Civic Engagement and Community Service at Research Universities Paperback Book

Civic Engagement and Community Service at Research Universities: Engaging Undergraduates for Social Justice, Social Change and Responsible Citizenship (Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy)Author: Tania D. Mitchell Krista M. Soria
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Category: Sociology, Social Work, Philosophy & Theory Of Education, Philosophy & Theory Of Education, Moral & Social Purpose Of Education, Moral & Social Purpose Of Education, School/community Relations & School/home Relations, School/community Relations & School/home Relations, Higher & Further Education, Tertiary Education, Higher & Further Education, Tertiary Education
Book Format: Paperback

Krista M. Soria works in the Office of Institutional Research at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. She is interested in researching high-impact practices that promote undergraduates' development, the experiences of first-generation and working-class students, and programmatic efforts to enhance students' leadership, civic responsibility, and engagement in social change.

Table Of ContentsIntroduction: Developing Undergraduates'

Civic Capabilities: The Unique Contributions of American Public Research

Universities; Krista

M. Soria, Tania D. Mitchell, and June Nobbe. - Part

1: Institutional Conditions Framing Undergraduates' Civic and Citizenship

Engagement at Research Universities. - 1. Civic Attitudes Development

among Undergraduate Students at American Research Universities: An Examination

by Student Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status; Young

K. Kim, Marla A. Franco, and Liz A. Rennick. -2. Creating the Conditions for

Political Engagement: A Narrative Approach for Community-Engaged Scholarship

and Civic Leadership Development; Brandon

W. Kliewer and Kerry L. Priest. - 3. Civic and Community Engagement

Impact on Economically Disadvantaged Students; Victoria

Porterfield. - 4. Community Service and

Service-Learning at Large, Public Research Universities; Jeremy L. Williams, Krista M. Soria, and Claire Erickson. - 5. Redefining Civic Engagement: A

Developmental Model of Students' Civic-Related Capabilities; Luis

Ponjuan, Cynthia Alcantar, and Krista M. Soria. - Part 2:

Undergraduates' Participation in Community Service and Service-Learning:

Involvement and Outcomes. - 6. Civic Attitudes and the Undergraduate Experience; Gary R.

Kirk and Jacob Grohs. - 7. Modeling the Influence of Service-Learning on

Academic and Sociocultural Gains: Findings from a Multi-Institutional Study; Andrew Furco, Daniel Jones-White,

Ronald Huesman, Jr., and Laura Gorny. - 8. Pluralistic Outcomes Associated with Undergraduates'

Citizenship Development; Krista M. Soria,

Matthew Johnson, and Tania D. Mitchell. - 9. Belonging and Satisfaction of Service-Minded Students at American

Research Universities; Teniell L. Trolian,

Sarah SanGiovanni, and Wayne Jacobson. - Part 3: Engaging

Undergraduates for Social Justice and Social Change: Critical Perspectives on

Students' Civic Engagement. - 10. Realizing a Critical Framework for

Service-Learning at an American Public Research University; Douglas Barrera, Keali'i

Kukahiko, Lauren N. Willner, Kathy O'Byrne. - 11. Implementing Wingspread at the

University of Virginia: Culture, Crisis, and Student Activism; Rose Cole, Walter F. Heinecke,

Ibby Han, and Nqobile

Mthethwa. - 12. Seeking Social Justice: Undergraduates'

Engagement in Social Change and Social Justice at American Research

Universities; Tania D. Mitchell and

Krista M. Soria. - Conclusion: Revisiting the Civic Mission of the

American Public Research University; Tania D. Mitchell
About Krista M. SoriaKrista M. Soria works in the
Office of Institutional Research at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.
She is interested in researching high-impact practices that promote
undergraduates' development, the experiences of first-generation and
working-class students, and programmatic efforts to enhance students'
leadership, civic responsibility, and engagement in social change.
Tania D. Mitchell is an assistant
professor of higher education at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. Her
teaching and research focuses on service-learning as a critical pedagogy to
explore civic identity, social justice, student learning and development, race
and racism, and community practice.