Community-University Engagement : a process for building democratic communities / Tami L. Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Tami L., author.

Series:

ASHE higher education report ; Volume 40, Number 2.

ASHE Higher Education Report, 1551-6970 ; Volume 40, Number 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community and college.

Education, Higher.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the emphasis on economic development through community-university engagement intensifies, educators and policy makers must learn to think differently about the engagement process. This is particularly true when a narrowly defined group of leaders sets the engagement agenda, and those who are traditionally underrepresented continue to be marginalized in the conversations about their own futures. Emphasizing the importance of community as a context for engagement and building strong relationships over time, Moore calls on institutional leaders to intentionally facilitate broad par

Contents:

Community-University Engagement: A Process for Building Democratic Communities; Contents; Executive Summary; Foreword; Overview; Reframing Engagement; The Emergence of a Field of Study; Defining Engagement; Documenting/Describing Engagement; Advancing Engagement as Faculty Work; Institutionalizing Engagement; Considering Community in Engagement Activities; Engaging for Democracy; Using Theory to Advance Community-University Engagement; Organizational Theory; Community and Economic Development Models; The Role of Place in Engagement; A Roadmap; Community as Place; Placemaking

Community TourismContinuing Education; University Extension; Community-University Partnerships; Driving the Economy; Reconciling Competing Roles: The Anchor Institution Mission; Directions for Future Research: Institutional Change; Leadership; Change as a Scholarly Act; Methodologies to Advance Institutional Change; Community as Classroom; Intended Outcomes of (a) Higher Education; Teaching and Learning for Civic Engagement; Cocurricular Civic Engagement; (Academically Based) Service-Learning; Student Learning Outcomes; Community Experiences of Civic Engagement

Directions for Future Research: Institutional PurposePlace-Based Learning; Augmenting Place-Based Learning Through the Critical Theory Tradition; A Critical Pedagogy of Place; Methodologies to Transform Institutional Purpose; Community as Research Context; (Community-) Engaged Faculty Work; Community-Based Research; University-Industry Collaborations; The Impact of Engaged Faculty Work on Communities; Community Experiences With Engaged Scholarship; Evaluating the Impact of University Actions; Encouraging Engaged Scholarship; Realigning the Institutional Economy

Directions for Future Research: Institutional CultureWhere Expertise Empowers: Postcolonial Theory; Where Expertise Excludes: Deliberative Democracy; Methodologies to Explore Institutional Culture; Implications and Recommendations; Recommendations for Realizing the Civic Imperative of Higher Education; Maintaining a Commitment to Civic Responsibility; Advancing Engagement-as-Process; Moving Engagement From Outcome to Process; References; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Author; About the ASHE Higher Education Report Series; Recent Titles; Order Form; Advert

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 14, 2014).

ISBN:

1-118-91746-4

1-118-91747-2

OCLC:

879074478