Community Engagement in Higher Education —— Policy Reforms and Practice

----- 社区参与高等教育：政策改革与实践

ISBN: 9789463000062 出版年：2015 页码：354 W James Jacob Stewart E Sutin John C Weidman John L Yeager Brill

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.