set of perspectives on public mission initiatives from around the world that will be instructive to any higher education leader or student.”
—Christopher C. Morphew, Dean School of Education, John Hopkins University, USA
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Antigoni Papadimitriou is Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership in the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at Western Kentucky University, USA. She also holds a courtesy appointment at Johns Hopkins University, USA, to complete two internal grants focused on university-community engaged research and social change.
Marius Boboc is Professor of Education in the College of Education and Human Services and Provost for Academic Planning at Cleveland State University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Re-envisioning Higher Education’s Public Mission
Book Subtitle: Global Perspectives
Editors: Antigoni Papadimitriou, Marius Boboc
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55716-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55715-7Published: 22 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55718-8Published: 22 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55716-4Published: 21 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 294
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Higher Education, International and Comparative Education, Development and Sustainability, Educational Policy and Politics