Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Amer Council Ed Ac1 (Pre Acq)
Pages: 448
978-1-57356-563-9 • Paperback • January 2000 • $68.00 • (£52.00)
978-1-4616-3662-5 • eBook • January 2000 • $64.50 • (£50.00)
THOMAS EHRLICH is distinguished university scholar at San Francisco State University and a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
1 Preface
2 Introduction: Higher Education and the Development of Civic Responsibility by Anne Colby and Thomas Ehrlich, with Elizabeth Beaumont, Jennifer Rosner, and Jason Stephens
3 What Are the Problems: Higher Education and Its Students
4 Citizenship Development and the American College Student by Linda J. Sax
5 Institutional Identity and Social Responsibility in Higher Education by William M. Sullivan
6 Renewing the Democratic Spirit in American Colleges and Universities: Higher Education as Public Work by Harry C. Boyte and Nancy N. Kari
7 What Are Colleges and Universities Doing about the Problems: An Overview
8 The College and University as Citizen by Nancy L. Thomas
9 Educational Missions and Civic Responsibility: Toward the Engaged Academy by Carol Geary Schneider
10 The Civic Challenge of Educating the Underprepared Student by Alexander W. Astin
11 Interactions with Other Sectors of Society
12 How Concepts of Politics Control Concepts of Civic Responsibility by David Mathews
13 How Far In? How Far Out? Civic Responsibility and the Journalism Educator by Jay Rosen
14 Integrating the American System of Higher, Secondary, and Primary Education to Develop Civic Responsibility by Lee Benson and Ira Harkavy
15 Supporting Community Involvement in the Digital Age by Penelope Eckert and Peter Henschel
16 Perspectives from Different Sectors of Higher Education
17 A Community College Perspective by Paul A. Elsner
18 The Perspective of a Comprehensive University by Judith A. Ramaley
19 A Liberal Arts College Perspective by Gregory S. Prince Jr.
20 A Historically Black College Perspective by Gloria Dean Randle Scott
21 A Religious-Based College and University Perspective by William J. Byron
22 A Research University Perspective by Mary Lindenstein Walshok
23 Special Challenges Civic Engagement and the Academic Disciplines
24 Civic Engagement and the Academic Disciplines by Edward Zlotkowski
25 Accounting for the Civic Role: Assessment and Accountability Strategies for Civic Education and Institutional Service by Jane V. Wellman
26 Civic Renewal in Higher Education: The State of the Movement and the Need for a National Network by Elizabeth Hollander and Matthew Hartley
27 Afterword by Zelda F. Gamson
28 Index
The writers represent a cast of heavyweights in scholarly 'thinking' and pragmatic 'doing.' This book is timely in that government and educational institutions have become more involved in emphasizing the importance of civic involvement by students. This is a readable text with much to offer any organization or idividual interested in a clearer understanding of the issues and prospects for enhancing civic responsibility by way of existing institutions-especially those of higher learning. The authors and editior deliver on the title and theme of this book. The text highly recommended for anyone interested in better understanding the philosophy and status of civic responsbility initiatives in higher education, as well as the means to further enchance that responsibility through planning, programming, and delivery. Civic Responsibility and Higher Education should be required reading. This powerful book calls for a drastic change in higher education's role in society. Recommended for general collections as well as all collections that support teacher education.
— Community College Journal of Research and Practice