Becoming an Engaged Campus: A Practical Guide forInstitutionalizing Public Engagement

Becoming an Engaged Campus offers campus leaders a systematicand detailed approach to creating an environment where publicengagement can grow and flourish. The book explains not only whatto do to expand community engagement and how to do it, but it alsoexplores how to document, evaluate, and communicate universityengagement efforts.

Praise for Becoming an Engaged Campus

"This provocative yet exceedingly practical book looks at all ofthe angles and lays bare the opportunities and barriers forcampus-community engagement while providing detailed pathwaystoward change. This comprehensive treatise marks a significantshift in the literature from the what and why of public engagementto the how. It is simply superb "--Kevin Kecskes, associatevice provost for engagement, Portland State University

"Becoming an Engaged Campus is an essential guidebook foruniversity leaders. It details the specific ways that campuses mustalign all aspects of the institution if they are to be successfulin the increasingly important work of community outreach andengagement."--George L. Mehaffy, vice president for academicleadership and change, American Association of State Colleges andUniversities

"Most colleges and universities make the rhetorical claim ofcommunity engagement
this book is an excellent primer on how totransform the rhetoric into reality. The authors do not speak inabstract terms. They describe the specific structures, policies, and programs that have made Northern Kentucky University a nationalmodel of how a large urban university can transform its impact onthe region it is supposed to serve."--William E. Kirwan, chancellor, University System of Maryland