Community Engagement in Higher Education: Policy Reforms and Practice

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Community Engagement in Higher Education....Pages 1-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Divide and Conquer....Pages 31-39
Service-Learning and Disaster Recovery....Pages 41-49
Engaging Technology in University-Community Partnerships....Pages 51-71
Building University-Community Partnerships....Pages 73-88
Place-Based Approaches to Engagement....Pages 89-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
University and Communities in Partnership....Pages 105-125
Public Higher Education Performance in the United States....Pages 127-137
Service-Learning as Catalyst for Integrating Community Engagement across Core Academic Functions1 ....Pages 139-160
Critical Civic Literacy as an Essential Component of the Undergraduate Curriculum....Pages 161-184
Teachers College Partnership Schools Consortium....Pages 185-208
Evolution, Not Revolution....Pages 209-224
The Shape of Community Engagement in Urban Centers – Possibilities or Improbabilities....Pages 225-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Knowledge Matters....Pages 239-253
A Comparative and Empirical Study of Academic Service Activities....Pages 255-268
The Role of Maasai Mara University in Promoting Sustainable Development....Pages 269-285
Enhancing Community-University Engagement....Pages 287-302
Action Learning as an Approach for Developing Leaders, Solving Problems, and Building Successful Teams....Pages 303-316
Back Matter....Pages 317-334