Authors

Barry Checkoway

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2001

Volume

72

Issue

2

Publication Title

The Journal of Higher Education

First Page

125

Last Page

147

Abstract

Should the American research university have a strategy for renewing its civic mission in a diverse democratic society and, if so, what should it be?

Many American research universities were established with a civic mission to prepare students for active participation in a diverse democracy and to develop knowledge for the improvement of communities. Today, however, it is hard to find top administrators with consistent commitment to this mission, few faculty members consider it central to their role, and community groups that approach the university for assistance often find it difficult to get what they need.

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