Higher Education for the Public Good: Emerging Voices from a National MovementISBN: 978-0-7879-7382-7
384 pages
May 2005, Jossey-Bass
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Description
Table of Contents
About the Authors.
Part One: Exploring the Public Good.
1. The Special Role of Higher Education in Society: As a Public Good for the Public Good (Tony C. Chambers).
2. Challenges for Higher Education in Serving the Public Good (Adrianna J. Kezar).
3. Creating a Metamovement: A Vision Toward Regaining the Public Social Charter (Adrianna J. Kezar).
Part Two: Public Policy and the Public Good.
4. State Governance and the Public Good (David Longanecker).
5. Listening to the Public: A New Agenda for Higher Education? (David Mathews).
6. Trusteeship and the Public Good (Richard Novak, Susan Whealler Johnston).
7. The Public Good and a Racially Diverse Democracy (Denise O’Neil Green, William T. Trent).
Part Three: Cross-Sector Issues and the Public Good.
8. Liberal Education and the Civic Engagement Gap (Carol Geary Schneider).
9. The Disciplines and the Public Good (Edward Zlotkowski).
10. Scholarship for the Public Good: Living in Pasteur’s Quadrant (Judith A. Ramaley).
Part Four: Institutional Governance and Leadership for the Public Good.
11. Integrating a Commitment to the Public Good into the Institutional Fabric (Lee Benson, Ira Harkavy, Matthew Hartley).
12. Rethinking Faculty Roles and Rewards for the Public Good (Kelly Ward).
13. Institutional Differences in Pursuing the Public Good (Barbara A. Holland).
Part Five: Individual Leadership for the Public Good.
14. Leading the Engaged Institution (James C. Votruba).
15. Preparing Doctoral Students for Faculty Careers That Contribute to the Public Good (Ann Austin, Benita J. Barnes).
16. Let Us Speak: Including Students’ Voices in the Public Good of Higher Education (Stephen John Quaye).
17. Presidential Leadership for the Public Good (Martha W. Gilliland).
Part Six: Concluding Thoughts on the Public Good.
18. Creating Dialogue: A New Charter and Vision of the Public Good (Adrianna J. Kezar).
19. Pondering the Social Charter: Critical Reflection for Leaders (Tony C. Chambers).
Name Index.
Subject Index.
Author Information
Tony C. Chambers is senior fellow at the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good and faculty in the Program on American Cultures at the University of Michigan.
John C. Burkhardt is professor of higher and postsecondary education at the University of Michigan and is director of the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good.
Reviews
--Lou Anna Kimsey Simon, president, Michigan State University
"In face of new social and economic challenges, Higher
Education for the Public Good raises important questions and
thought-provoking suggestions about how we might adapt our academic
offerings and outreach efforts while remaining true to our first
principles in a manner that ensures accountability, fosters trust,
and preserves and sustains the social compact with our
citizens."
--Molly Corbett Broad, president, University of North Carolina
"This timely and thoughtful book explores the ways a university,
public or private, can and should be a public good: educating
future citizens, preserving the cultures of the past and laying the
groundwork for the future, making discoveries that change the
world, and engaging with its many constituencies and communities on
the critical societal issues of the day. This collection is a
must-read for anyone who cares about higher education."
--Nancy Cantor, chancellor and president, Syracuse University
"If you care--and worry--about American higher education and its
leadership role in our society, then read this book. It does
not answer tough questions with simplistic formulas; however,
thanks to an outstanding set of authors, it will provoke you to
think hard about important issues that need strenuous debate as we
work for sensible educational policies that promote the well-being
of our nation. Such a debate will serve the public good by
challenging us to think both within and outside of the
academy."
--C. Peter Magrath, president, National Association of State
Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
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