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Harkavy, Ira; Hartley, Matthew; Hodges, Rita Axelroth; Weeks, Joann – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2016
In the rapidly accelerating global era in which we now live, human beings must solve a vast array of unprecedently complex problems. Given their proclaimed dedication to critical intelligence, and their unique constellation of formidable resources to develop it, institutions of higher education have a unique responsibility to help solve these…
Descriptors: Global Education, Partnerships in Education, College Role, School Community Programs
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Tamminga, Ken; De Ciantis, Deno – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2012
University faculty and outreach program directors have been called to deliver more effective, equitable, and sustainable ways in which neighborhood and university communities may creatively interact. The authors report on the case of the Pittsburgh Studio, an initiative that matches students and resident stakeholders in researching local issues…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Administration, Administrators, Outreach Programs
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Canfield-Davis, Kathy; Gardiner, Mary E.; Joki, Russell A. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2009
Reflecting on the 140th anniversary of the Fourteenth Amendment (ratified July, 1868), this qualitative case study described a response by educator-activist Tony Stewart to the Aryan Nations, a neo-Nazi hate group that attempted to intimidate Stewart's community, Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, between 1972-2000. Stewart galvanized community response using…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Activism, Social Justice