Democracy, Civic Engagement, and Citizenship in Higher Education (eBook, PDF)

Reclaiming Our Civic Purpose
Redaktion: Flores, William V.; Rogers, Katrina S.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In the most recent Democracy Index, the Economic Intelligence Unit downgraded the United States from a "full democracy" to a "flawed democracy." Democracy, Civic Engagement, and Citizenship in Higher Education takes a hard look at the state of American democracy today through the lens of one of the nation's most important actors: colleges and universities. Democracy is more than voting: it includes a wide range of democratic practices and depends on a culture of civic participation. Critical for strengthening democracy is the role that higher education leaders play in educating their constituencies about their responsibilities of citizenship. During a period of time when higher education is under pressure to meet 21st century workforce needs, the authors here exhort to remember the public mission of education to serve the needs of the democracy, a government by the people means that the people must be ready to govern. It is in this spirit that these stories are offered to show how institutions across the country are reclaiming and reinvigorating one of the essential pillars upon which American democracy is based.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978791374
• Artikelnr.: 74838124

Autorenporträt

Edited by William V. Flores and Katrina S. Rogers - Foreword by Neil Bush - Contributions by Jonathan R. Alger; Terrence Bensel; Noël Bezette-Flores; Harry C. Boyte; Amanda Buberger; Martín Carcasson; Rev. Monsignor Franklyn M. Casale; Sean Creighton; Wad

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Our Own Learning Paths Led Us to Points of Lights and Kettering
Chapter 2: Democracy's Challenge for Academe: From Public Good to Consumer
Good and Back Again?
Chapter 3: Tackling Technology, Inequality, and Globalization:
Considerations for Leaders in a Democratic Society
Chapter 4: Perspectives from College Presidents-A View from a Collaborative
Association
Chapter 5: Renewing Civil Society: Madison's Living Legacy
Chapter 6: The Constituent Place of Service in Catholic Higher Education
Chapter 7: The Civically Engaged College
Chapter 8: Graduate Education and Civic Engagement: The Story of an
Independent Graduate School
Chapter 9: Democracy in Action: Lessons of an Urban University
Chapter 10: When the Fight for Democracy and Justice is the Founding
Purpose of your Institution
Chapter 11: Pragmatic Perspectives from Within an Urban Community College
Chapter 12: Community Colleges = Democracy's Colleges
Chapter 13: Civic Engagement and Student Learning at Allegheny College
Chapter 14: Renewing the Promise of the Land Grant Universities
Chapter 15: Nurturing Democracy Through Regional Stewardship: The Case of
CSU Monterey Bay
Chapter16: Moving from Civility to Respect and Decency: Preparing College
Students for the Practice of Inclusive Citizenship in a Diverse Democracy
Chapter 17: The Cultivation of Practical Wisdom: A Collaborative
Perspective on Civic Learning in Higher Education
Chapter 18: Sources of Professional Development for Community Engagement
Directors in an Evolving Field
Chapter 19: Strengthening Higher Education Public Service Partnerships
through Engagement and Dialogue
Chapter 20: From Crisis to Opportunity: Rethinking the Civic Role of
Universities in the Face of Wicked Problems, Hyper-Partisanship, and Truth
Decay
Chapter 21: Breaking a Silence: Becoming Citizen Professionals in Higher
Education