Faculty interested in community-engagement may be interested in the Summer Research Institute on the
4th Annual
Summer Research Institute on the Future of
Community Engagement in Higher Education –
July 17-18, 2013
Community Engagement in Higher Education –
July 17-18, 2013
The Center for Engaged Democracy is pleased
to announce its 4th annual summer research institute on The
Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education. The summer institute
brings together scholars, students, and community participants to engage the
theory and practice of what it means to have an “academic home” for community
engagement in higher education. It will take place July 17 & 18, 2013, at
Tufts University in conjunction with the “Frontiers of Democracy”
conference.
· CALL
FOR PRESENTATIONS: Click Here for the
Call for Presentations. (Submissions should include an abstract of 500 words or
less.)
· CRITICAL
FRIENDS GROUPS: Click Here for the
Critical Friends Groups. (Submissions should include a 1-2 sentence
description of the informal session you would like to lead.)
DETAILS
This year’s
institute will have three presentations tracks:
1. Strengthening Academic Programs in Community Engagement:
presentations on developing, supporting, and expanding academic programs focused
on civic and community engagement.
2. Core Competencies in Civic Engagement:
presentations that make use of, critically engage with, and expand upon the
Center’s policy report Core Competencies in Civic
Engagement.
3. The Impact of Online Education for Community Engagement:
presentations that examine the impact and implications of online education in
higher education for the future of “place-based” learning and civic and
community engagement.
Additionally, this
year’s institute will have several invited sessions focusing on key literature
and issues in the field. Confirmed invited sessions include:
· Marshall
Welch, Saint Mary’s College of California and John Saltmarsh, New England
Resource Center for Higher Education, Invited Session: Best
Practice and Infrastructures for Campus Centers of Community Engagement
· Ari
Hoy, Senior Program Officer, Bonner Foundation, Invited Session:
Forthcoming edited book, Deepening Community Engagement in Higher
Education: Forging New Pathways.
· Ashley Finley,
Senior Director of Assessment & Research, AAC&U, Invited
Session: Forthcoming monograph through Bringing Theory to Practice’s Civic
Monograph Series: Civic Learning & Teaching
· Amy
Traver and Zivah Katz, Queensborough Community College-CUNY, Invited
Session: Forthcoming edited book, Service-Learning at the American
Community College: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives.
· Susan
Iverson, Kent State University, Invited Session: Anticipated edited
book, Feminist Community Engagement [working title]
Finally, a key
theme will be the role of civic and community engagement in an increasingly
online world. Paul LeBlanc, President of Southern New Hampshire University,
will give the opening keynote talk: “College for America – The Future of
Civic Engagement in an Online World.” Read his recent op-ed – “Accreditation in a Rapidly Changing
World” – in InsideHigherEd. Read also Dan W. Butin’s
recent op-ed – “Does Community Engagement Have a Place
in a Placeless University” – in the New England Journal of
Higher Education.
About the
2013 Summer Research Institute
The 4th annual
summer research institute on The Future of Community Engagement in
Higher Education brings together scholars, students, and community
participants to engage the theory and practice of what it means to have an
“academic home” for community engagement in higher education. It will take
place July 17 & 18, 2013, at Tufts University in conjunction with the “Frontiers of Democracy”
conference. We encourage all attendees to take advantage of the affiliate
conferences to be held July 18-20, which are sponsored by the Tisch College of
Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University, the Democracy Imperative,
and the Deliberative Democracy Consortium.
About
the Center for Engaged Democracy
The Center
for Engaged Democracy acts as a central hub for developing,
coordinating, and supporting academic programs – certificates, minors, and
majors – around the country focused on civic and community engagement, broadly
defined. The Center, which is housed within Merrimack College’s School of
Education, brings together faculty, administrators, and community partners to
support such academic programs through a variety of initiatives and practices:
compiling existing research and documentation to support new and developing
programs; sponsoring symposia, conferences, and research opportunities to build
a vibrant research base and academic community; and providing a voice and space
for dialogue for the value of such academic programs across higher education.
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Dan W. Butin, PhD
Dean and Associate Professor
School of Education
Merrimack College
dan.butin@merrimack.edu
978-837-5338
www.merrimack.edu/schoolofeducation
office: rm. 203 Austin Hall
mailing address: 315 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA, 01845
Dan W. Butin, PhD
Dean and Associate Professor
School of Education
Merrimack College
dan.butin@merrimack.edu
978-837-5338
www.merrimack.edu/schoolofeducation
office: rm. 203 Austin Hall
mailing address: 315 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA, 01845
Tara Luparello
Administrative Director, IARSLCE
Tulane University, Alcee Fortier Hall
6823 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 862-3366
(504) 862-8061 (fax)
The
mission of IARSLCE is to promote the development and dissemination of
research on service-learning and community engagement internationally and
across all levels of the education system.
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