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Title Civic engagement and community service at research universities : engaging undergraduates for social justice, social change and responsible citizenship / edited by Krista M. Soria and Tania D. Mitchell
Published London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 269 pages) : illustrations
Series Palgrave studies in global citizenship, education and democracy
Palgrave studies in global citizenship, education and democracy.
Contents 1. Developing Undergraduates' Civic Capabilities: The Unique Contributions of American Public Research Universities / Krista M. Soria, Tania D. Mitchell, and June Nobbe -- PART I. INSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS FRAMING UNDERGRADUATES' CIVIC AND CITIZENSHIP ENGAGEMENT AT RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES -- 2. Civic Attitudes Development Among Undergraduate Students at American Research Universities: An Examination by Student Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status / Young K. Kim, Marla A. Franco, and Liz A. Rennick -- 3. Creating the Conditions for Political Engagement: A Narrative Approach for Community-Engaged Scholarship and Civic Leadership Development / Brandon W. Kliewer and Kerry L. Priest -- 4. Civic and Community Engagement Impact on Economically Disadvantaged Students / Victoria Porterfield -- 5. Community Service and Service-Learning at Large American Public Research Universities / Jeremy L. Williams, Krista M. Soria, and Claire Erickson -- 6. Redefining Civic Engagement: A Developmental Model of Students' Civic-Related Capabilities / Luis Ponjuan, Cynthia M. Alcantar, and Krista M. Soria
PART II. UNDERGRADUATES' PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SERVICE-LEARNING: INVOLVEMENT AND OUTCOMES -- 7. Civic Attitudes and the Undergraduate Experience / Gary R. Kirk and Jacob Grohs -- 8. Modeling the Influence of Service-Learning on Academic and Sociocultural Gains: Findings from a Multi-institutional Study / Andrew Furco, Daniel Jones-White, Ronald Huesman Jr., and Laura Segrue Gorny -- 9. Pluralistic Outcomes Associated with Undergraduates' Citizenship Development / Krista M. Soria, Matthew Johnson, and Tania D. Mitchell -- 10. Belonging and Satisfaction of Service-Minded Students at American Research Universities / Teniell L. Trolian, Sarah SanGiovanni, and Wayne Jacobson
PART III. ENGAGING UNDERGRADUATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON STUDENTS' CIVIC ENGAGEMENT -- 11. Realizing a Critical Framework for Service-Learning at an American Public Research University / Douglas Barrera, Keali'i Troy Kukahiko, Lauren N. Willner, and Kathy O'Byrne -- 12. Student Activism as Civic Engagement: Challenging Institutional Conditions for Civic Leadership at University of Virginia / Walter F. Heinecke, Rose Cole, Ibby Han, and Nqobile Mthethwa -- 13. Seeking Social Justice: Undergraduates' Engagement in Social Change and Social Justice at American Research Universities / Tania D. Mitchell and Krista M. Soria -- 14. Revisiting the Civic Mission of the American Public Research University / Tania D. Mitchell
Summary Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy Series Editor: Jason Laker, San José State University, USA 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 30, 2016)
In Springer eBooks
Subject Citizenship -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Social justice -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Social change -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Service learning -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Undergraduates.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Citizenship -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Service learning
Social change -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Social justice -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Undergraduates
Form Electronic book
Author Soria, Krista M., editor.
Mitchell, Tania D., 1974- editor.
ISBN 9781137553126
113755312X