Engaged research and practice : higher education and the pursuit of the public good / edited by Betty Overton, Penny A. Pasque and John C. Burkhardt ; foreword, Tony Chambers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Overton, Betty Jean, editor, author.

Pasque, Penny A., editor, author.

Burkhardt, John, editor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Action research in education--United States.

Action research in education.

United States.

Community and college--United States.

Community and college.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Common good.

Physical Description:

xxi, 309 pages ; ǂc 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing., LLC, 2016.

Contents:

Foreword : engaged research and practice : higher education and the pursuit of the public good / Tony Chambers

Engaged research as the scholarship of practice / Betty Overton

Framing organizational research and practice toward higher education for the public good / John C. Burkhardt

Conflating community means with organizational ends : strengthening reciprocity in a multi-sector higher education access partnership / Elizabeth Hudson

Community agency and college-going culture : the use of participatory action research / Esmeralda Hernandez

Collaborative approaches to community change : the complexities of power, collaboration and social change / Penny A. Pasque

Challenges to diversity : engaged administrative leadership for transformation in contested domains / Cassie L. Barnhardt

Access points to the American dream : immigrant students in community colleges / Kyle Southern, Teresita Wisell, Jill Casner-Lotto

Organizational transformation for catalytic social change / Lara Kovacheff Badke

Undocumented student access to higher education : focused efforts at the federal and institutional levels / Kimberly A. Reyes, Aurora Kamimura, Kyle Southern

"The problem with our students is that their families don't value education" : undocumented Latino mles / Magdalena Martinez

Linking state priorities with local strategies : examining the role of communities in postsecondary access and success / Nathan J. Daun-Barnett

Reflections on lessons learned and next steps / Betty Overton.

Other Format:

Online version: Engaged research and practice

ISBN:

9781620364406

1620364409

9781620364390

1620364395

OCLC:

944086580