The stewardship of higher education : re-imagining the role of education and wellness on community impact /

Understanding the entrepreneurial nature of universities-in particular, the relationship between education and health in relation to development and wellness of communities-this volume provides a description/narration of the efforts in how universities can address their shifting contexts while engag...

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Other Authors: Callejo-Pérez, David M., 1972-, Ode, Joshua
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense Publishers, ©2013.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Re-Imagining Universities as Places for Research and Reform / David M. Callejo Perez and Joshua Ode
  • Section I: Analyzing Stewardship and its Impact. The Data That Bind Us: Finding Our Hidden Wholeness in Education / Sebastián R. Díaz
  • Re-Imagining Higher Education Funding / Anthony R. Bowrin
  • Re-Imaging the Role of Education and Wellness on Community Impact / Courtney Mcanuff and Lisa A. Ambrose
  • Taking Their Lives into Their Own Hands: A Commentary on Intrinsic Interest and Other Push and Pull Factors in the College Major Choice Process / Cyprien Lokko
  • Section II: Issues of Stewardship in Higher Education. Can Monarchs Make it Through Texas? Liberal Education and Public Health / Susan Albertine
  • In Pursuit of "the Good Life" or "the Good Job"? / Kevin Cloninger
  • Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and its Implications for Retaining Minority Students in Predominantly White Institutions (PWIS) / Dawn Hinton and Byung-In Seo
  • Building Community Capacity to Guide University Stewardship: An Oregon Experiment / Thomas J. Gallagher
  • Non Nobis Solum (Not for Ourselves Alone): Individuals with Moderate and Severe Disabilities and What Institutions of Higher Education Can Offer / Dorothy Squatrito Millar
  • Section III: Personal Narratives of Stewardship. "Aqui Estamos y no nos Vamos": A Critical Counter Story of the Educational Experience of an Undocumented Graduate Dream Activist / Nancy Guarneros
  • A College Degree with a Sense of Community / Samantha Danbert and Alicia Flynn
  • Higher Education and Community Engagement / Dawn P. Coe and Joshua J. Ode
  • Epilogue: Educating for Global Citizenship / Pablo Toral.