Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,
"Because I Can: Exploring Faculty Civic Agency"
is a new working paper that reflects a series of conversations that have been
taking place within the Kettering Foundationʼs research on the democratic
mission of higher education. Derek
Barker of the Kettering Foundation writes: "In our research, we have noticed that many
of the most innovative efforts have come from faculty who are deeply frustrated
with narrow conceptions of what counts as scholarship and seek to connect their
professional work with deeply held civic aspirations.
This led us to focus on the faculty as a key strategic
agent of change in efforts to strengthen the democratic mission of higher
education. In 2008, drawing upon earlier work by Harry Boyte and Scott Peters,
we began a series of workshops to gain insight into the motivations and
experiences of engaged scholars. In this report, KerryAnn OʼMeara [Associate
Professor of Higher Education, University of Maryland] captures the common
themes and narratives of these conversations. In each of the cases, engaged
faculty overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles and persevered in
meaningful public work. While OʼMeara takes these obstacles seriously, her work
provides a rebuttal to the view that faculty are powerless to change
institutional systems. As higher education struggles to define its democratic
mission, the future may depend upon whether others are able to relate to the
civic aspirations of these exemplary scholars."
The paper can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/xN47Wb
Thanks,
Rahma Osman
Program Assistant
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