"to Serve a Larger Purpose"
Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education
Published on 10. June 2011
Book
Hardback
326 pages
978-1-4399-0506-7 (ISBN)
Description
How to return democracy to the heart of a university's mission
Reviews / Votes
"'To Serve a Larger Purpose' offers a series of cogent arguments for using building democracy as the central purpose of institutional civic engagement. The contributors draw on a rich literature, and the chapters are cohesive, building on and sometimes challenging each other's points; they read as a continuing conversation. The reader is left with an overview of what it means for an institution to be civically engaged, the knowledge that has accrued in the field up to this point, and what working within a democratic framework means within a contemporary context."-Cathy Burack, Senior Fellow for Higher Education at the Center for Youth and Communities in the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia PA
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
599 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4399-0506-7 (9781439905067)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
John Saltmarsh is Director of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston and is on the faculty of the Higher Education Administration Doctoral Program in the Department of Leadership in Education in the College of Education and Human Development.
Matthew Hartley is Associate Professor and Chair of Higher Education at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
Matthew Hartley is Associate Professor and Chair of Higher Education at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
Content
Foreword by David Mathews
Introduction
1. Democratic Engagement
2. Contested Ideals. Tracing the Trajectory of the Civic Engagement Movement
3. Democratic Transformation Through University Assisted Community Schools
4. Civic Professionalism
5. Leadership for Engagement. Reclaiming the Public Purpose of Higher Education
6. Chief Academic Officers and Community-Engaged Faculty Work
7. Deliberative Democracy and Higher Education. Higher Education's Democratic Mission
8. Faculty Civic Engagement. New Training, Assumptions, and Markets needed for the Engaged American Scholar
9. Putting Students at the Center of Civic Engagement
10. Civic Engagement on the Ropes?
11. Pursuing a World Lived in Common. Education for a Diverse Democracy and Interdependent Global Community
12. Democratic Purpose and Institutional Transformation. Recommendations for Action
Introduction
1. Democratic Engagement
2. Contested Ideals. Tracing the Trajectory of the Civic Engagement Movement
3. Democratic Transformation Through University Assisted Community Schools
4. Civic Professionalism
5. Leadership for Engagement. Reclaiming the Public Purpose of Higher Education
6. Chief Academic Officers and Community-Engaged Faculty Work
7. Deliberative Democracy and Higher Education. Higher Education's Democratic Mission
8. Faculty Civic Engagement. New Training, Assumptions, and Markets needed for the Engaged American Scholar
9. Putting Students at the Center of Civic Engagement
10. Civic Engagement on the Ropes?
11. Pursuing a World Lived in Common. Education for a Diverse Democracy and Interdependent Global Community
12. Democratic Purpose and Institutional Transformation. Recommendations for Action