Community Engagement in Higher Education : Policy Reforms and Practice.

Intro -- Community Engagement in Higher Education: Policy Reforms and Practice -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Series Editors Introduction -- 1: Community Engagement in Higher Education: International and Local Perspectives -- Part I: Thematic Issues Related to Higher Education Community Engagement -- 2: Divide and Conquer: Long-Term Consequences for Education, Economic Participation, and Higher Education Engagement -- 3: Service-Learning and Disaster Recovery: Implications for Government, Communities, and Colleges -- 4: Engaging Technology in University-Community Partnerships -- 5: Building University-Community Partnerships: Expectations and Challenges -- 6: Place-Based Approaches to Engagement: Can Universities be Local and Global? -- Part II: Institutional Programs, Partnerships, and Case Studies in the United States -- 7: University and Communities in Partnership: Exploring the Roots and Current Trends of Higher Education Community Engagement in the United States -- 8: Public Higher Education Performance in the United States: A Community Perspective -- 9: Service-Learning as Catalyst for Integrating Community Engagement Across Core Academic Functions -- 10: Critical Civic Literacy as an Essential Component of the Undergraduate Curriculum: The Case of California State University, Monterey Bay -- 11: Teachers College Partnership Schools Consortium: A University-Assisted Schools Model to Achieve Comprehensive Educational Opportunity -- 12: Evolution, Not Revolution: Building the Engagement Function One Asset at a Time -- 13: The Shape of Community Engagement in Urban Centers - Possibilities or Improbabilities: The Case of Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan -- Part III: Institutional Programs, Partnerships, and Case Studies in China, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia.

14: Knowledge Matters: The Service Mission of Chinese Higher Education Institutions -- 15: A Comparative and Empirical Study of Academic Service Activities: A Focus on Japan -- 16: The Role of Maasai Mara University in Promoting Sustainable Development -- 17: Enhancing Community-University Engagement: The Case of Montemorelos University -- 18: Action Learning as an Approach for Developing Leaders, Solving Problems, and Building Successful Teams: A Case Study of Princess Nora Bint Abdul-Rahman University -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

There seems to be renewed interest in having universities and other higher education institutions engage with their communities at the local, national, and international levels. But what is community engagement? Even if this interest is genuine and widespread, there are many different concepts of community service, outreach, and engagement. The wide range of activity encompassed by community engagement suggests that a precise definition of the "community mission" is difficult and organizing and coordinating such activities is a complex task. This edited volume includes 18 chapters that explore conceptual understandings of community engagement and higher education reforms and initiatives intended to foster it. Contributors provide empirical research findings, including several case study examples that respond to the following higher education community engagement issues.

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