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Two overarching questions permeate the literature on universities
and civic engagement: How does a university restructure its myriad
activities, maintain its academic integrity, and have a
transformative impact off campus? And, who ought to participate in
the conversations that frame and guide both the internal
restructuring process and the off-campus interactions? The
perspective of this book, based on research and projects in the
field, is that long-term, sustainable social and economic
development requires strategies geared to the scientific,
technical, cultural, and environmental aspects of development. Much
of the work in this volume challenges traditional university
practices. Universities tend to reproduce a culture that rejects
direct interaction across traditional academic department
boundaries and beyond the campus. Yet, interdisciplinary work is
important because it more aptly mirrors what is taking place in the
regional economy as firms collaborate across manufacturing
boundaries and community organizations and neighbourhood groups
work to solve common problems. What is distinctive within the range
of scholarship and practice in this volume is the inclination on
the part of increasing numbers of professors on more and more
campuses to collaborate across disciplinary lines. Universities
must persist in the advancement of cross-community, cross-firm, and
cross-institutional learning. The learning dynamics and knowledge
diffusion generated by collaborative activities and new approaches
to teaching can invigorate all phases of learning at the
university. In this way, the university advances its activities
beyond an indiscriminate approach to development, maximizes the use
of its resources, and performs an integrative and innovative role
in the cultivation of equitable and sustainable regions. The
chapters in this book illustrate the strikingly different and
exciting ways in which universities pursue education for
sustainability.
Two overarching questions permeate the literature on universities
and civic engagement: How does a university restructure its myriad
activities, maintain its academic integrity, and have a
transformative impact off campus? And, who ought to participate in
the conversations that frame and guide both the internal
restructuring process and the off-campus interactions? The
perspective of this book, based on research and projects in the
field, is that long-term, sustainable social and economic
development requires strategies geared to the scientific,
technical, cultural, and environmental aspects of development. Much
of the work in this volume challenges traditional university
practices. Universities tend to reproduce a culture that rejects
direct interaction across traditional academic department
boundaries and beyond the campus. Yet, interdisciplinary work is
important because it more aptly mirrors what is taking place in the
regional economy as firms collaborate across manufacturing
boundaries and community organizations and neighbourhood groups
work to solve common problems. What is distinctive within the range
of scholarship and practice in this volume is the inclination on
the part of increasing numbers of professors on more and more
campuses to collaborate across disciplinary lines. Universities
must persist in the advancement of cross-community, cross-firm, and
cross-institutional learning. The learning dynamics and knowledge
diffusion generated by collaborative activities and new approaches
to teaching can invigorate all phases of learning at the
university. In this way, the university advances its activities
beyond an indiscriminate approach to development, maximizes the use
of its resources, and performs an integrative and innovative role
in the cultivation of equitable and sustainable regions. The
chapters in this book illustrate the strikingly different and
exciting ways in which universities pursue education for
sustainability.
"Intuitive Judgments of Change" represents the first systematic
attempt to understand how people perceive change. Historically,
social psychological work has emphasized the importance of
stability and continuity among cognitive elements in analyzing
cognitive processes. The author develops an hypothesis together
with supporting evidence which suggests that change judgments are
unique, ubiquitious, and pose no particular problem for people's
cognitive apparatus. "Intuitive Judgments of Change" offers an
innovative direction for future research on a topic which has as
yet received little thoughtful attention.
This book starts from the premise that each community chooses its
future every day, through the incremental decisions made by
planning and zoning boards and other citizen volunteers, as well as
professional staff. The challenge is to ensure that these decisions
support the preservation of what is special about the community,
while still fostering necessary and appropriate growth. In this
volume, twenty-nine experts from a variety of fields describe in
very practical terms the ""community preservation"" approach to
these issues. As opposed to the top-down regulatory mechanisms that
are sometimes used to manage growth, the contributors favor a more
flexible, locally based approach that has proven successful in
Massachusetts and elsewhere. They show how residents can be
empowered to become involved in local decision-making, building
coalitions and expressing their views on a wide range of issues,
such as zoning, water and land protection, transportation, historic
preservation, economic diversity, affordable housing, and reuse of
brown-fields. When done properly, development can enhance the sense
of place and provide needed homes and jobs. Done improperly, it can
generate sprawl and a multitude of problems. ""Preserving and
Enhancing Communities"" will be particularly useful to members of
planning and other regulatory boards, as well as students of
community planning. The book covers not just typical ways of doing
things, but also the full spectrum of innovative and emerging
practices. Each chapter includes illustrations and case studies,
some from Massachusetts and many from other states. The volume
concludes with a set of indicators that communities can use to
track their progress in community preservation and enhancement.
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