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Civic engagement in higher education : concepts and practices / Barbara Jacoby and associates ; foreword by Thomas Ehrlich. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2009. - xxii, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series . - Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Civic engagement in today's higher education : an overview / Barbara Jacoby -- What we know about civic engagement among college students / Mark Hugo Lopez and Abby Kiesa -- Educating students for personal and social responsibility : the civic learning spiral / Caryn McTighe Musil -- Civic engagement in the first college year / Mary Stuart Hunter and Blaire L. Moody -- Engaging general education / Kim Spiezio -- The influence of integrative and interdisciplinary learning on civic engagement / Nance Lucas -- Capstone experiences / Kevin Kecskes and Seanna Kerrigan -- Enhancing intercultural competence through civic engagement / Michelle R. Dunlap and Nicole Webster -- Leadership education and the revitalization of public life / Nicholas V. Longo and Marguerite S. Shaffer -- Moving from service-learning to civic engagement / Marshall Welch -- Community-based undergraduate research : collaborative inquiry for the public good / Elizabeth L. Paul -- Preparing students for global civic engagement / Barbara Jacoby and Nevin C. Brown -- Securing the future of civic engagement in higher education / Barbara Jacoby and Elizabeth Hollander.

ISBN: 0470388463 (cloth) 9780470388464 (cloth)

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8C3829 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014788264 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Service learning--United States.
Civics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.
Community and college--United States.

Dewey Class. No.: 378/.015 / J 13