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Tales Out Of School: Six Secrets From Successful Teachers, John Strassburger
Tales Out Of School: Six Secrets From Successful Teachers, John Strassburger
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This is the third in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Selected Institutional Characteristics, Bridgewater State College, Academic Year, 1997-1998, Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment, Bridgewater State College
Selected Institutional Characteristics, Bridgewater State College, Academic Year, 1997-1998, Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment, Bridgewater State College
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The Institution As A Citizen: How Colleges And Universities Enhance Their Civic Roles, Nancy L. Thomas
The Institution As A Citizen: How Colleges And Universities Enhance Their Civic Roles, Nancy L. Thomas
New England Resource Center for Higher Education Publications
This paper is premised on the assumption that civic responsibility is the contemporary version of higher education's historical outreach mission. With that as an understanding, it considers how best colleges and universities can fulfill this commitment of service to external communities, broadly defined to include local, national, and international concerns. The paper offers typologies of ways that institutions structure academic outreach, responsive curricula, land-grant and extension school programs, faculty professional service, coordinating student volunteerism and encouraging public access to campus for athletic or cultural events. Institutions interested in enhancing their civic role can take from this paper strategies for enhancing …