scholarly journals It’s Not About “Us”: Express Newark Prioritizing the Public Good

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Schaper Englot ◽  
Victor Davson ◽  
Chantal Fischzang ◽  
Tamara Fleming ◽  
Nick Kline
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Community Partner ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Value System ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Ways Of Working ◽  
The University ◽  
Successful Collaboration

Publically engaged scholarship demands new ways of working within and outside of the academy. Systems within the university reward faculty for individual achievements. This approach militates against working on collaborative projects because of the difficulty of explaining and quantifying one’s contribution. The culture of academia further inhibits potential collaborations and undermines even the most altruistic faculty, who are socialized to devalue the experiential, place-based knowledge of a community partner and encouraged to adopt a self-concept as “the” authority.          But if universities are to honor their commitment to the public good, the public must be prioritized in the academic value system, which ought to encourage new modes of thinking that recognize the legitimacy of the expertise of community partners and place value on collaboration with them. From the community perspective, there is often a lack of models for successful collaboration, with engagement by universities more often than not taking the form of exercising eminent domain or parachuting in to “fix” a problem and then abandoning the community. Community members carry with them skepticism that the university’s only use is as a source of hand-outs rather than a source of the kind of agency afforded by true collaboration.

Building Media Literacy in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 153-171
Author(s):  
Allison Butler ◽  
Martha Fuentes-Bautista ◽  
Erica Scharrer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Curricular Alignment ◽  
University Of Massachusetts ◽  
The University ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Structured Approach

Through detailed discussion and review of the work done in media literacy in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts, including curricular alignment, engaged scholarship, and a media literacy certificate, this chapter shares how faculty, students, and community partners work together to bring media literacy theory and practice to action. The Department of Communication places a high value on media literacy across its programs and curricula and this chapter describes the department's carefully structured approach to media literacy.

Neue Gemeinwohlherausforderungen - Konsequenzen für Wettbewerbsrecht und Regulierung

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
The Public ◽  
Internet Age ◽  
Fourth Symposium ◽  
Regulatory Law ◽  
Fourth Volume ◽  
The Media ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The One ◽  
The University

On 11 and 12 September 2018, the fourth symposium of the “Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für das gesamte Regulierungsrecht” [“Scientific Association for the Entirety of Regulatory Law”] took place at the University of Regensburg. The topic was: “New challenges for the public good – consequences for competition law and regulation”. The basic idea of the conference concept was, on the one hand, to consider which new challenges for the public good exist in the classical network economies of the telecommunications, energy and railway regulations, and on the other hand, to focus on adjacent sectors – such as the media and communications industries – and finally go beyond the sectors considered so far. The conference was divided into the following thematic blocks: “basic papers”, “classic sectors in transition”, “new sectors in the internet age” and “new challenges beyond the sectors”. The fourth volume of the series contains the lectures given at the symposium. With contributions by Markus Ludwigs, Heike Schweitzer, Thomas Fetzer, Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof, Karten Otte, Karl-Eberhard Hain, Ralf Müller-Terpitz, Rupprecht Podszun, Thosten Kingreen, Julia Barth, Anna Kellner, Fabian Toros and Florian Sackmann

scholarly journals Social Sciences and Humanities Research and the Public Good: A Synthesis of Presentations and Discussions

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanne Provencal
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Knowledge Mobilization ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
The Public ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Faculty Reward

In May 2010, with the support of funds from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada, a one-day workshop, entitled, “Social Sciences and Humanities Research as a Public Good: Identifying Research Prospects for Advancing Research Among Academic and Non-Academic Discourse Communities” was held in Montreal, Québec. The workshop brought together Canadian stakeholders involved in extending the reach of research (for the public good), including those involved in open access and knowledge mobilization, as well as organizations linked to the research community, and non-academic organizations with a clear mandate to include research in their activities or to extend the reach of research. This article presents a summary of the workshop presentations and a synthesis of the workshop discussions. The article also provides a discussion of the emergent issues arising from the workshop (such as the sustainability of open access journal publishing, the challenges of knowledge mobilization, and the limited media uptake of social sciences and humanities research), areas of inquiry that these issues open up (engaged scholarship and the engaged university, faculty reward structures, and public knowledge/knowledge mobilization as areas of scholarly inquiry), and collaborative next steps for stakeholders to take, to address concerns raised and to seize opportunities to advance shared interests. 

scholarly journals Response of Indonesian universities to the (COVID-19) pandemic – between strategy and implementation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikhfan Haris ◽  
Afdaliah Afdaliah ◽  
Muhammad Ichsan Haris
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Social Community ◽  
The Public ◽  
The University

Escalated by mid-January 2020, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a profound effect on all aspects of society, including the education activities in higher education. Colleges and universities globally are taking various actions to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. These efforts are mainly to secure the well-being of their students and staff, as well as members of their communities. Due to the increasing number of infections has prompted a number of universities in Indonesia to participate in the fight against the virus outbreak. This article provides an overview of the role played by Indonesian universities dealing with COVID-19 pandemic and how Indonesian universities serving the public good for COVID-19 breakthroughs. The research problem of this study focuses on how the strategies developed by the university in responding to COVID-19 and their implementation to reduce the potential consequences of the pandemic impacts. Subsequently, this paper presented the responses of universities in Indonesia in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The forms of responses presented in this paper are academic responses, research and development responses and social community services responses. Furthermore, a conceived information of the issues and challenging of involving of universities in collaborating on solutions to crises of the coronavirus pandemic in Indonesian context were portrayed. In conclusion, this paper summarizes the contribution of Indonesian universities and its impacts in fighting deadly virus disease COVID-19.

The University and the Public Good

Thesis Eleven ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Calhoun
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
The Public ◽  
The University

The New Education and the Old

PMLA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 133 (3) ◽  
pp. 707-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy N. Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Good ◽  
The Public ◽  
The University ◽  
New Education

I am deeply grateful to wai chee dimock for organizing this feature and to the distinguished scholars who have given generously of their time and attention to address the issues raised and solutions offered by The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux. No reader of PMLA needs to be reminded that our discipline and our departments are under duress, our majors plummeting just as we are being asked to teach more service courses with higher numbers of students and fewer faculty lines. his is a bleak time in higher education and for our field. Yet it is inspiring to witness the dedication and seriousness of all those fighting for higher education as a public good while also working to ensure that higher education addresses the needs of the public.

Abstract P871: Community and Academic Partner Creation of a Community-Informed, Behavior Theory-Based Music Video to Encourage Stroke Preparedness During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Stroke ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cielito Robles ◽  
Casey Corches ◽  
Morgan Bradford ◽  
Tia Rice ◽  
Devraj Sukul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Acute Stroke ◽  
Stroke Care ◽  
Music Video ◽  
Community Partner ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Acute Stroke Care ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Academic Partner

Background: Black Americans comprise 14% of Michigan’s population, but 30% of the COVID-19 cases and 40% of deaths. The accumulating national quantitative data on decreased presentation and increased pre-hospital delay during the pandemic confirmed our Flint, MI community partners’ impression of a decline in stroke presentations. Thus, we set out to understand the community’s perception of seeking acute stroke care during the pandemic which will inform the development and dissemination of public health messaging in a predominantly Black American community. Method: To honor social distancing orders, we conducted semi-structured interviews based on the Theory of Planned Behavior via HIPAA-approved teleconferencing with community members. Due to the clinical and public health implications of the pandemic, we employed a rapid assessment approach to streamline qualitative data analysis. Results were used to inform the creation of a music video. Lyrics were written by the academic team, set to a soundtrack and sung by a community partner. The music video theme was conceptualized by the academic team and performed by both academic and community partners. Results: We reached thematic saturation after completing 15 semi-structured interviews with Flint, MI community members. Mean duration of interviews was 40 minutes. Eighty percent of participants were Black; median age was 50; 74% were women and 47% reported some college or above. There was an unfavorable attitude towards seeking emergent stroke care via ambulance and at the hospital, due to concerns for viral transmission at the hospital, hospital capacity and ability to triage, and quality of care. Community and academic partners co-created a music video with verses addressing the community-identified barriers: “ stroke is an emergency all the time, even with COVID-19 / get to the hospital as soon as symptoms start, it’s so important to do your part, be Stroke Ready” (https://youtu.be/lKefAiUM2W0) The video reached over 1,200 users on our community-academic partner Stroke Ready Facebook page. Conclusion: We found that community members’ attitudes and perceived behavioral control to seek emergent stroke care were impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. We addressed these barriers in an academic-community partner created music video. Academic and community partnerships facilitated a timely, innovative response to seeking acute stroke care in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Claiming Space for Square Pegs: Community-Engaged Communication Scholarship and Faculty Assessment Policies

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia W. Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Academic Careers ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Faculty Assessment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Assessment Policies ◽  
Community Engaged Scholarship

When communication and media scholars work shoulder-to-shoulder with communities, the research products are necessarily as dynamic, creative, and diverse as the community members involved. Although such active scholarship generates rich, socially impactful knowledge, it often holds scant value within the arcane world of faculty tenure and promotion committees, where single-authored academic journal articles are the bread and butter of academic careers. As a result, members of the public are left to work with university partners who are typically precariously employed, with little institutional backing for community collaborations. Drawing on the Community-Engaged Scholarship Partnership’s research into Canadian faculty assessment policies, this article will lay out the case for concrete academic reforms that recognize, respect, and professionally support the “square pegs” of community-engaged media research.Quand les chercheurs en médias et communication travaillent de pair avec les communautés, leurs recherches sont forcément aussi dynamiques, créatives et diverses que le sont les membres de la communauté eux-mêmes. Bien que de telles recherches actives génèrent un savoir riche et significatif, elles n’ont pas beaucoup de valeur dans le monde ésotérique des comités de promotion et de titularisation, où les articles écrits en solo et publiés dans des revues savantes sont le fondement d’une carrière académique réussie. En conséquence, la communauté finit par collaborer avec des universitaires précaires qui n’ont pas l’appui institutionnel nécessaire pour faciliter la réalisation de leurs projets. Cet article a recours à la recherche sur les politiques d’évaluation du corps professoral effectuée par Community-Engaged Scholarship Partnership (« Partenariat pour la recherche engagée dans la communauté ») afin de proposer des réformes académiques concrètes qui reconnaîtraient, respecteraient et appuieraient professionnellement le « cas spécial » de la recherche sur les médias axée sur la communauté.

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