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Record Nr.

UNINA9910159028003321

Autore

Kezar Adrianna J.

Titolo

Higher education for the public good : emerging voices from a national movement / / Adrianna J. Kezar, Tony C. Chambers, John C. Burkhardt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-119-17795-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Disciplina

378/.015

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Social aspects - United States

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States

Common good

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Table of Contents""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""Purpose and Focus""; ""Audience""; ""Organization""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""About the Authors""; ""Part One: Exploring the Public Good""; ""Chapter One: The Special Role of Higher Education in Society""; ""Significance of a Social Movement to Strengthen the Public Relationship Between Higher Education and American Society""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Chapter Two: Challenges for Higher Education in Serving the Public Good""; ""Losing the Social or Public Charter""; ""Summary""; ""References""

""Chapter Three: Creating a Metamovement""""Civic Education and Fostering a Diverse Democracy""; ""Public Service: Engaged Campus, Scholarship Reconsidered, College-Community Partnerships, and Community Service-Learning""; ""Collaboration: Learning Communities, K-16 Movement, Multidisciplinary Research, Student and Academic Affairs Partnerships""; ""The Current State of Affairs as a Threat to a Social and Public Vision of Higher Education""; ""Closing Thoughts on a Metamovement""; ""References""; ""Part Two: Public Policy and the Public Good""



""Chapter Four: State Governance and the Public Good""""Letting the Market Decide""; ""The Three Paths""; ""Rebalancing Act""; ""A Distinct Difference""; ""References""; ""Chapter Five: Listening to the Public""; ""Choice Work""; ""Another Role for Academics?""; ""Standing in the Practice""; ""Is Civic Engagement a Movement or a Passing Fad?""; ""The Missing Link?""; ""What Legacy?""; ""References""; ""Chapter Six: Trusteeship and the Public Good""; ""Trustees' Responsibilities""; ""The Context for Higher Education Trusteeship""; ""What Boards Can Do""

""Bridging the Campus and the Community""""References""; ""Chapter Seven: The Public Good and a Racially Diverse Democracy""; ""Shifts in Racial and Ethnic Diversity: The Demographic Imperative""; ""A Revised Social Contract: Integration of the Diversity Paradigm""; ""Confronting Challenges That Impede Integration of a Diversity Paradigm""; ""Giving Voice to a New Diversity Narrative: Building a Tradition of Inclusion""; ""References""; ""Part Three: Cross-Sector Issues and the Public Good""; ""Chapter Eight: Liberal Education and the Civic Engagement Gap""

""Liberal Education and the Civic Limits of Universalism""""Rethinking Liberal Education for a World Lived with Others""; ""Are Students Included in This Civic Momentum?""; ""What Can Be Done?""; ""References""; ""Chapter Nine: The Disciplines and the Public Good""; ""In the Beginning""; ""Recent Developments""; ""Concrete Resources""; ""Outstanding Disciplinary Resources""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter Ten: Scholarship for the Public Good""; ""New Approaches to Scholarship and the Curriculum: Pasteur's Quadrant""

""New Approaches to Research in Pasteur's Quadrant: Engaged Scholarship""