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Forging University Social Responsibility Through Community Engagement at Higher Education

Forging University Social Responsibility Through Community Engagement at Higher Education

Ndwakhulu Stephen Tshishonga
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781799823728|ISBN10: 1799823725|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799823735|EISBN13: 9781799823742
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2372-8.ch005
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Tshishonga, Ndwakhulu Stephen. "Forging University Social Responsibility Through Community Engagement at Higher Education." Civic Engagement Frameworks and Strategic Leadership Practices for Organization Development, edited by Susheel Chhabra and Muneesh Kumar, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 96-115. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2372-8.ch005

APA

Tshishonga, N. S. (2020). Forging University Social Responsibility Through Community Engagement at Higher Education. In S. Chhabra & M. Kumar (Eds.), Civic Engagement Frameworks and Strategic Leadership Practices for Organization Development (pp. 96-115). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2372-8.ch005

Chicago

Tshishonga, Ndwakhulu Stephen. "Forging University Social Responsibility Through Community Engagement at Higher Education." In Civic Engagement Frameworks and Strategic Leadership Practices for Organization Development, edited by Susheel Chhabra and Muneesh Kumar, 96-115. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2372-8.ch005

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Abstract

This chapter interrogates the notion of community engagement or service learning. The chapter argues that universities pay lip service to community engagement to the detriment of teaching and research functionaries. Most prestige universities operate on the belief that it is only research that matters; hence, research is prioritized. Universities and their staff have adopted an ‘ivory tower' attitude. This modus operandi negates the reality that reliable knowledge could be produced through responsible community engagement and can become the source of empirical data that can be used for teaching and shared through publications. For universities to impact transformational change within and in their surroundings, community engagement should be elevated to equal teaching and learning.

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