Research Catalog

Title

Managing civic and community engagement / David Watson.

Author

Watson, David, 1939-

Publication

Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2007.

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Description

xix, 164 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"There is an international revival of interest in issues about the purposes of universities and colleges and their role in a wider society. Much of this is structured around perceptions of the role of higher education in modern knowledge economies. Meanwhile there has been a dearth of scholarly attention to the practice (as opposed to the rhetoric) of civic engagement by universities and colleges in various cultural contexts. This book fills that gap."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Managing universities and colleges : guides to good practice

Uniform Title

• ebrary.
• Managing universities and colleges : guides to good practice.

Subject

• Community and college
• Community and college > Case studies
• Residence Characteristics > Universities
• Residence Characteristics > Case Reports

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Case Reports
• Case studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- Part One: Background. 2. Civic engagement and the founding of modern universities -- 3. The UK: the fate of the Dearing compact -- 4. University civic engagement in a global context -- Part Two: Case studies. 5. The UK: the University of Brighton Community- University Partnership Programme -- 6. Australia: the University of Queensland Boilerhouse project -- 7. The USA: the University of Pennsylvania Center for Community Partnerships -- 8. Global benchmarking: the Association of Commonwealth Universities -- Part Three: Managing civic and community engagement. 9. Managing civic engagement: inside the academy -- 10. Managing civic engagement: outside the academy -- 11. The university community in the community.

ISBN

• 9780335220472 (hbk.)
• 0335220479 (hbk.)
• 0335220460 (pbk.)
• 9780335220465 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 123113626
• SCSB-11634830

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library