Managing Civic and Community Engagement

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McGraw-Hill Education, 1 d’abr. 2007 - 184 pàgines
  • What are, and what should be, the roles of modern universities and colleges in supporting their host societies?
  • Where have these obligations arisen from, and how can they best be responded to?
  • What are the conditions of “membership” of a modern university or college?
There is an international revival of interest in issues about the purposes of universities and colleges and their role in a wider society. Much of this is structured around perceptions of the role of higher education in modern knowledge economies. Meanwhile there has been a dearth of scholarly attention to the practice (as opposed to the rhetoric) of civic engagement by universities and colleges in various cultural contexts. This book fills that gap.

An historical survey of the “founding” intentions of universities and colleges in different eras and various countries is followed by case studies of successful recent projects carried out at three leading institutions – the Universities of Brighton, Pennsylvania and Queensland. A practical benchmarking questionnaire that was developed with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is also included in order to assist institutions in assessing their own progress.

The book contends that genuine engagement, with the community and with civil society, can be uncertain and risky, but that it plays an essential role in managing today’s higher education institutions.

Managing Civic and Community Engagement provides key reading for people interested in equity and diversity in higher education, including those studying aspects of higher education management, as well as professionals and policy makers in the field.

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... strategic matter , which go to the heart of the culture and values of any higher education institution ( HEI ) . Consequently , getting this right is a matter of thinking clearly and understanding the strategic context , the ...
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... strategic pruning ( Skidelsky 2006 ) . Sun - Yu Pan's study of Tsinghua shows the gardeners in action , allowing growth in areas such as diversity of recruitment , interna- tional alliances , use of the English medium of instruction ...
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... strategic de- velopment is still heavily influenced by a sense of responsibility to the community . For example , two of the six themes in the current ( 2002-07 ) corporate plan , are as follows : • the university will continue to ...

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Sobre l'autor (2007)

David Watson is an historian and Professor of Higher Education Management at the Institute of Education, University of London, where he directs the MBA in higher education management. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Brighton between 1990 and 2005. His academic interests are in the history of American ideas and in higher education policy. His recent books with Open University Press include Managing Strategy (2000), New Directions in Professional Higher Education (2000, edited with Tom Bourner and Tim Katz), Higher Education and the Lifecourse (2003, edited with Maria Slowey), and Managing Institutional Self-Study (2005, with Elizabeth Maddison).

Informació bibliogràfica

TítolManaging Civic and Community Engagement
AutorDavid Watson
Edicióil·lustrada
EditorMcGraw-Hill Education, 2007
Original deUniversitat de Michigan
Digitalitzat el12 Ag. 2010
ISBN0335220460, 9780335220465
Nre. de pàgines184 pàgines
  
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