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University Social Responsibility: Unravelling the Perceptions of External Stakeholders
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Rosa M. Rodríguez-Izquierdo – Higher Education Quarterly, 2025
The paper examines how external stakeholders conceptualise university social responsibility (USR) and their perceptions about how universities implement USR in practice. A total of 18 external stakeholders from eight universities were interviewed. The results indicated that there was no shared and common conceptualization of USR and that USR was…
Descriptors: Universities, School Responsibility, Social Responsibility, Stakeholders
Piloting a Community-Based Learning Teaching Assistant Program
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Bethany Ozorak; Sascha Goluboff – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2025
Research indicates that student leadership and peer-to-peer mentoring enhance the highimpact practice of student service-learning. This article explores the successful implementation of a community-based learning teaching assistant program by a community-engaged office at a four-year liberal arts institution. It discusses the program's…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Assistants, Program Implementation, Community Involvement
Forging a Sustainable Path: The QualEnv Consortium's Practices and Strategies in Promoting Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions
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Anelise Leal Vieira Cubas; Ana Paula Provin; Ana Regina de Aguiar Dutra; José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra; Clarissa Carneiro Mussi – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Higher education institutions (HEIs) have a pivotal role in global sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to assess the QualEnv Consortium's contributions (QualEnv, a cooperative network of 16 universities across several countries, aimed to promote sustainability within HEIs). This paper focuses on three key objectives:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Consortia
South African Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign and Australian Aboriginal Adult Literacy Campaign 'Yes, I Can!': A Comparative Study
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Vegneskumar Maniam; Veronica McKay; Robert Boughton – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2025
In 2008 the South African Government launched the "Kha Ri Gude" mass literacy campaign to address the country's adult illiteracy problem. The Campaign drew upon the Cuban "Yo, Si Puedo" campaign model. In 2012, an Australian non-governmental organisation, Literacy for Life Foundation, likewise informed by the Cuban "Yo, Si…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Illiteracy, Models