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Verharen, Charles C. – Ethics and Education, 2020
Philosophy confronts two existential crises: the threats to its existence from scientists like Stephen Hawking who claim that philosophy is dead; and the threat to life itself from catastrophic climate change. The essay's first theoretical part critiques Nietzsche's claim that philosophy's primary function is to guarantee the future of life. The…
Descriptors: Ethics, Philosophy, Models, Educational Philosophy
Sandmann, Lorilee R., Ed.; Jones, Diann O., Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2019
Community engagement has evolved as a respected field and now occupies a seat at the academic table. In the past, this work had often been relegated to the institutional fringes of higher education, its practitioners marginalized, and the work often portrayed as service, not scholarly. Today, higher education community engagement is a dynamic and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Community Relationship, Universities, Community Involvement
Bauer, Ros – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2018
The Whole of Community Engagement (WCE) initiative commenced in July 2014, led by the Office of Pro Vice Chancellor of Indigenous Leadership at Charles Darwin University (CDU). WCE aimed to build the aspiration, expectation and capacity of six remote and very remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory to participate and achieve in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Higher Education, Access to Education
Stoecker, Randy – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2014
This article explores how on-the-ground Extension educators interface with higher education service-learning. Most service-learning in Extension has focused on precollege youth and 4-H. When we look at higher education service-learning and Extension in Wisconsin, we see that there is not as much connection as might be expected. County-based…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Models, Service Learning, Higher Education
Kezar, Adrianna – Innovative Higher Education, 2011
This article examines a common problem in higher education--how to create more widespread use of improved practices, often commonly referred to as innovations. I argue that policy models of scale-up are often advocated in higher education but that they have a dubious history in community development and K-12 education and that higher education…
Descriptors: Community Development, Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Practices
Sofo, Francesco – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the focus and practice of Adult and Community Education (ACE) as well as its conceptualization and delivery and to suggest parameters for an approach based on excellence, a balanced scorecard and performance to meet community needs. Design/methodology/approach: The review examines key aspects of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Needs, Community Education, Postsecondary Education
Tamminga, Ken; De Ciantis, Deno – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2012
University faculty and outreach program directors have been called to deliver more effective, equitable, and sustainable ways in which neighborhood and university communities may creatively interact. The authors report on the case of the Pittsburgh Studio, an initiative that matches students and resident stakeholders in researching local issues…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Administration, Administrators, Outreach Programs
Bartruff, Elizabeth Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Using the Community of Inquiry (COI) model as a framework, this case study analyzed the interactions of teacher and students in an online graduate level education course at a small Christian college in the Pacific Northwest. Using transcript content analysis, communication between participants was coded as either contributing to the social,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Graduate Study, Education Courses, Distance Education
Kovach, Ron; McDonald, Bill – 1990
The "pining" for a sense of community, for roots, for a connectedness to others is a basic need that is felt but not understood, that is desired but not practiced, in either college settings or the greater society. Thus, the prevalent rootlessness and transience that students arrive with at college (due to a highly mobile society) is never…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Community, Community Development
McDonald, William M., Ed. – 2002
The chapters of this collection focus on the impact of the educational leadership of Ernest Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for 16 years and well-known commentator on higher education. The book reviews the current state of campus community and describes community-building models at five different…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational History, Higher Education, Instructional Leadership
Railsback, Gary L. – Christian Higher Education, 2007
This article is a historical case study of George Fox University (GFU) in Newberg, Oregon. Using organizational lifecycle as a theoretical framework, George Fox University had a long and delayed childhood in that it remained a small and struggling institution for most of the 20th century, and then experienced rapid growth in the late 1980s. This…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, High School Graduates, Metropolitan Areas, Recruitment
Neff, Bonita Dostal; And Others – 1994
A case study analyzed a special event, AmeriFlora '92, held from April 1992 to October 1992 in Columbus, Ohio. AmeriFlora '92 was established as a temporary organization covering nearly 8 years of planning, operations, and dismantling. The lack of attendance and the resulting financial impact inspired a major effort to examine the role of public…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Higher Education

Watson, Keith – Higher Education, 1981
The dilemma of whether to expand higher education systems in Thailand or to curtail enrollments by some means of cut-off or selection at the end of secondary school are discussed. A variety of higher education models in use in the Third World countries are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development

Crookston, Burns B. – NASPA Journal, 1975
Presents a model which delineates the roles of counselors, students, and members of the community in developing an educational environment conducive to healthy student development. Presented at Annual NASPA Conference, San Francisco, March, 1975. (CJ)
Descriptors: College Environment, Community Development, Conferences, Educational Environment
Strange, C. Carney; Banning, James H. – 2001
This book provides a comprehensive model for creating student-friendly and learning-supportive campus environments, examining how the principles of effective person-environment interactions work through physical, aggregate, organizational, and socially-constructed environmental components. The chapters of Part 1, Types and Impacts of Campus…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Development, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Environment