Civic Responsibility and Higher Education

This book explains the theory and practice of civic learning and provides practical examples of programs that prepare students for lives of civic engagement. Contents:

• Introduction: Higher Education and the Development of Civic Responsibility by Anne Colby and Thomas Ehrlich, with Elizabeth Beaumont, Jennifer Rosner, and Jason Stephens
• Citizenship Development and the American College Student by Linda J. Sax
• Institutional Identity and Social Responsibility in Higher Education by William M. Sullivan
• Renewing the Democratic Spirit in American Colleges and Universities: Higher Education as Public Work by Harry C. Boyte and Nancy N. Kari
• The College and University as Citizen by Nancy L. Thomas
• Educational Missions and Civic Responsibility: Toward the Engaged Academy by Carol Geary Schneider
• The Civic Challenge of Educating the Underprepared Student by Alexander W. Astin
• How Concepts of Politics Control Concepts of Civic Responsibility by David Mathews
• How Far In? How Far Out? Civic Responsibility and the Journalism Educator by Jay Rosen
• Integrating the American System of Higher, Secondary, and Primary Education to Develop Civic Responsibility by Lee Benson and Ira Harkavy
• Supporting Community Involvement in the Digital Age by Penelope Eckert and Peter Henschel
• A Community College Perspective by Paul A. Elsner
• The Perspective of a Comprehensive University by Judith A. Ramaley
• A Liberal Arts College Perspective by Gregory S. Prince Jr.
• A Historically Black College Perspective by Gloria Dean Randle Scott
• A Religious-Based College and University Perspective by William J. Byron
• A Research University Perspective by Mary Lindenstein Walshok
• Civic Engagement and the Academic Disciplines by Edward Zlotkowski
• Accounting for the Civic Role: Assessment and Accountability Strategies for Civic Education and Institutional Service by Jane V. Wellman
• Civic Renewal in Higher Education: The State of the Movement and the Need for a National Network by Elizabeth Hollander and Matthew Hartley
• Afterword by Zelda F. Gamson