Richard Guarasci

Neighborhood Democracy (eBook, ePUB)

Building Anchor Partnerships Between Colleges and Their Communities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that higher education can and must again take leadership in promoting the participatory processes and instilling the democratic values needed to build a vibrant and fair society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000980462
• Artikelnr.: 68356552

Autorenporträt

Richard Guarasci was the longest-serving president of Wagner College, becoming president emeritus on his retirement in 2019. He joined the college in 1997 as provost and vice president for academic affairs. He was previously dean of Hobart College at the Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Prior to that he served as a faculty member and dean at St. Lawrence University, New York.He has served both as a member of the board of directors, and board chair of The Association of American Colleges & Universities, Campus Compact, The Coalition of Urban & Metropolitan Universities, The New American Colleges and Universities, New York State Higher Education Services Corporation, and Project Pericles. He has also served on the National Task Force on Civic Learning & Democratic Engagement and the Anchor Institution Task Force.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword-Timothy K. Eatman Preface Acknowledgments 1. Democracy in Peril 2.
Universities in Crisis 3. The Democratic Mission of Higher Education 4.
Democratic Education and Civic Purpose 5. Making the Case for Neighborhood
Partnerships 6. Models of University Neighborhood Partnerships 7. Profiles
in Practice 8. Anchor Partnerships and Community Impact 9. The Role of the
National Associations of Higher Education 10. Toward Neighborhood Democracy
and the Engaged University About the Author Index