The Engaged University International Perspectives on Civic Engagement [Paperback]

The Engaged Universityis 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.

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

5.1.1 Two-way learning: Profile of Charles Darwin University