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STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS

Global Perspectives

By BUDD HALL, RAJESH TANDON, CRYSTAL TREMBLAY (Eds.)

2015
9781550585629 (paperback)
9781550585605 (PDF)
9781550585612 (EPUB)
331 pages

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This volume is the most comprehensive and up-to-date international analysis of community research partnerships. The book extends the pioneering leadership of the UNESCO Co-Chairs in Community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, and presents the first ever global survey on the topic and 12 country case studies written by leading academics and practitioners from around the world. It is a must-read for national policy-makers, university officials and professors, and civil society practitioners.

Subjects: higher education research, communities research, community and college

Budd Hall is Professor of Community Development at the University of Victoria, and Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education.

Rajesh Tandon is Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair on Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education.

Crystal Tremblay has a PhD from the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria. She is also Research Director for the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, and Associate Director of Research at the Institute for the ISICUE at the University of Victoria.

STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS: Global Perspectives

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
FREQUENTLY USED ACRONYMS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS

Chapter 1 | INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2 | KNOWLEDGE, HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 3 | GLOBAL TRENDS IN COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 4 | INTRODUCTION TO CASE STUDIES
ARGENTINA
BRAZIL
CANADA
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRELAND
JORDAN
NETHERLANDS
SOUTH AFRICA
UGANDA
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES
Chapter 5 | A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF COUNTRY WIDE EDUCATIONAL POLICIES, INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES, AND REGIONAL NETWORKS ON COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY ENGAGEMENT (CUE), AND COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS (CURP’s)
Chapter 6 | CONCLUSION