Document Type
Occasional Paper
Publication Date
Winter 1998
Abstract
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 an institution's civic life. They can use this paper as a yardstick for their own practice.
Recommended Citation
Thomas, Nancy L., "The Institution As A Citizen: How Colleges and Universities Enhance Their Civic Roles" (1998). New England Resource Center for Higher Education Publications. 20.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nerche_pubs/20
Included in
Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Higher Education Administration Commons, Service Learning Commons
Comments
Working Paper #22