Public Work and the Academy: An Academic Administrator's Guide to Civic Engagement and Service-Learning (JB - Anker)
Language: English
Published by Jossey-Bass, 2004
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- Title
- Public Work and the Academy: An Academic Administrator's Guide to Civic Engagement and Service-Learning (JB - Anker)
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1882982738
- ISBN 13
- 9781882982738
This book provides guidance on
- Using civic engagement to enhance the curriculum
- Examining the critical leadership role of the academic administrator
- Institutionalizing service–learning and civic engagement
- Using service–learning as means of advancing educational reform
- Faculty roles and rewards
- Employing service–learning to add depth to the education process
It 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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About the Author
WILLIAM M. PLATER has served as the chief academic officer at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) since 1987 and as interim president in 2002–2003. he has also served as dean of liberal arts and professor of English at IUPUI. He has written extensively on the changing nature of faculty work and, more broadly, higher education.
SCOTT DILLON is an undergraduate student in the college of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota and production assistant for the University of Minnesota Press. He is currently researching the importance of the written word in both literature and journalism.
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