Civic responsibility and higher education / edited by Thomas Ehrlich.

Introduction: Higher education and the development of civic responsibility / Anne Colby and Thomas Ehrlich, with Elizabeth Beaumont, Jennifer Rosner, and Jason Stephens -- Citizenship development and the American college student / Linda J. Sax -- Institutional identity and social responsibility in higher education / William M. Sullivan -- Renewing the democratic spirit in American collegesand universities: higher education as public work / Harry C. Boyte and Nancy N.Kari -- The college and university as citizen / Nancy L. Thomas -- Educational missions and civic responsibility: toward the engaged academy / Carol Geary Schneider -- The civic challenge of educating the underprepared student / Alexander W. Astin -- How concepts of politics control concepts of civic responsibility / David Mathews -- How far in? How far out? Civic responsibility and the journalism educator / Jay Rosen -- Integrating the American system of higher, secondary, and primary education to develop civic responsiblility / Lee Benson andI

Includes bibliographical references and index.