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Listen to the podcast! Is the university contributing to our global crises or does it offer stories of hope? Much recent debate about higher education has focussed upon rankings, quality, financing and student mobility. The COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, the calls for decolonisation, the persistence of gender violence, the rise of authoritarian nationalism, and the challenge of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have taken on new urgency and given rise to larger questions about the social relevance of higher education. In this new era of uncertainty, and perhaps opportunity, higher education institutions can play a vital role in a great transition or civilisational shift to a newly imagined world. Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy shares the experiences of a broadly representative and globally dispersed set of writers on higher education and social responsibility, broadening perspectives on the democratisation of knowledge. The editors have deliberately sought examples and viewpoints from parts of the world that are seldom heard in the international literature. Importantly, they have intentionally chosen to achieve a gender and diversity balance among the contributors. The stories in this book call us to take back the right to imagine, and ‘reclaim’ the public purposes of higher education.

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Author:   Budd L. Hall ,  Rajesh Tandon
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Weight:   0.679kg
ISBN:  

9789004445826

ISBN 10:   900444582
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   06 May 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Dzulkifli Abdul Razak Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Social Responsibility and Community Based Research in Higher Education Institutions Budd Hall and Rajesh Tandon PART 1: Higher Education and Civic Space for Learning 1 The University and the Tensions of Inclusion as Part of the Ethos of Social Responsibility Ana Maria de Albuquerque Moreira, Andrea Tejera Techera, Marcia Lopes Reis and Sebastian Schurmann 2 Rethinking Higher Education for Social Responsibility in South Africa: Considering Synergies between Gandhian Principles and Ubuntu Kanya Padayachee, Darren Lortan and Savathrie Maistry 3 Nepali Lifeworld and Its Higher Education System: A Critical Assessment of the Dis/Connection Kapil Dev Regmi 4 'Social Infrastructures' in the Nexus of Education and Justice Benita Moolman and Janice McMillan 5 Why Are Our Rankings So White? University Wankings 6 Saying 'No' to Rankings and Metrics: Scholarly Communication and Knowledge Democracy Florence Piron, Tom Olyhoek, Ivonne Lujano Vilchis, Ina Smith and Zakari Lire PART 2: Curricula: Decolonised and Local 7 Education outside the Classroom: Social Commitment in University Education James Cuenca Morales and Claudia Lucia Mora Motta 8 Community Learning and the Arts in Art Education: Experiences in Montenegro Andela Jaksic-Stojanovic 9 Higher Education and the Unique Gifts of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Anna Nahirna and Olha Mykhailyshyn 10 Language, Identity and Transformation: The Case of Arabic in Qatari Higher Education Emna Belkhiria, Mazhar al-Zo'by and Arslan Ayari 11 Universities and Society in Kyrgyzstan: A Historical, Political and Economic Perspective Bohdan Krawchenko, Zalina Enikeeva and Tamara Krawchenko PART 3: Teaching: Engaged Action 12 Social Responsibility and Legal Education in India: A Study in Special Reference to National Law Universities Anita Kumari and Pratikalpa Sharma 13 Engaging the School Community into Diversity and Inclusion: The Case of EHESP School of Public Health Estelle Baures and Alessia Lo Porto-Lefebure 14 Service Learning at the Instituto Professional of Chile: Social Responsibility in Higher Technical and Professional Education Jose Sepulveda Maulen 15 Towards a New Understanding of Social Responsibility: The Experiences and Challenges Faced by Peru's Law Schools Renata Anahi Bregaglio Lazarte, Renato Antonio Constantino Caycho and Paula Camino Morgado PART 4: Partnerships: Renegotiating Knowledge and Society 16 Tagore, Social Responsibility and Higher Education in India Sarita Anand 17 Preventing University Student Radicalisation: A Social Responsibility for Institutions of Higher Education Catherine Deri 18 Support for Prospective Refugee Students in Germany: Quo Vadis? Jana Berg 19 50 Years and beyond on Knowledge for Change in Malaysia: The Case of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Aileen Tan Shau Hwai, Muzaimi Mustapha, Asyirah Abdul Rahim and Darshan Singh 20 Towards a European Framework for Community Engagement in Higher Education Thomas Farnell and Bojana Culum Ilic 21 Policies, Learning and Ethical Positions in the University-Community Articulation: Higher Education Legitimacy in the Southern Cone Sebastian Fuentes 22 Trying to Say 'No' to Rankings and Metrics: Case Studies from Francophone West Africa, South Africa, Latin America and the Netherlands Florence Piron, Tom Olyhoek, Ivonne Lujano Vilchis, Ina Smith and Zakari Lire Conclusion: Towards a Framework for Knowledge Democracy Rajesh Tandon and Budd Hall Index

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Budd Hall is Professor Emeritus with the School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, Canada, and Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. Rajesh Tandon is Founder-President, Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), a global participatory research and training organisation based in New Delhi, India and Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education.

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