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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781574203321

Titolo

Institutional change [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Hiram E. Fitzgerald, Cathy Burack, and Sarena Seifer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-60917-195-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (477 p.)

Collana

Transformations in higher education : the scholarship of engagement

Handbook of engaged scholarship : contemporary landscapes, future directions ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

FitzgeraldHiram E

BurackCathy

SeiferSarena D

Disciplina

378.1/03

Soggetti

Community and college - United States

Service learning - United States

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The emerging movement -- pt. 2. Across the higher education landscape -- pt. 3. Engaged faculty and emerging scholars -- pt. 4. Student learning in the engaged academy.

Sommario/riassunto

In the preface to the Handbook of Engaged Scholarship, Hiram Fitzgerald observes that the Kellogg Commission's challenge to higher education to engage with communities was a significant catalyst for action. At Michigan State University, the response was the development of ""engaged scholarship,"" a distinctive, scholarly approach to campus-community partnerships. Engaged scholars recognize that community based scholarship is founded on an underpinning of mutual respect and recognition that community knowledge is valid and that sustainability is an integral part of the