Institutional change / edited by Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Cathy Burack, and Sarena Seifer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fitzgerald, Hiram E.

Burack, Cathy.

Seifer, Sarena D.

Series:

Transformations in higher education.

Transformations in higher education : the scholarship of engagement

Handbook of engaged scholarship : contemporary landscapes, future directions ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community and college--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Community and college.

Service learning--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Service learning.

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

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (477 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2010.

Summary:

In the preface to the Handbook of Engaged Scholarship, Hiram Fitzgerald observes that the Kellogg Commission's challenge to higher education to engage with communities was a significant catalyst for action. At Michigan State University, the response was the development of ""engaged scholarship,"" a distinctive, scholarly approach to campus-community partnerships. Engaged scholars recognize that community based scholarship is founded on an underpinning of mutual respect and recognition that community knowledge is valid and that sustainability is an integral part of the

Contents:

pt. 1. The emerging movement

pt. 2. Across the higher education landscape

pt. 3. Engaged faculty and emerging scholars

pt. 4. Student learning in the engaged academy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-60917-195-0

OCLC:

923248600