Socially Responsible Higher Education : International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy / edited by Budd L. Hall and Rajesh Tandon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Budd L., editor.

Tandon, Rajesh, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 305 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2021

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill Sense, [2021]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is higher education contributing to our global crises? Does it offer stories of hope? The editors feature authors and viewpoints from often excluded groups of emerging scholars and parts of the world seldom read in literature on higher education and social responsibility.; Readership: Higher education students, scholars and administrators. Ministries of higher education, policy makers, networks, foundations, UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education, Climate crisis and social justice activists, University World News.

Contents:

Introduction: Social responsibility and community based research in higher education institutions / Budd Hall and Rajesh Tandon

The university and the tensions of inclusion as part of the ethos of social responsibility / Ana Maria de Albuquerque Moreira, Andrea Tejera Techera, Márcia Lopes Reis and Sebastian Schurmann

Rethinking higher education for social responsibility in South Africa : considering synergies between Gandhian Principles and Ubuntu / Kanya Padayachee, Darren Lortan and Savathrie Maistry

Nepali lifeworld and its higher education system : a critical assessment of the dis/connection / Kapil Dev Regmi

'Social infrastructures' in the nexus of education and justice / Benita Moolman and Janice McMillan

Why are our rankings so white? / University Wankings

Saying 'no' to rankings and metrics : scholarly communication and knowledge democracy / Florence Piron, Tom Olyhoek, Ivonne Lujano Vilchis, Ina Smith and Zakari Liré

Education outside the classroom : social commitment in university education / James Cuenca Morales and Claudia Lucía Mora Motta

Community learning and the arts in art education : experiences in Montenegro / Anđela Jakšić-Stojanović

Higher education and the unique gifts of persons with intellectual disabilities / Anna Nahirna and Olha Mykhailyshyn

Language, identity and transformation : the case of Arabic in Qatari higher education / Emna Belkhiria, Mazhar al-Zo'by and Arslan Ayari

Universities and society in Kyrgyzstan : a historical, political and economic perspective / Bohdan Krawchenko, Zalina Enikeeva and Tamara Krawchenko

Social responsibility and legal education in India : a study in special reference to national law universities / Anita Kumari and Pratikalpa Sharma

Engaging the school community into diversity and inclusion : the case of EHESP School of Public Health / Estelle Baurès and Alessia Lo Porto-Lefébure

Service learning at the Instituto Professional of Chile : social responsibility in higher technical and professional education / José Sepúlveda Maulén

Towards a new understanding of social responsibility : the experiences and challenges faced by Peru's law schools / Renata Anahí Bregaglio Lazarte, Renato Antonio Constantino Caycho and Paula Camino Morgado

Tagore, social responsibility and higher education in India / Sarita Anand

Preventing university student radicalisation : a social responsibility for institutions of higher education / Catherine Déri

Support for prospective refugee students in Germany : Quo vadis? / Jana Berg

50 years and beyond on knowledge for change in Malaysia : the case of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) / Aileen Tan Shau Hwai, Muzaimi Mustapha, Asyirah Abdul Rahim and Darshan Singh

Towards a European framework for community engagement in higher education / Thomas Farnell and Bojana Ćulum Ilić

Policies, learning and ethical positions in the university-community articulation : higher education legitimacy in the Southern Cone / Sebastián Fuentes

Trying to say 'no' to rankings and metrics : case studies from francophone West Africa, South Africa, Latin America and the Netherlands / Florence Piron, Tom Olyhoek, Ivonne Lujano Vilchis, Ina Smith and Zakari Liré

Conclusion: Towards a framework for knowledge democracy / Rajesh Tandon and Budd Hall.

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ISBN:

90-04-45907-3