Full Description
This volume argues for reexamination of the field of community engagement, suggests that the most effective way forward requires rethinking the structures of traditional higher education, and points to the growing emergence of evidence-based best practices that can catalyze a renaissance in community engagement and in higher education.
Contents
Preface: Reflecting on Bonner's Journey; Wayne Meisel Introduction - Deep, Pervasive, and Integrated: Developmental Frameworks for Students, Partnerships, Faculty Engagement, and Centers; Ariane Hoy and Mathew Johnson PART I: STUDENTS AS CIVIC-MINDED PROFESSIONALS 1. Learning through Service: Structures that Promote Student Leadership; Ashley Cochrane and Heather McNew Schill 2. Student Development in Theory and Practice; Nicole Saylor, Patrick Gruber, and Michelle Nix 3. Engaging Faith: Spiritual Exploration as a Critical Component; Wayne Meisel 4. An Untapped Reservoir for Student Community Engagement: What We Are Learning from the NASCE; Mathew Johnson, Don Levy, Pete Cichetti and Craig Zinkiewicz PART II: DEVELOPMENTAL, ENGAGED, AND EDUCATIONAL PARTERNSHIPS 5. Building Deeper Partnerships and Community-Centered Centers; David Roncolato 6. 'Walking a Different Way': Co-educators, Co-learners, and Democratic Engagement Renaming the World; Talmage Stanley 7.The Growing Edge for Campus-Community Partnerships: Partnership and Policy Networks; Robert Hackett and Patrick Donohue 8. 'One Partnership, One Place': Building and Scaling Sustained Student-Led, Community-Driven International Partnerships; Kelly Behrend and Steve Darr PART III: FACULTY 9. Developing Faculty for Community Engagement Across the Curriculum; Karin Aguilar-San Juan and Paul Schadewald 10. Permeable Boundaries: Connecting Coursework and Community Work in Disciplinary Curricula; Emily Kane, Georgia Nigro, Ellen Alcorn and Holly Lasagna 11. Wisdom from the Garden: Exploring Faculty Transformation; Beth Blissman 12. Community Engagement Across the Curriculum: Boyer, Integration and the Challenges of Institutionalization; Thomas G. McGowan, Suzanne Bonefas, and Anthony Siracusa PART IV: STAFF AND CENTERS 13. The Center of Community Engagement; Marshall Welch and John Saltmarsh 14. "If You Build It They Will Come": Building A Culture and Infrastructure for Institutional Change and Commitment; RickEllis and Kristine Hart 15. New Technologies for Engagement: Social Media as Effective Tools for Campus-Community Partnerships; Abby Kiesa and Ariane Hoy 16. Strategic Planning for Centers: Fostering Pervasive, Deep, Integrated, Developmental Community Engagement; Ariane Hoy and Mathew Johnson PART V: CRITICAL INSIGHTS AND REFLECTIONS 17. Transformation is Just Another Word: Thinking Through the Future of Community Engagement in the Disrupted University; Dan W. Butin 18. Integrating Political Activities into Pathways of Engagement; Abby Kiesa 19. Critical Service-Learning as a Philosophy for Deepening Community Engagement; Tania D. Mitchell PART VI: CONCLUSION 20. Future Possibilities: High-Impact Learning and Community Engagement; Ariane Hoy and Mathew Johnson
