Civic Engagement And Community Service At Research Universities

Download or read book Civic Engagement and Community Service at Research Universities written by Krista M. Soria and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines how undergraduate students engage with civic and community projects and how this can be encouraged by their universities. It also explores how universities can build on this involvement and develop undergraduates' civic and democratic capacities, including programmatic strategies and conceptual frameworks for understanding the students' activities. As higher education across the globe experiences increasing student numbers it is important to understand how students engage with civic and community service.