Introduction: when engagement is not enough--building the next generation of the engaged campus / Dan W. Butin -- Theory matters: articulating a theoretical framework for civic engagement / Tracey Burke, Tara Palmer Smith, and Diane Hirshberg -- Creating the character, culture, and craft of engagement / Sandra L. Enos -- Negotiating the boundary between the academy and the community / Hollyce (Sherry) Giles -- Contending with political and cultural campus challenges / Arthur S. Keene and John Reiff -- Process, content, and community building / Keith Morton -- The politics of engagement / Mary Beth Pudup -- Measuring the impact of community service learning / Scott Seider and Sarah Novick -- Building in place / Talmage A. Stanley -- A new Hull House?: the monumental challenge of service-learning and community engagement / Peter Levine -- Discipling higher education for democratic community engagement / Ariane Hoy, Mathew Johnson, and Robert Hackett -- De Tocqueville rediscovered: community-based civic engagement / Elizabeth L. Hollander.
Summary:
"There are by now over fifty academic programs - majors, minors and certificate programs- focused on community engagement at institutions of higher education across the United States, with dozens more in development. This volume offers a set of emerging best practices and an articulation of critical issues for faculty and administrators committed to developing, strengthening, or expanding programs in community engagement at their respective institutions"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.