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Title

Higher education for the public good : emerging voices from a national movement / [edited by] Adrianna J. Kezar, Tony C. Chambers, John Burkhardt.

Publication

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kezar, Adrianna J.
• Chambers, Tony C.
• Burkhardt, John.

Description

xxxi, 345 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"This important book explores the various ways that higher education contributes to the realization of significant public ends and examines how leaders can promote and enhance their contribution to the social charter through new policies and best practices. It also shows how other sectors of society, government agencies, foundations, and individuals can partner with institutions of higher education to promote the public good."--Jacket.

Series Statement

The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

Uniform Title

Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

Subject

• Education, Higher > Social aspects > United States
• Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States
• Common good
• Common good
• Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
• Education, Higher > Social aspects
• Gesellschaft
• Hochschulbildung
• Öffentliches Gut
• Gemeinwohl
• United States
• USA

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

The special role of higher education in society: as a public good for the public good / Tony C. Chambers -- Challenges for higher education in serving the public good / Adrianna J. Kezar -- Creating a metamovement: a vision toward regaining the public social charter -- Adrianna J. Kezar -- State governance and the public good / David Longanecker -- Listening to the public: a new agenda for higher education? / David Mathews -- Trusteeship and the public good / Richard Novak, Susan Whealler Johnston -- The public good and a racially diverse democracy / Denise O'Neil Green, William T. Trent -- Liberal education and the civic engagement gap / Carol Geary Schneider -- The disciplines and the public good / Edward Zlotkowski -- Scholarship for the public good: living in Pasteur's quadrant / Judith A. Ramaley -- Integrating a commitment to the public good into the institutional fabric -- Lee Benson, Ira Harkavy, Matthew Hartley -- Rethinking faculty roles and rewards for the public good / Kelly Ward -- Institutional differences in pursuing the public good / Barbara A. Holland -- Leading the engaged institution / James C. Votruba -- Preparing doctoral students for faculty careers that contribute to the public good / Ann Austin, Benita J. Barnes -- Let us speak: including students' voices in the public good of higher education / Stephen John Quaye -- Presidential leadership for the public good / Martha W. Gilliland -- Creating dialogue: a new charter and vision of the public good / Adrianna J. Kezar -- Pondering the social charter: critical reflection for leaders / Tony C. Chambers.

ISBN

• 0787973823
• 9780787973827

LCCN

2005000719

OCLC

• ocm57475842
• 57475842
• SCSB-8911336

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library