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Blogs by Theme - Universities' Third Mission

U21 Lifelong Learning & Research Workshop - University of Glasgow - 14/15 May 2012 - Final Programme

Posted March 20, 2012 - 17:04 by Susan Geerthuis

Please find attached a final version of the programme for the Universitas 21 Lifelong Learning & Research Workshop at University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland on 14th and 15th May 2012.

March 2012 issue of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement (JHEOE)

Posted March 15, 2012 - 12:01 by Rahma Osman
We are delighted to announce that the just-published March 2012 issue of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement (JHEOE) is a thematic issue dedicated to:
  • Seven articles about Faculty for the Engaged Campus, a national initiative of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) in partnership with the University of Minnesota and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Three articles resulting from the conference Community-Engaged Scholarship: Critical Junctures in Research, Practice and Policy, held November 4-5, 2010 in Guelph, Ontario Canada
  • Three book reviews on topics related to community-engaged scholarship.

Higher Education Reform 2012 Workshop - Pittsburgh Oct 10-12, 2012 - Announcement and Call for Papers

Posted March 14, 2012 - 14:32 by James Jacob

A number of PASCAL colleagues have participated in one or more of the last three Higher Education Reform Workshops in Berlin (2011), Vancouver (2010), and/or Mexico City (2009). I would like to extend a special invitation for you to participate in the next HER Workshop which will be held for the first time in the United States at the University of Pittsburgh from 10-12 October 2012. We are delighted by the co-sponsorship by PASCAL of this event.

White Paper from Association of Land Grant Universities - the Centrality of Engagement in Higher Education

Posted March 6, 2012 - 13:23 by Pat Inman

This White Paper offers a historical and philosophical context that can be used by higher education institutions to have a deeper conversation regarding community engagement and its role in informing the discovery and learning missions. Initially it describes historical adherence to this principle and then define engagement among current higher education communities in the US. Next it discusses the role of the engaged university in a dynamic future society which is dependent upon new and advanced sources of knowledge. 

 

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