Open Access15: SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY
Author(s) -
Carpenter Andrew N.,
Coughlin Linda,
Morgan Susanne,
Price Christopher
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2011.tb00632.x
Subject(s) - social capital , civic engagement , bridging (networking) , public relations , individual capital , capital (architecture) , collective action , social engagement , action (physics) , sociology , political science , financial capital , economic growth , human capital , social science , economics , geography , computer network , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , politics , computer science , law
Investigating colleges' and universities' social capital through its five dimensions—civic engagement, norms and trust, collective action, bonding capital, and bridging capital—provides a powerful way of thinking about organizational and faculty development. Four very different institutions of higher learning have promoted their organizational development through efforts that build social capital. We seek to inspire additional application of and research into this topic by demonstrating that confronting the complexities of social capital within diverse campus communities can help faculty developers understand those communities with greater nuance and in ways that improve their ability to design and implement development initiatives.