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Author Hodges, Rita Axelroth.

Title The road half traveled : university engagement at a crossroads / Rita Axelroth Hodges and Steve Dubb
Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource
Series Transformations in higher education: the scholarship of engagement
Transformations in higher education.
Contents List of Figures; Foreword -- Charles Rutheiser; Preface; Introduction; Part 1. The Past and Present of University Engagement; Chapter 1. Brief History of Universities, Community Partnerships, and Economic Development; Chapter 2. Three Strategies of Anchor-Based Community Development; Chapter 3. Higher Education Approaches to Urban Issues; Chapter 4. Addressing the Challenges; Part 2. Case Studies; Chapter 5. University as Facilitator: IUPUI, Portland State, and Miami Dade College; Chapter 6. University as Leader: Penn, Cincinnati, and Yale
Chapter 7. University as Convener: Syracuse, Minnesota, LeMoyne-Owen, and EmoryPart 3. Best Practices; Chapter 8. Promising Practices and Lessons Learned; Part 4. Envisioning the Road to Be Taken: Realizing the Anchor Institution Mission; Chapter 9. Building Internal Constituencies for Partnership Work; Chapter 10. Catalyzing Change with Philanthropy; Chapter 11. Policy Support for the Anchor Institution Mission; Conclusion. Thinking Forward; Appendix 1. Budget Documents from Anchor Institutions Task Force; Appendix 2. Interview Subjects and Contributors; Appendix 3. Additional Resources
Summary A growing number of universities are dedicating resources to support their surrounding communities, but much potential for advancement remains. A university's mission as an "anchor institution," as defined by the authors, is to consciously and strategically apply the institution's long-term, place-based economic power, in combination with its human and intellectual resources, to better the welfare of the community in which it resides. Drawing on ten diverse universities as case studies, this eye-opening book explores practices and strategies that can be employed to improve condition
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Community and college -- United States
Education, Higher -- United States.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Community and college
Education, Higher
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Dubb, Steve.
LC no. 2011050517
ISBN 9781609173401
1609173406