
Taking It to the Streets
The Role of Scholarship in Advocacy and Advocacy in Scholarship
Laura W. Perna(Editor)
Johns Hopkins University Press
Published on 11. June 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-4214-2546-7 (ISBN)
Description
As scholars become more public, what responsibility do they have to advocate for policies that will advance equity, inclusiveness, and social change?
Higher education scholars often conduct research on topics about which they care deeply, but to what extent should they be advocates for reform and social change? One school of thought believes researchers should remain dispassionate and data focused; the other, that a researcher, by the very questions she asks, can help effect social change. In this book, Laura W. Perna questions how, why, and when higher education researchers should be public intellectuals and whether, armed with research, they are-and should be-a powerful force for change.
Taking It to the Streets collects essays from nationally and internationally recognized thought leaders with diverse opinions and perspectives on these issues. With the intentional inclusion of voices on different sides of this discussion, the volume offers a thought-provoking and nuanced understanding of the multifaceted connections between higher education research, advocacy, and policy.
Contributors: Ann E. Austin, Estela Mara Bensimon, Anthony A. Berryman, Mitchell J. Chang, Cheryl Crazy Bull, Adam Gamoran, Sara Goldrick-Rab, Shaun R. Harper, Donald E. Heller, Adrianna Kezar, Simon Marginson, James T. Minor, Jeannie Oakes, Laura W. Perna, Gary Rhoades, Daniel G. Solorzano, Christine A. Stanley, William G. Tierney
Higher education scholars often conduct research on topics about which they care deeply, but to what extent should they be advocates for reform and social change? One school of thought believes researchers should remain dispassionate and data focused; the other, that a researcher, by the very questions she asks, can help effect social change. In this book, Laura W. Perna questions how, why, and when higher education researchers should be public intellectuals and whether, armed with research, they are-and should be-a powerful force for change.
Taking It to the Streets collects essays from nationally and internationally recognized thought leaders with diverse opinions and perspectives on these issues. With the intentional inclusion of voices on different sides of this discussion, the volume offers a thought-provoking and nuanced understanding of the multifaceted connections between higher education research, advocacy, and policy.
Contributors: Ann E. Austin, Estela Mara Bensimon, Anthony A. Berryman, Mitchell J. Chang, Cheryl Crazy Bull, Adam Gamoran, Sara Goldrick-Rab, Shaun R. Harper, Donald E. Heller, Adrianna Kezar, Simon Marginson, James T. Minor, Jeannie Oakes, Laura W. Perna, Gary Rhoades, Daniel G. Solorzano, Christine A. Stanley, William G. Tierney
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4214-2546-7 (9781421425467)
DOI
10.1353/book.58092
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Taking It to the Streets
The Role of Scholarship in Advocacy and Advocacy in Scholarship
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Laura W. Perna is the James S. Riepe Professor and the executive director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a coauthor of The Attainment Agenda: State Policy Leadership for Higher Education and the coeditor of The State of College Access and Completion: Improving College Success for Students from Underrepresented Groups.
Content
1. Connecting research, advocacy, and policy to advance equity, inclusiveness, and social change in higher education
2. A day late and a dollar short
3. Changing the course of history
4. Using postsecondary research to influence the policy process
5. The activist as intellectual
6. Researcher as instrument and advocate for inclusive excellence in higher education
7. Commitment to a scholarly life of contribution, meaning, satisfaction
8. Choosing how, why, and to whom we profess
9. Bridging the artificial gap between activism and scholarship to form tools for knowledge
10. So that the people may live
11. My people's professor
12. Listening to students
13. Why racial microgressions matter?
14. A road less travelled
15. Using philosophy to develop a thoughtful approach to going public or not
16. Research for policy in higher education
17. Public scholarship
Contributors
Index
2. A day late and a dollar short
3. Changing the course of history
4. Using postsecondary research to influence the policy process
5. The activist as intellectual
6. Researcher as instrument and advocate for inclusive excellence in higher education
7. Commitment to a scholarly life of contribution, meaning, satisfaction
8. Choosing how, why, and to whom we profess
9. Bridging the artificial gap between activism and scholarship to form tools for knowledge
10. So that the people may live
11. My people's professor
12. Listening to students
13. Why racial microgressions matter?
14. A road less travelled
15. Using philosophy to develop a thoughtful approach to going public or not
16. Research for policy in higher education
17. Public scholarship
Contributors
Index