University Social Responsibility and Quality of Life

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Project: Theoretical Framework and Global Institutional Experience

      • Robert M. Hollister

      Pages 3-9

   3. USR Network: A Platform to Promote University Social Responsibility

      • Daniel T. L. Shek, Angelina W. K. Yuen-Tsang, Eddie C. W. Ng

      Pages 11-21

3. Concepts and Theoretical Considerations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. University Social Responsibility (USR): Insight from the Historical Roots to the Contemporary Challenges

      • Daniel T. L. Shek, Angelina W. K. Yuen-Tsang, Eddie C. W. Ng

      Pages 25-36

   3. University Social Responsibility: Conceptualization and an Assessment Framework

      • Carlos Wing-Hung Lo, Rose Xue Pang, Carolyn P. Egri, Pansy Hon-Ying Li

      Pages 37-59

4. Global Experience

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. A Comprehensive University-Wide Strategy to Educate Students in All Fields for Lifetimes of Active Citizenship

      • Robert M. Hollister

      Pages 63-80

   3. University Social Responsibility as Civic Learning: Outcomes Assessment and Community Partnership

      • Matthew Bakko, Amanda Moore McBride

      Pages 81-98

   4. Connecting Research with Social Responsibility: Developing ‘Age-Friendly’ Communities in Manchester, UK

      • Tine Buffel, Julian Skyrme, Chris Phillipson

      Pages 99-120

   5. Nurturing University Students to Be Socially Responsible Citizens: An Examination of Two Approaches to Volunteering

      • Ann Jardine

      Pages 121-133

   6. The Paradoxical Fabric of Hope in Academy-Community Partnerships: Challenging Binary Constructions of Conflict-Cooperation

      • Dassi Postan Aizik, Roni Strier, Faisal Azaiza

      Pages 135-153

   7. Evaluating Service Leadership Programs with Multiple Strategies

      • Cheryl de la Rey, Wendy Kilfoil, Gernia van Niekerk

      Pages 155-174

   8. Culture, Extension and Social Inclusion in the University of São Paulo

      • Marcelo de Andrade Roméro, José Nicolau Gregorin Filho, Gerson Yukio Tomanari

      Pages 175-189

   9. Cultivating Competent Individuals Thinking Globally in a Local Setting: Service Learning at Kyoto University

      • Naoki Egami, Takami Shigeru

      Pages 191-204

   10. Reflections on and Practices of Peking University Fulfilling Social Responsibility

       • Jingyi Ye

       Pages 205-221

   11. Three Approaches to Cultivating College Students’ Sense of Social Responsibility

       • Chuansheng Liu, Xudong Zhu

       Pages 223-234

   12. Developing Qualified Citizenship

       • Dongtao Lin, Junbo Yin, Yongzheng Hou

       Pages 235-253

   13. University Social Responsibility: The PolyU Way

       • Timothy W. Tong, Angelina W. K. Yuen-Tsang, Daniel T. L. Shek

       Pages 255-270

This book provides a critical review of the theory and practice of University Social Responsibility. In addition to addressing the nature of and concepts surrounding University Social Responsibility, as well as its ties to areas such as service learning or engaged scholarship, the book also presents effective practices from around the world. Dedicated chapters demonstrate how University Social Responsibility can manifest itself in different types (civic, moral, economic or global responsibility), levels (local, national, regional or international), and formats (partnership, venture or joint project), depending on local contexts and needs. The book also focuses on three areas of work – educating students to take on social responsibility, broadening access to education, and applying knowledge to societal problems – to highlight the potential and viable ways University Social Responsibility can be employed to promote quality of life in society. Offering a unique resource, it isintended to stimulate thinking and expand the repertoire of all educators, administrators, and organizations who wish to incorporate societal needs into their core mission and promote quality of life in different communities around the world.

• University Social Responsibility
• Community Engagement
• Higher Education
• University Community Partnership
• Promotion of Quality of Life
• corporate social responsibility

“The book thus provides conceptual and empirical evidence of USR from twelve universities which belong to the University Social Responsibility Network. … This is an excellent introduction to the concept of university social responsibility and should be required reading for senior academic administrators at universities.” (Deborah C. Poff, Applied Research in Quality of Life, Vol. 14, 2019)

• Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

  Daniel T. L. Shek

• Tufts University, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, Medford, USA

  Robert M. Hollister

Daniel T.L. Shek (PhD, FHKPS, BBS, SBS, JP) is the Chair Professor of Applied Social Sciences at the Department of Applied Social Sciences and Associate Vice President (Undergraduate Programme) of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has taught social work students at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels for over thirty years. He was Dean of Students (1996-1998) and Dean of General Education (2006-2008) at New Asia College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Youth Studies and Applied Research on Quality of Life and serves on the editorial board of many international refereed journals including Social Indicators Research and Journal of Adolescent Health. To date, he has published over 85 books, 154 book chapters and more than 500 articles in international refereed journals.
 
Robert M.  Hollister is Founding Executive Director Emeritus  and co-founder of the Talloires Network, a global coalition of over 350 universities in 76 countries committed to strengthening civic engagement and social responsibility in higher education.  He was Founding Dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University (2000 – 2011), where he is currently a Professor at the Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. A pioneer in the engaged university movement, Professor Hollister led the creation and development of the Tisch College Civic Life, a uniquely comprehensive university-wide program to prepare students in all fields for lifetimes of active citizenship – and to produce citizen engineers and citizen physicians, citizen humanists and citizen businesspeople.  A specialist in citizen participation in public affairs and in the leadership and management of nonprofit organizations, Professor Hollister is a co-author of The Engaged University:  International Perspectives on Civic Engagement and Development Politics.

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