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Library Resources Filtered by Journal: "Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum"

Total number of Library Resources: 75

Civic Engagement at the Intersection of Pedagogy and Community: Liberal Learning in Action Turns Four (2008)

At Indiana State University, students confront civic realities through experiences provided within the Liberal Learning in...
Research Students and Community Development: The Challenges of Integrating Academic Expectations with Community Needs and Values (2008)

While universities can play a major role in advancing research-based community development, academic discourses of rigor,...
Civic Engagement and Black College Students: A Pilot Study (2008)

Anecdotal information indicated that many African American young adults in a Midwestern community were not engaged in...
Community Engagement Through Partnerships - A Primer (2008)

As more and more institutions look outside the campus walls for opportunities to serve their surrounding communities, a need...
Preparing Future Leaders: Project Management Strategies for Service Learning (2008)

This article makes a case for teaching project management strategies in service-learning courses. The authors describe three...
Community Engagement and Strategic Planning: Making the Commitment Real (2006)

Embedding community engagement into the fabric of the university requires a well-articulated strategic vision. This article...
Building Franklin's Truly Democratic, Engaged University: Twenty Years of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania (2006)

Benjamin Franklin founded the University of Pennsylvania as a secular institution with the pragmatic aim of instilling in its...
Infusing Active Citizenship Throughout a Research University: The Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University (2006)

The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University is a university-wide initiative to prepare...
If You Build It, Will They Come? Perspectives on Institutionalizing Service Learning in the CSU (2006)

This article will interweave a history of service learning and civic engagement in the California State University with...
Negotiating Institutional Performance and Change: Strategies for Engaged Universities (2006)

This essay describes how University of Alaska Anchorage (a) mapped academic-based engagement activities into its institutional...
Civic Engagement through Service Learning at CSU Monterey Bay: Educating Multicultural Community Builders (2006)

Founded in 1995 and envisioned as a university that would prepare graduates to be active, engaged citizens, California State...
Sustaining Civic Engagement: Faculty Development, Roles, and Rewards (2006)

Civic engagement of students, faculty, and staff is identified as central to the IUPUI's mission. Although nearly all of the...

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Heart of the Matter, (The): Aligning Curriculum, Pedagogy and Engagement in Higher Education (2006)

This essay explores the themes of curriculum and pedagogy, as outlined by the editors of this special edition, in the context...
Reflections on Campus Engagement: The Value of Vision, Setting, and Talent (2006)

This essay describes the mechanisms and resources necessary to ensure effective engagement in higher education. Entering a...
Neighborhood Planning through Community Service-Learning: The Empowerment of East Sprague Neighborhood Residents in Spokane, Washington (2006)

This essay explores Eastern Washington University's East Central Neighborhood Partnership Center project, which utilized...
Toward Common Unity: From Silent to More Equitable Partnerships (2006)

The Campus Compact Indicators of Engagement offer a unique opportunity to examine mechanisms that create transformational, "...
Faculty Empowerment Through Refined Service-Learning (2006)

This study examines the experience of 10 faculty members' pre -and post- participation in a faculty development seminar on...
Educating Citizens: Civic Engagement and the Urban/Metropolitan University (2006)

The recent pledge by 400 college and university presidents to reinvigorate the civic mission of their institution is an impetus...
Educating Citizens: Civic Engagement and the Urban/Metropolitan University (2006)

The recent pledge by 400 college and university presidents to reinvigorate the civic mission of their institution is an impetus...
Service-Learning as it Relates to the Attainment of Employability Skills for Adolescents in Maryland (2003)

This study describes the relationship between structured service-learning, through Maryland's replication models, and the...
First, Do No Harm: Student Ownership and Service-Learning (2003)

America prides itself on being a civically engaged democracy, but we have seen a continuing rise in citizen apathy and a...
Community as Classroom: Multiple Perspectives on Student Learning, (The) (2003)

This paper reports on the multiple perspectives of students, community members, and faculty to document the impact of student...
Developing a Service-Learning Minor: Its Impact and Lessons for the Future (2003)

This study explores a comprehensive service-learning program at a large metropolitan, western university that is attempting to...
Service-Learning as a Pathway to Civic Engagement: A Comparative Study (2003)

A common assumption is that service-learning leads students to civic engagement. However, it is not clear that service-learning...
Bonner Scholars Program: A Study of the Impact of Stipends on Indicators of a Community Service Ethic, (The) (2003)

In the past decade an increasing number of scholarship programs have offered stipends for community service during college (e.g...