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Is Higher Education Ready to Commit to Community Engagement?

Is Higher Education Ready to Commit to Community Engagement?. Calling the Question:. Nancy L. Zimpher, President, University of Cincinnati December 8, 2005.

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Is Higher Education Ready to Commit to Community Engagement?

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  1. Is Higher Education Ready to Commit to Community Engagement? Calling the Question: Nancy L. Zimpher, President, University of CincinnatiDecember 8, 2005

  2. I have this growing conviction that what is needed [for higher education] is not just more programs, but a larger purpose, a larger sense of mission, a larger clarity of direction in the nation’s life. Not Necessarily A New Idea “ ” Ernest Boyer (1994)

  3. Founded: 1985 Today: 5 million students More than 950 public and private two- and four-year colleges and universities

  4. Kellogg Commission: Renewing the Covenant, 2000 “It (the transformed university) will be a new kind of public institution, one that is as much a first-rate research university, one that provides access to success to much more diverse student population as easily as it reaches out to engage the larger community.”

  5. Our goal in calling the question is nothing less than the transformation of our nation’s colleges and universities. We believe engagement is the best hope for the future of higher education. “ ” Wingspread Statement 2004, Calling the Question

  6. Six Promising Practices:1. Integrate Engagement into Mission

  7. Six Promising Practices:1. Integrate Engagement into Mission

  8. Six Promising Practices:2. Forge Partnerships as the Overarching Framework An Urban P-16 Council for Quality Teaching and Learning

  9. Six Promising Practices:2. Forge Partnerships as the Overarching Framework College Access/Success Partnership

  10. Six Promising Practices:2. Forge Partnerships as the Overarching Framework

  11. Women in Science & Engineering- Undergraduates Six Promising Practices:3. Renew and Redefine Discovery and Scholarship

  12. Six Promising Practices:3. Renew and Redefine Discovery and Scholarship

  13. Six Promising Practices:3. Renew and Redefine Discovery and Scholarship Teacher Quality Partnership

  14. Six Promising Practices:3. Renew and Redefine Discovery and Scholarship Research Investment Master Plan

  15. Niehoff Studio Six Promising Practices:4. Integrate Engagement Into Teaching and Learning Kroger Design, Calhoun and Jefferson

  16. Six Promising Practices:4. Integrate Engagement Into Teaching and Learning

  17. Six Promising Practices:4. Integrate Engagement Into Teaching and Learning Service Learning

  18. Other examples: UC Center for Economic Education and Research Robert Probst senior capstone experience classes in design Hebrew Union College-University of Cincinnati Center for the Study of Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems Six Promising Practices:4. Integrate Engagement Into Teaching and Learning

  19. Six Promising Practices:5. Recruit and Support New Champions Appointment: Will McIntosh Dean, College of Business Appointment: Ann Chasser Associate vice president for tech transfer and commercialization Appointment: Tony Brown CEO, Uptown Consortium

  20. Six Promising Practices:5. Recruit and Support New Champions Julie Flammer CEO, Uptown Consortium

  21. Six Promising Practices:6. Create Radical Institutional Change

  22. Six Promising Practices:6. Create Radical Institutional Change Electronic Transcript College Application CAS Advisory Employment Information Ohio Students Articulation & Transfer: ATM

  23. Six Promising Practices:6. Create Radical Institutional Change Center for the City

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