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Overcoming Faculty Fears About Civic Work: Reclaiming Higher Education's Civic Purpose
Author(s) -
Kaufman Cynthia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.20191
Subject(s) - civic engagement , civics , resistance (ecology) , sociology , order (exchange) , pedagogy , work (physics) , political science , public relations , public administration , law , politics , mechanical engineering , ecology , finance , economics , biology , engineering
This chapter describes fears that may lead to faculty resistance to civic engagement and suggests approaches to conquering these fears in order to further develop the civic capacities of our students and institutions.