Engaging Higher Education: Purpose, Platforms and Programs for Community Engagement

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welch, Marshall, author.

Contributor:

Saltmarsh, John, Author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community and college--United States.

Community and college.

Service learning--United States.

Service learning.

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

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.) ill

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For directors of campus centres that have received the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement, this book offers research and models to further advance their work. For directors starting out, or preparing for application for the Carnegie Classification, it provides guidance on setting up and structuring centres as well as practical insights into the process of application.

Contents:

Foreword: The Continuing Evolution of Community Engagement Centers

Part One: Purpose. Chapter 1: Pathway of Public Purpose: Getting to Now

Chapter 2: What Is Engagement?

Part Two: Platforms. Chapter 3: Institutionalizing Community Engagement

Chapter 4: Implementing Community Engagement

Chapter 5: Infrastructure and Operations of Campus Centers for Engagement

Part Three: Programs. Chapter 6: Engaging Students

Chapter 7: Engaging Faculty

Chapter 8: Engaging Community Partners

Chapter 9: Promise, Peril, and Projections.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 10, 2017).

ISBN:

9781003444473

1003444474

9781620363850

1620363852

9781000975192

1000975193

9781000980417

1000980413

OCLC:

1390712647