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Elisa Brewis – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2025
This paper discusses understandings of higher education and the public good in the context of Finland. A lexical-based comparison of public goods terminology reveals that the Finnish translation of public good--"julkishyƶdyke"--is used in comparatively recent (post-1970s) scholarship, mainly limited to the fields of economics, forestry…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Community Development, Role of Education
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Rufus Glasper – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2024
As educators reconsider higher education's public good mission, community colleges face a monumental task. These colleges still serve a student population that includes many low-income, traditionally underrepresented, first-generation college students with family and job responsibilities that demand their attention. For community colleges, the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Sense of Community, Student Experience, School Culture