Enhancing Community-University Engagement: The Case of Montemorelos University

Gustavo Gregorutti, Zeno L. Charles-Marcel, Wilma Gonzalez, Géner Aviles, Herbert Roel Cea

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

Abstract

Universities in Latin America have followed European models that evolved from cloisters or institutions detached from surrounding contexts since their inception. Resulting from that traditional approach, schools were conceived as special places where students could learn about a specific issue and then go back to the real world.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationCommunity Engagement in Higher Education
Subtitle of host publicationPolicy Reforms and Practice
EditorsW. James Jacob, Stewart E. Sutin, John C. Weidman, John L. Yeager
Place of PublicationRotterdam, Netherlands
PublisherSense Publishers
Pages285-300
ISBN (Electronic)9789463000079
ISBN (Print)9789463000055
StatePublished - 2015

Publication series

NamePittsburgh Studies in Comparative and International Education Series
Volume3

Keywords

  • Faculty Member
  • Community Service
  • Community Leader
  • Community Engagement
  • Service Learning

Disciplines

  • Educational Leadership
  • Higher Education

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