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Informationen zum Autor During the latter part of the 20th century David Watson was one of the UK's best-known evangelists. He was an inspirational preacher, prolific author and gifted communicator. Klappentext The Engaged University is a comprehensive empirical account of the global civic engagement movement in higher education. In universities around the world, something extraordinary is underway. Mobilizing their human and intellectual resources, institutions of higher education are directly tackling community problems - combating poverty, improving public health, and restoring environmental quality. This book documents and analyzes this exciting trend through studies of civic engagement and social responsibility at twenty institutions worldwide.This timely volume offers three special contributions to the literature on higher education policy and practice: a historical overview of the founding purposes of universities, which almost invariably included a context-specific element of social purpose, together with a survey of how these "founding" intentions have fared in different systems of higher education; a contemporary account of the policy and practice of universities - all over the world - seeking to re-engage with this social purpose; and an overview of generic issues which emerge for the "engaged university." Zusammenfassung The Engaged University is a fully empirical account of a genuinely global movement of higher education institutions to increase university civic engagement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Introduction, Preface, Talloires Declaration on the Civic Roles and Social Responsibilities of Higher Education, Introduction and Acknowledgements, I. University-Community Relationships: The long view, 1. Historical and Geographical Perspectives, 2. Types of Capital and Citizenship, 3. Contemporary Drivers, II. The Engaged University, 4. The project, 5. The profiles, 5.1 Australia and its Higher Education System, 6. Findings: Common patterns and influences, III. An Engaged University Movement, 7. Networks: A unifying force , 8. The world upside-side down: university engagement from the South to the North, 9. Implications for policy and practice, Appendix 1. Institutional questionnaire, Appendix 2. Field research questions, Acronyms, References, Notes on Contributors, Index...
