The Emergence of the Ethically-Engaged University

This edited volume examines the role of the modern university as a public good institution ethically engaged in social transformation. Featuring contributions from internationally recognized scholars across both the Global North and South, this collection contexualizes issues in higher education such as community engagement, service learning, citizenship and civic responsibility both locally and globally (e.g., local, regional, national, and global engagement). Each chapter addresses the intangible, multifaceted dimensions of the relationships, community impact, and knowledge generation associated with community collaborations. In this way, the volume contributes towards the possibility of re-imagining the role of the modern university beyond a market-oriented, passive, and de-solidarized practices towards a more ethically engaged paradigm based on principles of mutuality, reciprocity and social responsibility.

This edited volume examines the role of the modern university as a public good institution ethically engaged in social transformation. Featuring contributions from internationally recognized scholars across both the Global North and South, this collection contexualizes issues in higher education such as community engagement, service learning, citizenship and civic responsibility both locally and globally (e.g., local, regional, national, and global engagement). Each chapter addresses the intangible, multifaceted dimensions of the relationships, community impact, and knowledge generation associated with community collaborations. In this way, the volume contributes towards the possibility of re-imagining the role of the modern university beyond a market-oriented, passive, and de-solidarized practices towards a more ethically engaged paradigm based on principles of mutuality, reciprocity and social responsibility.

1 Introduction: The Ethically Engaged University as a Public Good Institution.- Part I Critical Moral Consciousness, Student Relationships, Civic Dialogue, Environmental Sustainability, and Community Engagement in the Ethically Engaged University.- 2 The Ethically Engaged University for Critical Consciousness Development: A Six-Dimensional Framework.- 3 Ethical Engagement, Student Relationships, and Civic Dialogue.- 4 Catholic Universities’ Ethical Engagement Through Environmental Sustainability Education.- 5 The Engaged University: Exploring Mutuality and Reciprocity Between and Within Communities Inside and Outside Universities Through ACES.- Part II Ubuntu, Civic Responsibilities, and the Potential of the ‘Metaverse’ for Transforming the Digital Divide in the Ethically Engaged University.- 6 Cultivating an Ubuntu University of Ethical Engagement in Africa.- 7 A Critique of Ethical and Civic Responsibilities of African Universities.- 8 The Future of Higher Education in Ethical Metaverse: Co-existing in Virtually Enhanced Physical Reality.- Part III Engagement and Social Transformation in the Ethically Engaged University.- 9 China’s Normal Universities and Their Ethical Engagement in Social Transformation: Philosophical Traditions, Historical Evolution, and Social Influence.- 10 Engagement in the American Higher Education System.- 11 Ethically Engaged Public Universities in Latin America: Institutional Values, Well-Rounded Education, and Social Commitment.- 12 Envisioning an Ethically Engaged University Based on Value-Pluralism.