THE ENGAGED UNIVERSITY AND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT. THE U.S. APPROACH
THE ENGAGED UNIVERSITY AND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT. THE U.S. APPROACH

Summary/Abstract: The concept of the engaged university has been attracting attention, energy and resources in the U.S. academic environment for the past 50 years, with the twofold benefit of community development/neighborhood enhancement/community revival, as the case may be, on the one hand, and student development in the wake of their participation in the university-initiated community projects, on the other. The paper focuses primarily on the educational benefits community-engaged universities are able to provide their students, thus building both their civic spirit and social responsibility, as well as the soft skills they need in order to perform successfully in the community-enhancement projects their university is putting forward and afterwards in their own careers.

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