Handbook of Engaged Scholarship: Institutional change

Download or read book Handbook of Engaged Scholarship: Institutional change written by Hiram E. Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the preface to the Handbook of Engaged Scholarship, Hiram Fitzgerald observes that the Kellogg Commission's challenge to higher education to engage with communities was a significant catalyst for action. At Michigan State University, the response was the development of "engaged scholarship," a distinctive, scholarly approach to campus-community partnerships.Volume One addresses such issues as the application of engaged scholarship across types of colleges and universities and the current state of the movement.