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Community engagement has evolved as a respected field and now occupies a seat at the academic table. In the past, this work had often been relegated to the institutional fringes of higher education, its practitioners marginalized, and the work often portrayed as service, not scholarly. Today, higher education community engagement is a dynamic and continually evolving field of scholarship and practice that carries ever-increasing academic respect. This book contributes to the ever-under-construction edifice by presenting a scaffolding of the scholarship that has been part of the building process, documenting and analyzing the past, speculating about the future, and framing a continuing conversation about and for the field.The three parts of this book are designed to promote a continuing field-building conversation: a look back at foundational documents of the field; a set of provocative questions interrogating those foundational works; and a look to the future by the next generation of leaders in the field. The central part is the special 20th anniversary issue of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, which brings together key documents of the scholarship of engagement with reflections on those documents by key scholars and/or the authors of the original works. In addition to highlighting the foundations and evolution of the field, this work also looks ahead to the next generation of voices and views as input to the conversation, with a closing chapter that includes invited essays by nine outstanding community-engaged thinkers and writers of the next 20 years who share their ideas about probable futures.

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Broad in scope, insightful, and comprehensive, this volume chronicles a critical movement that is profoundly shaping higher education. For anyone in the engagement field, from the most experienced to those just starting their careers, this is the must-have centerpiece for their professional library. --George L. Mehaffy, Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change American Association of State Colleges and Universities The editors have done all of higher education a significant favor in curating this remarkable collection of classic essays. Enriched with commentaries from some of today's thought leaders and inspiring practitioners, this volume truly sets a foundation for reclaiming the public and democratic purposes of higher education. --Paul C. Pribbenow, President Augsburg University Grounded in principles of mutuality, diversity and inclusion, integrity, and purpose, this book is a must-read for campus leaders. With an all-star group of scholars, this book synthesizes wisdom to inform our engagement with society. Colleges and universities cannot meet their missions of developing critical thinking, leadership, and moral citizens without this type of engagement in our communities. --Adrianna Kezar, Dean's Professor of Leadership, University of Southern California; Codirector, Pullias Center; and Director, Delphi Project Everything you needed to know about the scholarship of engagement can be found in this volume. --Samory T. Pruitt, Vice President, Division of Community Affairs, The University of Alabama; and President, Engagement Scholarship Consortium .

Everything you needed to know about the scholarship of engagement can be found in this volume. --Samory T. Pruitt, Vice President, Division of Community Affairs, The University of Alabama; and President, Engagement Scholarship Consortium . Broad in scope, insightful, and comprehensive, this volume chronicles a critical movement that is profoundly shaping higher education. For anyone in the engagement field, from the most experienced to those just starting their careers, this is the must-have centerpiece for their professional library. --George L. Mehaffy, Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change American Association of State Colleges and Universities Grounded in principles of mutuality, diversity and inclusion, integrity, and purpose, this book is a must-read for campus leaders. With an all-star group of scholars, this book synthesizes wisdom to inform our engagement with society. Colleges and universities cannot meet their missions of developing critical thinking, leadership, and moral citizens without this type of engagement in our communities. --Adrianna Kezar, Dean's Professor of Leadership, University of Southern California; Codirector, Pullias Center; and Director, Delphi Project The editors have done all of higher education a significant favor in curating this remarkable collection of classic essays. Enriched with commentaries from some of today's thought leaders and inspiring practitioners, this volume truly sets a foundation for reclaiming the public and democratic purposes of higher education. --Paul C. Pribbenow, President Augsburg University

Grounded in principles of mutuality, diversity and inclusion, integrity, and purpose, this book is a must-read for campus leaders. With an all-star group of scholars, this book synthesizes wisdom to inform our engagement with society. Colleges and universities cannot meet their missions of developing critical thinking, leadership, and moral citizens without this type of engagement in our communities. --Adrianna Kezar, Dean's Professor of Leadership, University of Southern California; Codirector, Pullias Center; and Director, Delphi Project The editors have done all of higher education a significant favor in curating this remarkable collection of classic essays. Enriched with commentaries from some of today's thought leaders and inspiring practitioners, this volume truly sets a foundation for reclaiming the public and democratic purposes of higher education. --Paul C. Pribbenow, President Augsburg University Everything you needed to know about the scholarship of engagement can be found in this volume. --Samory T. Pruitt, Vice President, Division of Community Affairs, The University of Alabama; and President, Engagement Scholarship Consortium . Broad in scope, insightful, and comprehensive, this volume chronicles a critical movement that is profoundly shaping higher education. For anyone in the engagement field, from the most experienced to those just starting their careers, this is the must-have centerpiece for their professional library. --George L. Mehaffy, Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Grounded in principles of mutuality, diversity and inclusion, integrity, and purpose, this book is a must-read for campus leaders. With an all-star group of scholars, this book synthesizes wisdom to inform our engagement with society. Colleges and universities cannot meet their missions of developing critical thinking, leadership, and moral citizens without this type of engagement in our communities. --Adrianna Kezar, Dean's Professor of Leadership, University of Southern California; Codirector, Pullias Center; and Director, Delphi Project Broad in scope, insightful, and comprehensive, this volume chronicles a critical movement that is profoundly shaping higher education. For anyone in the engagement field, from the most experienced to those just starting their careers, this is the must-have centerpiece for their professional library. --George L. Mehaffy, Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change American Association of State Colleges and Universities The editors have done all of higher education a significant favor in curating this remarkable collection of classic essays. Enriched with commentaries from some of today's thought leaders and inspiring practitioners, this volume truly sets a foundation for reclaiming the public and democratic purposes of higher education. --Paul C. Pribbenow, President Augsburg University Everything you needed to know about the scholarship of engagement can be found in this volume. --Samory T. Pruitt, Vice President, Division of Community Affairs, The University of Alabama; and President, Engagement Scholarship Consortium .

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Lorilee R. Sandmann is professor emeritus in the College of Education at the University of Georgia. Diane O. Jones is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Georgia in the Department of Learning, Leadership, and Organizational Development.

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