Faculty work and the public good : philanthropy, engagement, and academic professionalism / edited by Genevieve G. Shaker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaker, Genevieve G., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community and college--United States.

Community and college.

College teachers--Workload.

Learning and scholarship--Social aspects.

Learning and scholarship.

College teaching--Social aspects.

College teaching.

Universities and colleges.

United States.

Universities and colleges--United States--Public services.

College teaching--Social aspects--United States.

Learning and scholarship--Social aspects--United States.

College teachers--Workload--United States.

College teachers.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

xii, 289 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2015]

Summary:

Faculty Work and the Public Good provides an alternate perspective on America's colleges and universities. This collection is essential reading for higher education policymakers, trustees, and administrators; students and scholars of higher education and philanthropy; and individual faculty concerned about their profession. Book jacket.

Contents:

Seeing philanthropy in faculty work : an introduction / Genevieve G. Shaker

Voluntary action for public good? : faculty work and the broad definition of philanthropy / Michael Moody

Recovering the original meaning of philanthropy : a prelude to consideration of the philanthropy of faculty work / Marty Sulek

Philanthropy as motivator and meaning : reflections on academic work / Ann E. Austin

Gifting time : faculty activities with a philanthropic orientation / Thomas F. Nelson-Laird

Philanthropy without tenure / Genevieve G. Shaker

Inherent philanthropy in multicultural faculty work at a research university / Emily L. Moore and J. Herman Blake

Professors acting for the public good : beyond the "new normal" to the academy we choose / Gary Rhoades

Faculty behaving well / Dwight F. Burlingame

Faculty work as philanthropy : doing good and doing it well / Richard C. Turner

Thought and action : faculty philanthropic contributions through the state humanities council movement in america / Elizabeth Lynn

How do faculty in for-profit institutions serve the public good? / Denise Mott DeZolt

Beyond the ivory tower : academic work in the 21st century / William G. Tierney and Jason F. Perkins

Philanthropy and education faculty : renewing engagement with teachers and schools / Paul Shaker

Faculty grassroots leadership as philanthropy / Adrianna Kezar and Sean Gehrke

Community engagement : an expression of faculty philanthropy? / Jia G. Liang, Lorilee R. Sandmann, and Audrey J. Jaeger

Reflections on the public good and academic professionalism / R. Eugene Rice, John Saltmarsh, and William M. Plater.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807756171

0807756172

9780807756188

0807756180

OCLC:

891125161