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Download full textHarkavy, Ira; Hartley, Matthew – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2012
This essay builds on and extends earlier research and writing that the authors have done, trying to understand how a commitment to local engagement, which is the term commonly used at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), becomes embedded in the core work of the institution. Their inquiries have been guided by social psychologist Kurt Lewin's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Service, Institutional Research, Self Evaluation (Groups)
Direct linkHartley, Matthew; Harkavy, Ira; Benson, Lee – Metropolitan Universities, 2006
Benjamin Franklin founded the University of Pennsylvania as a secular institution with the pragmatic aim of instilling in its students the inclination and ability to serve humankind in both the civic and mercantile realms. On this, the three hundredth anniversary of his birth (1706-2006), Franklin's ideal of a democratic, engaged university has…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Citizen Participation, Higher Education, Democratic Values
Peer reviewedZekeri, Andrew A.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1994
Draws upon community field theory and human ecology and uses data from 120 rural Pennsylvania school districts to examine the relative contributions of past community actions, development of solidarity, and ecological variables (socioeconomic status, remoteness, previous industrialization, and percentage of residents commuting to work) to the…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Relations
