Re-envisioning higher education's public mission: global perspectives

This book covers initiatives related to higher education's public mission such as university-community engagement, knowledge transfer, economic development, and social responsibility, using empirical and conceptual cases in the US, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. In order to develop a better understanding of public mission initiatives in higher education across the globe, the volume editors developed a theoretical framework emerging from organizational theory. Each chapter analysis uses both external environmental elements (political, economic, sociocultural, and technological), as well as internal institutional elements (mission, vision, leadership, and governance). Finally, each chapter highlights issues related to implementation and challenges with the intent of prompting readers to consider appropriate ways in which to adopt some of the lessons learned by the contributing authors. --

Introduction: Examining Higher Education Institutions Public Mission Initiatives Through the Lens of Organizational Perspective / Antigoni Papadimitriou and Marius Boboc -- Recharging Higher Education's Social Responsibility via Anchor Institutions / Marius Boboc -- Public-Public Partnerships: Expanding Higher Education Capacity Through Economic Redevelopment / Michael Klein -- Revitalizing Northwood: Morgan State University's Role in Economic and Community Development / Sean Robinson -- Developing Faculty Identity as a Community Engaged Scholar: An Unexamined Barrier to Promoting the Public Mission / Carey Borkoski and Sherri K. Prosser -- University-Engagement Research: Application of a Mixed Method Design of Community-Based Participatory Research for Communities' Well-Being / Antigoni Papadimitriou and others -- The "Community" in Community College: Lorain County Community College's Strategic Visioning Model / Marcia Ballinger -- Exploring University Engagement Through an International Lens: The Case of Extensión Universitaria in Panama / Mariana León -- Higher Education and the Commitment to Its Public Mission: The Case of Extension Projects in a Brazilian University / Ana Iv…