TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hodges,Rita Axelroth
AU  - Dubb,Steve
TI  - The road half traveled: university engagement at a crossroads 
T2  - Transformations in higher education: the scholarship of engagement
SN  - 9781609173401
AV  - LC238 .H63 2012
U1  - 378.1/030973 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - East Lansing
PB  - Michigan State University Press
KW  - Community and college
KW  - United States
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Relations université-collectivité
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - Higher
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; List of Figures; Foreword -- Charles Rutheiser; Preface; Introduction; Part 1. The Past and Present of University Engagement; Chapter 1. Brief History of Universities, Community Partnerships, and Economic Development; Chapter 2. Three Strategies of Anchor-Based Community Development; Chapter 3. Higher Education Approaches to Urban Issues; Chapter 4. Addressing the Challenges; Part 2. Case Studies; Chapter 5. University as Facilitator: IUPUI, Portland State, and Miami Dade College; Chapter 6. University as Leader: Penn, Cincinnati, and Yale; Chapter 7. University as Convener: Syracuse, Minnesota, LeMoyne-Owen, and EmoryPart 3. Best Practices; Chapter 8. Promising Practices and Lessons Learned; Part 4. Envisioning the Road to Be Taken: Realizing the Anchor Institution Mission; Chapter 9. Building Internal Constituencies for Partnership Work; Chapter 10. Catalyzing Change with Philanthropy; Chapter 11. Policy Support for the Anchor Institution Mission; Conclusion. Thinking Forward; Appendix 1. Budget Documents from Anchor Institutions Task Force; Appendix 2. Interview Subjects and Contributors; Appendix 3. Additional Resources
N2  - A growing number of universities are dedicating resources to support their surrounding communities, but much potential for advancement remains. A university's mission as an "anchor institution," as defined by the authors, is to consciously and strategically apply the institution's long-term, place-based economic power, in combination with its human and intellectual resources, to better the welfare of the community in which it resides. Drawing on ten diverse universities as case studies, this eye-opening book explores practices and strategies that can be employed to improve condition
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