Views of university’s top management leaders on university-community engagement

University-community engagement (UCE) activities may be side-lined by academics due to the greater emphasis given to research, publication and teaching in promotion and yearly appraisal. Thus, communities close to a university may not receive any benefits from the existence of a university in their...

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Main Authors:	Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya, Azman, Norzaini, Abdul Rahman, Shukran
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Atlantis Press 2018
Subjects:	LB Theory and practice of education LB1705 Education and training of teachers LB2300 Higher Education LB2801 School administration and organization
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spelling	iium-714762019-07-15T04:11:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/71476/ Views of university’s top management leaders on university-community engagement Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya Azman, Norzaini Abdul Rahman, Shukran LB Theory and practice of education LB1705 Education and training of teachers LB2300 Higher Education LB2801 School administration and organization University-community engagement (UCE) activities may be side-lined by academics due to the greater emphasis given to research, publication and teaching in promotion and yearly appraisal. Thus, communities close to a university may not receive any benefits from the existence of a university in their larger neighbourhood. UCE is described by Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching as the collaboration between higher education institutions (HEIs) and their larger communities (local, regional or state, national, and global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity. Involvement in UCE activities progresses from informing to consulting, involving, collaborating, and lastly, empowering the community. It may be in the form of service, outreach, partnership or curricular. Teichler (2017) uses the term socially responsible university to refer to the need for a university to be relevant to the society and that “university has to pay attention as well that it serves the generally agreed function of generating, preserving and disseminating knowledge appropriately”. This paper share views of top management leaders on the current state of UCE initiatives and what needs to be done to create more impactful activities. Atlantis Press 2018 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71476/1/71476_Views%20of%20university%E2%80%99s%20top%20management%20leaders.pdf Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya and Azman, Norzaini and Abdul Rahman, Shukran (2018) Views of university’s top management leaders on university-community engagement. In: International Conference on Education in Muslim Society (ICEMS 2017), 25th-26th Oct. 2017, Banten, Indonesia. https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/icems-17/25895141 https://doi.org/10.2991/icems-17.2018.28
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topic	LB Theory and practice of education LB1705 Education and training of teachers LB2300 Higher Education LB2801 School administration and organization
spellingShingle	LB Theory and practice of education LB1705 Education and training of teachers LB2300 Higher Education LB2801 School administration and organization Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya Azman, Norzaini Abdul Rahman, Shukran Views of university’s top management leaders on university-community engagement
description	University-community engagement (UCE) activities may be side-lined by academics due to the greater emphasis given to research, publication and teaching in promotion and yearly appraisal. Thus, communities close to a university may not receive any benefits from the existence of a university in their larger neighbourhood. UCE is described by Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching as the collaboration between higher education institutions (HEIs) and their larger communities (local, regional or state, national, and global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity. Involvement in UCE activities progresses from informing to consulting, involving, collaborating, and lastly, empowering the community. It may be in the form of service, outreach, partnership or curricular. Teichler (2017) uses the term socially responsible university to refer to the need for a university to be relevant to the society and that “university has to pay attention as well that it serves the generally agreed function of generating, preserving and disseminating knowledge appropriately”. This paper share views of top management leaders on the current state of UCE initiatives and what needs to be done to create more impactful activities.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya Azman, Norzaini Abdul Rahman, Shukran
author_facet	Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya Azman, Norzaini Abdul Rahman, Shukran
author_sort	Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya
title	Views of university’s top management leaders on university-community engagement
title_short	Views of university’s top management leaders on university-community engagement
title_full	Views of university’s top management leaders on university-community engagement
title_fullStr	Views of university’s top management leaders on university-community engagement
title_full_unstemmed	Views of university’s top management leaders on university-community engagement
title_sort	views of university’s top management leaders on university-community engagement
publisher	Atlantis Press
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/71476/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/71476/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/71476/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/71476/1/71476_Views%20of%20university%E2%80%99s%20top%20management%20leaders.pdf
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