Description
Book SynopsisBecoming an Engaged Campus offers campus leaders a systematic and detailed approach to creating an environment where public engagement can grow and flourish. The book explains not only what to do to expand community engagement and how to do it, but it also explores how to document, evaluate, and communicate university engagement efforts.
Praise for Becoming an Engaged Campus
This provocative yet exceedingly practical book looks at all of the angles and lays bare the opportunities and barriers for campus-community engagement while providing detailed pathways toward change. This comprehensive treatise marks a significant shift in the literature from the what and why of public engagement to the how. It is simply superb! ?KEVIN KECSKES, associate vice provost for engagement, Portland State University
Becoming an Engaged Campus is an essential guidebook for university leaders. It details the specific ways that campuses must align
Table of Contents
Foreword.
About the Authors.
Introduction.
1 Outreach and Public Engagement: Understanding the Context.
2 The Alignment Process.
3 Aligning the Foundational Elements.
4 Aligning Leadership.
5 Aligning the Organizational Structure.
6 Aligning Faculty and Staff.
7 Aligning Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure.
8 Aligning for Student Engagement.
9 Aligning Accountability and Reporting Systems.
10 Aligning Communication.
11 Aligning with the Community.
12 Aligning Public Policy.
13 Moving Forward.
References.
Index.
