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1 online resource (254 pages) |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; About the editors; Acronyms; Chapter 1. Approaches to the university, place and development; Introduction; The university and development; Approaches to university engagement and place-making; Critical theory, decolonisation and the place-based agenda; References; Chapter 2. Universities as urban anchor institutions and the social contract in the developed world; Introduction; The university and the city; A neoliberal context and the social contract; The public united states research university: 'of the city not simply in the city' |
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Anchoring a new social contract in the cityReferences; Chapter 3. Linking knowledge innovation and development in South Africa: National policy and regional variances; Introduction; Universities, knowledge and innovation for development: The centrality of policy; Linking national knowledge policy to place-based development in peripheral regions: A smart region approach; Evidence from the South African policy environment; A review of two regional case variances: The Eastern Cape and Free State provinces; Discussion and conclusion; References |
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Chapter 4. The engaged university and the specificity of place: The case of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan UniversityIntroduction; Method; Findings; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. Challenges of university-city relationships: Reflections from the University of the Witwatersrand and Johannesburg; Introduction; The problem: Negative relationships between university and city; The challenge: A positive university-city relationship; Some good outcomes; Toward conclusions; Interviews; References; Chapter 6. Integrating the edges: University of Pretoria's neighbourhood anchor strategy |
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IntroductionAnchor strategies in the United States; University of Pretoria's Hatfield precinct project; The way forward; References; Chapter 7. Developing a local innovation ecosystem through a university-coordinated innovation platform: The University of Fort Hare; Introduction; A brief review of the literature; Analytical framework: Nurturing an ecosystem; Case study: University of Fort Hare as orchestrator of an inclusive innovation ecosystem; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8. The University of Fort Hare in post-apartheid South Africa; Introduction |
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The University of Fort Hare in the post-1994 contextReflections on the functions undertaken by the University of Fort Hare; Concerns about the state of high-level knowledge production at the University of Fort Hare; Managing contradictory functions?; References; Chapter 9. University-community engagement as place-making? A case of the University of Fort Hare and Alice; Introduction; University-community engagement and place-making; The University of Fort Hare in Alice; Community engagement as place-making?; The (in)significance of Alice; References |
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Chapter 10. Innovation or anchor strategy? City-campus inner city regeneration in East London-Buffalo City |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 12, 2019) |
| Subject |
Community and college -- South Africa
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Community development -- South Africa
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Community and college
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Community development
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South Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bank, Leslie, editor.
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Cloete, Nico, editor.
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Van Schalkwyk, François, editor.
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| ISBN |
1928331769 |
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9781928331766 |
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