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This timely book brings together activist scholars from a number of disciplines (political science, geography, sociology, anthropology, and communications) to provide new insights into a growing trend in publicly engaged research and scholarship.

The Landscape of Rural Service Learning, and What It Teaches Us All is designed to provide a comprehensive look at rural service learning.

As the public purposes of higher education are being challenged by the increasing pressures of commodification and market-driven principles, this book argues for colleges and universities to be critical spaces for democratic engagement.

Offers a diverse array of innovative teaching and research strategies from engaged universities - from Australia, Egypt, Malaysia, Mexico, Scotland, South Africa, and the United States - that demonstrates how learning by doing elevates students' consciousness and develops their civic capabilities.

The first reference book to introduce the concept and development of service-learning in China, providing a full picture of the infusion of service-learning into the Chinese educational system and describes this new teaching experience using case studies, empirical data, and educational and institutional policies within Chinese context.

A landmark in our understanding of international community-engaged learning programs, this book invites educators to rethink everything from disciplinary assumptions to the role of higher education in a globalizing world.

This volume addresses the need for cross-disciplinary and cross-methodological communication about collaborative modelling.

In 2005 Adrian College was home to 840 enrolled students and had a tuition income of $8.54 million. By fall of 2011, enrollment had soared to 1,688, and tuition income had increased to $20.45 million. For the first time in years, the small liberal arts college was financially viable. Adrian College experienced this remarkable growth during the worst American economy in seventy years and in a state ravaged by the decline of the big three auto companies. How, exactly, did this turnaround happen? Crisis in Higher Education: A Plan to Save Small Liberal Arts Colleges in America was written to facilitate replication and generalization of Adrian College's tremendous enrollment growth and retention success since 2005. This book directly addresses the economic competitiveness of small four-year institutions of higher education and presents an evidence-based solution to the enrollment and economic crises faced by many small liberal arts colleges throughout the country.