Academic interaction with social partners : investigating the contribution of universities to economic and social development / Glenda Kruss [and others].
"Academic interaction with social partners is a groundbreaking study on the relationship between the university and society in a developing country context. Empirically informed and contextually grounded, the book focuses on the engagement practices of individual academics in five South African univ...
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| Language: | English |
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Cape Town :
HSRC Press,
2012.
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction
- A conceptual framework for analysing university interaction with external partners
- Research design and methodology
- Mapping the scale of interaction in the five universities
- International reputation and local relevance: community engagement as service at research university 1
- Connecting academic work to the public good: social responsiveness at research university 2
- Community engagement and work-integrated learning: a paradigm shift at the university of technology
- Forging a new academic identity: engagement at a comprehensive university
- A more active development orientation: community engagement at a rural university
- Conclusion: towards university interaction with external social partners.