Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,
Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education Contributing
to Social Change:
Higher Education in the World 5 has just been published
by Palgrave MacMillan
This Report looks at critical dimensions in our
understanding of the roles, and potential roles, of higher education
institutions (HEIs) as active players in contributing to social change and the
creation of another possible world. The first aim is to look at our changing
understandings about who the agents of knowledge creation are and how the
creation, distribution and use of knowledge are linked to our aspirations for a
better world. The Report offers us elements of a vision for a renewed and
socially responsible relationship between higher education, knowledge and
society.
The second aim is to provide visibility for and
critically examine one of the most significant trends in higher education over
the past 10–15 years:
the growth of the theory and practice of engagement as a
key feature in the evolution of higher education.
The report is a product of three years research,
consultations, academic seminars and an international conference. The
overall work was led by the GUNi team, with Cristina Esgrigas as the Executive
Director. Rajesh Tandon of India and Budd Hall of Canada, the jointly
appointed UNESCO Chairs in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in
Higher Education served as Guest Editors of the report.
Seventy-Six authors, specialists and scholars from all
continents contributed to this most comprehensive report ever done on the
global dimensions of community university knowledge partnerships and engagement.
The report is structured into six sections: (1) The
context, (2) Global Issues on Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education, (3)
Research on Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education. (4) Regional
Developments, (5) Future Visions and An Agenda for Action and (5) Further
Reading
Details and free download of the introduction:
Launches of this ground breaking report that we are
already planned for the Living Knowledge Conference in Copenhagen, April 2014,
but also for UK, Canada, Spain, Korea, Malta, USA, Hong Kong, Ireland and
India. GUNi would like to hear from others who have an interest in organizing a
launch, symposium or other activities based on the report. Please contact
Cristina Esgrigas for further information cristina.escrigas@upc.edu
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