Strengthening Diversity through Community and Civic Engagement: Sustaining the Student-Institution-Community Relationship

Structuring an environment to support learning through engagement can enrich the learning experience; can allow for scholarship opportunities; and can support development within the region. Structuring an environment to support learning through engagement can support the university achieving its mis...

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Published inMetropolitan universities Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 43 - 55
Main Authors Cauley, Katherine, Sweeney, Robert J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) 2007
Subjects
College Administration
College Faculty
College Students
Educational Environment
Participation
Scholarship
School Community Relationship
Student College Relationship
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Summary:Structuring an environment to support learning through engagement can enrich the learning experience; can allow for scholarship opportunities; and can support development within the region. Structuring an environment to support learning through engagement can support the university achieving its mission. How? Effectively implementing a program of engagement throughout the learning environment suggests that the university has an infrastructure in place to support the institutionalization. This infrastructure for learning through engagement must support not only student learning and faculty scholarship, but also address the specific needs of the partnering organizations.
ISSN:1047-8485