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Faculty Barriers to Civic Engagement

Source: Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan, January 2009.


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Bragg, N. J. (2000). Faculty engagement in service learning. Normal, IL: Illinois State University.

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Ellison, J., & Eatman, T. K. (2008). Scholarship in public: Knowledge creation and tenure policy in the engaged university. Syracuse, NY: Imagining America.

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Glemon, S. B., Holland, B. A., Driscoll, A., Spring, A., & Kerrigan, S. (2001). Assessing service-learning and civic engagement:principles and techniques. Providence, RI: Campus Compact.

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Kobrin, M., Smith, M., & Mareth, J. (2000). Introduction to service-learning toolkit: Readings and resources for faculty. Providence, RI.: Campus Compact.

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