Higher Education for the Public Good Emerging Voices from a National Movement [Hardcover]

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. Higher Education for the Public Good includes contributions from leaders in the field—many of whom participated in dialogues hosted by the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good. These leaders are responsible for creating successful strategies, programs, and efforts that foster the public’s role in higher education.Preface.

About the Authors.

Part One: Exploring the Public Good.

1. The Special Role of Higher Education in Society: As a Public Good for the Public Good (Tony C. Chambers).

2. Challenges for Higher Education in Serving the Public Good (Adrianna J. Kezar).

3. Creating a Metamovement: A Vision Toward Regaining the Public Social Charter (Adrianna J. Kezar).

Part Two: Public Policy and the Public Good.

4. State Governance and the Public Good (David Longanecker).

5. Listening to the Public: A New Agenda for Higher Education? (David Mathews).

6. Trusteeship and the Public Good (Richard Novak, Susan Whealler Johnston).

7. The Public Good and a Racially Diverse Democracy (Denise O’Neil Green, William T. Trent).

Part Three: Cross-Sector Issues and the Public Good.

8. Liberal Education and the Civic Engagement Gap (Carol Geary Schneider).

9. The Disciplines and the Public Good (Edward ZlotklS}