Academics in Action! serves as a useful contribution and timely reminder of how universities might develop research agendas which have at their heart a commitment to challenging inequalities through community engaged participation and practice.
Educational Review
Academics in Action: A Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service, is a distinctive volume that could potentially inspire colleges and ... Read moreuniversities to adopt a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to service learning! Since institutions of higher learning are positioned to demonstrate their importance as agents of change, they can show us the significance of compassionate and knowledgeable leadership as it relates to the greater global good. This exceptional book also embraces qualitative and quantitative research. Combining these forms of study strengthens validity and positivistic interpretations of results and findings, leaving readers with noteworthy conclusions and strong implications for future practice at their institutions.
-Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt
Le Moyne College Professor Emerita
Academics in Action shows how the cooperation of academics and community-based organizations can provide teaching and learning that can substantially transform the world toward greater justice.
-Jeannine Hill Fletcher
author of Motherhood as Metaphor: Engendering Interreligious Dialogue
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