Research Universities and Civic Engagement
I was flattered at having this blog chosen as one of the "most engaging" by Smart Communities. The recognition inspires me to resume, although I hope in a way that involves more contributions from other members of the Public Engagement community in higher education.
Last Friday and Saturday I attended a conference, hosted by Franklin Gilliam at UCLA, on "Research Universities and Civic Engagement". It was the follow-up to one hosted by Rob Hollister at Tufts in October 2005. There was bigger group of universities this time, and I think we were all impressed by the range of activities that each of our institutions is engaged in (pun intended).
Rather than trying to summarize those activities, or the conference itself, I am listing links to the web sites of the participants. Visiting those links will give a great sampling of the public engagement efforts currently underway in our research universities.
- Arizona State University
- Duke University
- Georgetown University
- Harvard University
- Michigan State University
- Stanford University
- Tufts University
- UC Berkeley
- UCLA
- University of Maryland College Park
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas Austin
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin
- Vanderbilt University
- California Campus Compact