Thirty-five American academics contribute 16 chapters offering academic leaders a resource to increase their fluency with and ability to lead service-learning and civic engagement efforts on their campuses, with their peers, and throughout U.S. higher education. A selection of essays covering key issues is followed by 11 case studies from a wide variety of institutions that have significantly embraced service-learning and/or civic engagement as central to advancing their institutional missions; many have also used service-learning and civic engagement to address larger institutional concerns such as bridging academic and student affairs, enhancing community relations, promoting multiculturalism, and increasing student retention. For academic leaders such as chief academic officers, provosts, deans, and division and department chairs, who have significant responsibility for their campus' academic programs. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Today’s institutions of higher education find themselves in a struggle to rediscover their roots in civic engagement, and embed such values in their students through intentional leadership, service-learning, and community connectedness. Public Work and the Academy provides academic leaders with a resource to increase their fluency with and ability to lead service-learning and civic engagement efforts on their campuses, with their peers, and throughout their institutions in order to shape the future of higher education. It is written specifically for chief academic officers, provosts, deans, and division and department chairs, who have significant responsibility for their campus's academic programs.This book provides guidance onUsing civic engagement to enhance the curriculumExamining the critical leadership role of the academic administratorInstitutionalizing service-learning and civic engagementUsing service-learning as means of advancing educational reformFaculty roles and rewardsEmploying service-learning to add depth to the education processIt illustrates a wide variety of topics through 11 case studies drawn from two- and four-year institutions across the United States, allowing readers to focus on the specific issues and types of institutions most applicable to them. In addition, this book includes a resources section that lists relevant publications, web sites, consultants, and networks.Public Work and the Academy encourages both reflection and action on the part of academic leaders and their faculty and asks them to make service-learning and civic engagement part of their unique campus context.
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