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

• Autore: Kezar Adrianna J.
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2005; ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 378/.015
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Social aspects - United States; Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States; Common good
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): ChambersTony C.; BurkhardtJohn
• 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Higher education for the public good
• ISBN: 1-119-17795-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910159028003321
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