Institutionalizing Community Engagement in Higher Education (eBook, PDF)

The First Wave of Carnegie Classified Institutions: New Directions for Higher Education, Number 147
Redaktion: Sandmann, Lorilee R; Jaeger, Audrey J.; Thornton, Courtney H.

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Produktbeschreibung

Leading scholars of engagement analyze data from the first wave ofcommunity-engaged institutions as classified by the CarnegieFoundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The analysescollectively serve as a statement about the current status ofhigher education community engagement in the United States.Eschewing the usual arguments about why community engagement isimportant, this volume presents the first large-scale stocktakingabout the nature and extent of the institutionalization ofengagement in higher education. Aligned with the Carnegie CommunityEngagement Classification framework, the dimensions of leading,student learning, partnering, assessing, funding, and rewarding arediscussed. This volume recognizes the progress made by this first wave ofcommunity-engaged institutions of higher education, acknowledgesbest practices of these exemplary institutions, and offersrecommendations to leaders as a pathway forward. This is the 147th volume of the Jossey-Bass higher educationquarterly report series New Directions for HigherEducation. Addressed to presidents, vice presidents, deans,and other higher-education decision-makers on all kinds ofcampuses, New Directions for Higher Educationprovides timely information and authoritative advice about majorissues and administrative problems confronting everyinstitution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118209516
• Artikelnr.: 38242197