Argues for redefining the mission of the 21st-century university in order to focus on one overriding objective serving the public. Effective, expanding engagement with communities provides expertise and service to communities in ways in which universities are co-equal partners with other organizations and interests; it also provides rich…

Outlines an agenda for land-grant institutions in global outreach. It includes learning to share resources, ideas, and knowledge; increasing efforts to work through partnerships; identifying areas of common ground and understanding, and developing programs from this basis; working to increase understanding between people; and building an…

Discussion of the outreach and service function of the university looks at the collaborative nature of university/community relationships, the challenge and potential for finding faculty to participate, growing faculty-development opportunities, and the university's changing responsibility in the relationship. Examples are offered from programs at…

Describes two community-service programs, one for prisoners and one for women with infant children at a residential addiction treatment center, developed at Georgetown University (District of Columbia). Considers principles of service learning, such as connectivity and values for participants, despite practical and bureaucratic programmatic…

In light of the university's roles of providing advanced learning in a new educational market and addressing the complex issues facing the nation's future, this article offers 10 strategies including better interaction between teaching, research, and service; incentive and reward systems for university units and individual faculty that support…

Data from several national research and evaluation projects involving 32 diverse institutions offer insights into what motivates college-faculty involvement in public service and outreach efforts, what faculty find to be obstacles to involvement, and what institutions can do to facilitate involvement. One salient policy supporting faculty…

Discusses the role of philosophy both in public life and the university in addressing difficult public policy issues. Examples noted include a program applying principles of medical ethics to death and dying and a leadership development project at Indiana University South Bend, and the "Just Caring" research and outreach project, which…

Examines the role of universities in international outreach efforts and offers examples of Washington State University activities in economic development, research, and education. Argues that international outreach is essential in order for modern universities to meet their responsibilities, serve their constituencies, and survive in a rapidly…

Offers a model for outreach projects for pre-college students from underrepresented groups in mathematics-based disciplines. Discusses the importance of such projects; benefits to participating communities, individuals, and academic institutions; and recommends steps for starting such projects. Offers examples from a project for pre- college…

The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development is the largest and most comprehensive effort to understand how Indian nations can overcome persistent poverty and restore their own economic vitality and social sovereignty. The project's research base, services to Indian nations, executive education, teaching, and outreach are described,…

Scholarship of engagement has meaning at two levels: (1) connecting the university's rich resources to the most pressing social, civic, and ethical problems, making it the staging ground for action; and (2) creating a climate in which academic and civic cultures communicate more continuously and creatively, enlarging the universe of human…

A discussion of the role of new technology in university outreach efforts begins by looking at the history of the university's direct scientific and technological contributions to society, from the 1300s through the evolution of the land-grant university. The potential for another significant change in the university's institutional role in…

Discusses emerging trends in university service and outreach, the plans and programs underway at Ohio State University to ensure that outreach remains central to the university's role, and some key issues concerning faculty involvement in service and outreach activities. Argues that the tenure and promotion process should give appropriate weight…

Traditionally, university outreach and public service have been organized around two distinct, fragmented approaches: supporting research and instruction linked directly to economic and community development (extension education) and meeting continuing education needs. Two programs at the University of California, San Diego, use a regionally…

Discussion of Michigan State University's future reviews its history as the first land grant university and suggests that the 21st century institution will center around four dominant features: (1) information technology; (3) economic competitiveness; (3) quality of life; and (4) outreach. Urges focus on multidisciplinary nature of research…