Higher Education and Civic Engagement

PART I: FRAMING DEBATES Civic Engagement in a Cold Climate: Higher Education after the Boom; R.Munck Higher Education as a Force for Societal Change in the 21st Century; B.Gourley The Walls; M.O'Malley Education for Active Citizenship: Citizens for Country and Conscience; Sr.S.Kennedy Embedding Public Engagement within Higher Education: Lessons from the Beacons for Public Engagement; P.Manners Survey of Civic Engagement within Higher Education in Ireland; A.Lyons PART II: PEDAGOGY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Civic Engagement: What, How, and Why?; R.Bringle Teaching and Learning for Civic Engagement: Sustainability though Alignment; J.Boland Academic Excellence and Community Engagement: Reflections on the Latin American Experience; M.Nieves Turning the Inside Outside: Risks as Perceived by Community University Partners in Service Learning; L.McIlrath State of Service-Learning at the University of Granada (Spain); J.L.Arco PART III: SCHOLARSHIP AND COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH A 'civicmission' for the University: History, International Trends and Institutional Responses; M.Cuthill Critical Reflections on how Community-based Research Challenges Organizational Culture within the Academy; T.de Brun, A.McFarlane & M.O'Reilly-de Brun Talking the Talk, then Walking the Walk: how Community Research Partnerships really Work; M.Adshead

Lorraine McIlrath is Community Knowledge Initiative Coordinator & Academic Staff Developer at National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.