Democracy, Civic Participation, and the University: A Comparative Study of Civic Engagement on Five Campuses

Abstract

This research is a comparative study of civic engagement on five campuses. Based on site visits, interviews on campuses and in host communities, document analysis, and literature reviews, four key findings emerged: (a) shifting and varying emphases in main components of engagement; (b) local factors that facilitate and present barriers to engagement; (c) intellectual rationales and projects to drive new knowledge, involve faculty, and institutionalize and sustain engagement; and (d) new organizational structures to link the campus and community and share power and resources. The argument is made for a dynamic and developmental framework that acknowledges multiplicity and flow. The article concludes with an initial mapping of changing relationships between local factors and civic-engagement program emphases and an articulation of three main current theories of engagement that a developmental framework would take into account.

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Susan A. Ostrander (2004). Democracy, Civic Participation, and the University: A Comparative Study of Civic Engagement on Five Campuses. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764003260588

@article{a2004democracy,
  title  = {Democracy, Civic Participation, and the University: A Comparative Study of Civic Engagement on Five Campuses},
  author = {Ostrander, Susan A.},
  year   = {2004},
  journal = {Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly},
  doi    = {10.1177/0899764003260588}
}

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