Higher Education for the Public Good: Emerging Voices from a National Movement

This important book explores the various ways that higher education contributes to the realization of significant public ends and examines how leaders can promote and enhance their contribution to the social charter through new policies and best practices. It also shows how other sectors of society, government agencies, foundations, and individuals can partner with institutions of higher education to promote the public good. Higher Education for the Public Good includes contributions from leaders in the field—many of whom participated in dialogues hosted by the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good. These leaders are responsible for creating successful strategies, programs, and efforts that foster the public’s role in higher education.

Table of Contents:
Preface xiii About the Authors xxiii Part One: Exploring the Public Good 1 1 The Special Role of Higher Education in Society: As a Public Good for the Public Good 3 Tony C. Chambers 2 Challenges for Higher Education in Serving the Public Good 23 Adrianna J. Kezar 3 Creating a Metamovement: A Vision Toward Regaining the Public Social Charter 43 Adrianna J. Kezar Part Two: Public Policy and the Public Good 55 4 State Governance and the Public Good 57 David Longanecker 5 Listening to the Public: A New Agenda for Higher Education? 71 David Mathews 6 Trusteeship and the Public Good 87 Richard Novak, Susan Whealler Johnston 7 The Public Good and a Racially Diverse Democracy 102 Denise O’Neil Green, William T. Trent Part Three: Cross-Sector Issues and the Public Good 125 8 Liberal Education and the Civic Engagement Gap 127 Carol Geary Schneider 9 The Disciplines and the Public Good 146 Edward Zlotkowski 10 Scholarship for the Public Good: Living in Pasteur’s Quadrant 166 Judith A. Ramaley Part Four: Institutional Governance and Leadership for the Public Good 183 11 Integrating a Commitment to the Public Good into the Institutional Fabric 185 Lee Benson, Ira Harkavy, Matthew Hartley 12 Rethinking Faculty Roles and Rewards for the Public Good 217 Kelly Ward 13 Institutional Differences in Pursuing the Public Good 235 Barbara A. Holland Part Five: Individual Leadership for the Public Good 261 14 Leading the Engaged Institution 263 James C. Votruba 15 Preparing Doctoral Students for Faculty Careers That Contribute to the Public Good 272 Ann Austin, Benita J. Barnes 16 Let Us Speak: Including Students’ Voices in the Public Good of Higher Education 293 Stephen John Quaye 17 Presidential Leadership for the Public Good 308 Martha W. Gilliland Part Six: Concluding Thoughts on the Public Good 315 18 Creating Dialogue: A New Charter and Vision of the Public Good 317 Adrianna J. Kezar 19 Pondering the Social Charter: Critical Reflection for Leaders 326 Tony C. Chambers Name Index 331 Subject Index 337

About the Author :
The Editors Adrianna J. Kezar is associate professor at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Understanding and Facilitating Change in the 21st Century from Jossey-Bass. Tony C. Chambers is senior fellow at the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good and faculty in the Program on American Cultures at the University of Michigan. John C. Burkhardt is professor of higher and postsecondary education at the University of Michigan and is director of the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good.

Review :
"One cannot help but develop some of the authors' optimism after reading this book." (Journal of Higher Education, Spring 2006)