Managing civic and community engagement
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 higher education institutions. This book provides key reading for people interested in equity and diversity in higher education, including those studying aspects of higher education management
Case Reports
1 online resource (xix, 164 pages) : illustrations
9780335230372, 9781281129871, 0335230377, 1281129879
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Cover
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
Part one; Background
CH36; Chapter 2 Civic engagement and the founding of modern universities
What is the university for? I Historical perspectives
What is the university for? II Types of capital formation
Chapter 3 The UK ; the fate of the dearing compact
The search for a compact
Whatever happened to the Dearing Report?
Chapter 4 University civic engagement in a global context
A global sector
The international campus
What do we mean by world class?
Part two: case studies
Chapter 5 The UK; The university of brighton community; university partnership programme
The national scene
The Community University Partnership Programme
Chapter 6 Australia: The university of queensland boilerhouse project
The national scene
The Boilerhouse
Chapter 7 The USA: The university of pennsylvania center for community partnerships
The national scene
The Center for Community Partnerships
Chapter 8 Global benchmarking: The association of commonwealth universities
The ACU scheme
Other approaches
Part three: Managing civic and community engagement
Chapter 9 Managing civic engagement: Inside the academy
The inner game of higher education
The student experience
The question of values
Managing civic engagement: inside-out perspectives
Chapter 10 Managing civic engagement: outside the academy
Higher education and the public interest
The case of widening participation
Managing civic engagement: outside-in perspectives
Chapter 11 The university community in the community
Forms of engagement
A twenty-first century defence of liberal higher education
References
List of websites
IDX Index
Last Page
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