| 书目名称 | Community Engagement in Higher Education | | 副标题 | Policy Reforms and P | | 编辑 | W. James Jacob,Stewart E. Sutin,John L. Yeager | | 视频video | | | 概述 | This book provides a global perspective on higher education community engagement and is comprised of both conceptual chapters and individual and comparative country case study contributions, including | | 丛书名称 | Pittsburgh Studies in Comparative and‘International Education | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | 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 educaiton community engagement issues. What is “the community” and what does it need and expect from higher education institutions? Is community engagement a mission of all types of higher education institutions or should it be the mission of specific institutions such as regional or metropolitan universities, technical universities, community colleges, | | 出版日期 | Book 2015 | | 关键词 | Community engagement; Community outreach; Higher education; Higher education trends; Service learning | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-007-9 | | isbn_ebook | 978-94-6300-007-9 | | copyright | SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2015 |
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