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Community Engagement in Christian Higher Education: Enacting Institutional Mission for the Public Go

Mission Animation: Christian Higher Education, the Common Good, and Community Engagement Christian Higher Education Professional Networks The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU)The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU)Philosophical Foundations The Evangelical Christian Tradition The Roman Catholic Tradition Community Engagement Catholic and Evangelical Christian Approaches History Program Types Co-Curricular Curricular Degrees Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement Institutional Mission in Action Conclusion Funding References Re-membering the Mission: Institutional Impacts of an Interdisciplinary Community Outreach Project Institutional Background Missional Commitment to Community Engagement The CYTI Project Program Design Leadership Structure Institutional Goals Case Study Evaluation Approach Participants Instrument and Procedure Results Program Impact on Faculty/Staff Institutional Indicators Discussion Limitations Implications for Practice References Reconciling Structural and Personal Expressions of Justice in Jesuit Education The Jesuit Tradition of Educating for Justice Fostering Justice through Solidarity: The Center for Service and Community Engagement Student-Led “Food Justice” Programs Campus Kitchen and Structural Justice Program Features Program Outcomes Labre Ministry and Personal Justice Program Features Program Outcomes Divergence and Convergence in Food Justice Efforts Conclusion: A Moment of Reconciliation Notes References Pursuing Social Justice through Place-Based Community Engagement Cultivating Applied Creativity, Transdisciplinarity, and Reciprocity in Catholic Higher Education Community Engagement in the Marianist Tradition: University of Dayton Community Engagement through Innovation: The Institute of Applied Creativity for Transformation Creating Space for Creativity, Collaboration, and Community: The GEMnasium Addressing Pressing Challenges through Partnership: Freedom Enterprise Teachable Moments: Making Meaning through Mini-Courses Assessing the Impact: Listening to Multiple Stakeholders Lessons Learned: Thematic Findings from the Partnership Theme 1: Creating a Shared Community Theme 2: Perseverance in Building Community Theme 3: Faith in Action: Giving Legs to the Mission Theme 4: Uncertain Long-Term Impact Discussion and Implications for Christian Higher Education Notes References Appendix The Miami Valley Life Alliance Story MVLA Approach and Process Community Engagement for Student Faith Development: Service-Learning in the Pentecostal Tradition Service-Learning and Faith Development among Emerging Adults Social and Theological Resources of the Pentecostal Tradition Service-Learning in the Pentecostal Tradition: Lee University Institutional Profile Program Overview Service-Learning in the Faith-Based Context: Challenges to Successful Implementation Academic Tensions: Service or Learning?Theological Tensions: Service or Evangelism?Cultural Tensions: Service or Saving?Lessons Learned: Implications for Christian Higher Education References Becoming People for and with Others: Advancing Social Justice through Interdisciplinary Study and Service in the Jesuit Tradition Introduction Students, Institutions, and Service-learning Student Outcomes of Service-learning Institutional Purposes for Service-learning Institutional Context: Boston College Jesuit Founding and Catholic Mission Missional Dimensions of Community Engagement The PULSE Program for Service-learning Program Features Empirical Research on PULSE Student Growth and Intended Outcomes Needed Program Improvements Implications for Future Research Implications for Christian Higher Education References End-of-Year Survey Items Faith in Action and Community Engagement: Realizing Mission through Immersion Experiences Missional Dimensions of Community Engagement Conceptual Framework: CLEA Model of Civically-Engaged Learning Mission and Context Developing Community-Based Learning Practices Through Partnership Project Design and Methods Religion 113: Latinx Religious Experience Community-Based Research Approaches Participants Data Collection Process Data Analysis Process Limitations of Study Thematic Findings Theme 1: Change in Perspective Through Immersion Theme 2: Psycho-Emotional Responses Theme 3: Self-Reflection/Recognition of Social Location Theme 4: Call to Action Theme 5: Connection to Politics Discussion: Opportunities and Challenges Implications for Christian Higher Education Funding References Appendix The Origins of ICDI What Does It Mean to Be an Engaged Institutional Neighbor?: A Self-Study of an Undergraduate Program in Ministry and Community Engagement Missional Dimensions of Community Engagement Theological Roots Urban Location Conceptual Framework: Place-Based Community Engagement in Higher Education The Ministry and Community Engagement Program: A Deeper Look Conducting Self-Study Research: The Role of a Critical Friend Thematic Findings: Discoveries and Adjustments in the Evolution of a Program Theme One: Toward Mutual Partnerships and Shared Vision Theme Two: Practice That Is Actually Practical Theme Three: Back to Mutuality Theme Four: Increasing Access Some More Implications, Challenges, and Opportunities for Christian Higher Education Implications for Practice: Five Key Principles of Place-Based Community Engagement Principle 1: A Geographic Focus Principle 2: Equal Emphasis on Campus and Community Impact Principles 3 and 4: Long-Term Vision, Commitment, and Mission Animation Principle 5: Collective Impact Next Steps for the Ministry and Community Engagement (MCE) Program Conclusions References Equipping Students for a “Specific Uprising” Toward Justice: Lessons Learned from a University Prison Initiative The Context of Community Engagement Community Engagement Defined The Role of Christian Higher Education The CPI in Context Calvin University: History and Context History Geographical Context Religious and Theological Context Calvin’s Missional Approach to Community Engagement History of Community Engagement at Calvin Community Engagement and Calvin’s Mission Wolterstorff: A Champion of Christian Engagement Programmatic Examples of Community Engagement The Calvin Prison Initiative Research Design Data Analysis Limitations Research Findings Theme 1: Personal Formation Theme 2: Educational Formation Theme 3: Community Formation Outcomes Program and Research Opportunities Implications for Community Engagement within Christian Higher Education References

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Implications for Community Engagement within Christian Higher Education
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Mission Animation: Christian Higher Education, the Common Good, and Community Engagement
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In examining how higher education researchers communicate and cooperate with their colleagues across Europe or world-wide, and how higher education research interacts with policy and practice across borders, we have to bear in mind, as already pointed out initially, that higher education research...
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According to Collins and Clanton (2018), the current landscape of American higher education is comprised of over 4,500 institutions enrolling almost 20 million students, with around 5-10% of these students receiving their education at one of roughly 1,000 religiously affiliated colleges and universities....
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Discussion and Implications for Christian Higher Education
McMurtrie (2018) asks, can you engineer innovation? Can innovation hubs foster systemic change? The University of Dayton’s GEMnasium is in the early stages of answering this question. Those served through Freedom Enterprise, the initial major “spin off” of the GEMnasium, will cam professional development...
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Lessons Learned: Implications for Christian Higher Education
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Implications for Christian Higher Education
Beyond the Jesuit, Catholic context of Boston College, though, we can see the way that a service-learning program like PULSE could be implemented elsewhere in Christian higher education to achieve certain desired student outcomes. We have shown in this chapter the way that PULSE, through its intentional...
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Implications for Christian Higher Education
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