ERIC Number: EJ930525
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0318-9090
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University Capital, Community Engagement, and Continuing Education: Blending Professional Development and Social Change
Jackson, Edward T.
Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, v36 n2 Fall 2010
Extending the dialogue on community engagement, this article examines the potential of a new programming area for university continuing education (UCE) that blends professional development and social change: the investment of university capital in community projects. Increasing interest in applying social and environmental, as well as financial, criteria to the investment of university capital assets has been paralleled by the growth and diversity of community-university engagement across Canada. New social-finance instruments can be used to expand affordable housing, social infrastructure, renewable energy, and Aboriginal economic development. This article suggests that UCE units consider combining professional development programs with research and incubation partnerships in this emerging area. Participants in such activities could include university administrators, fund trustees, investment professionals, union leaders, civic leaders, and community activists. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Indigenous Populations, Continuing Education, Unions, Housing, Social Change, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Social Capital, School Community Relationship, Community Involvement
Canadian Association for University Continuing Education. c/o CAUCE Secretariat at Centre for Continuing and Distance Education, 475 Williams Building, 221 Cumberland Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK S7N 1M3, Canada. Tel: 306-966-5582; Fax: 306-966-5590; e-mail: cauce.secretariat@usask.ca; Web site: http://www.extension.usask.ca/cjuce; Web site: http://www.extension.usask.ca/cjuce/eng/contentXissue.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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