Public Work and the Academy: An Academic Administrator's Guide to Civic Engagement and Service-Learning

To embed civic engagement as a more fundamental element of higher education's identity, strong and informed leadership is needed from those who shape our institutions. This book provides academic leaders with a resource to increase their fluency with and ability to lead service-learning and civic engagement efforts on their campuses, with their peers, and throughout higher education. It is written for academic leaders--chief academic officers, provosts, deans, and division and department chairs--who have significant responsibility for their campus's academic programs. Offering a variety of topics and case studies, as well as a resources section of publications, web sites, consultants, and networks, this book allows readers to focus on the specific issues and types of institutions most applicable to them. (Anker Publishing)