Civic Engagement Pedagogy in the Community College: Theory and Practice

This book will help post-secondary educators to discover the joys and challenges of implementing theoretically grounded civic engagement projects on their campuses. The essays on civic engagement and public scholarship are written by an interdiscipli

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Emily Schnee Alison Better Martha Clark Cummings Editors

Civic Engagement Pedagogy in the Community College: Theory and Practice

Education, Equity, Economy Volume 3

Series Editors George W. Noblit, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA William T. Pink, Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA Editorial Board Belmira Bueno, University of São Paulo, Brazil Rattana Buosonte, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand Li Manli, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Allan Luke, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Jane Van Galen, University of Washington, Bothell, USA

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Emily Schnee • Alison Better Martha Clark Cummings Editors

Civic Engagement Pedagogy in the Community College: Theory and Practice

Editors Emily Schnee English Department Kingsborough Community College City University of New York Brooklyn, NY, USA

Alison Better Department of Behavioral Sciences and Human Services Kingsborough Community College City University of New York Brooklyn, NY, USA

Martha Clark Cummings English Department Kingsborough Community College City University of New York Brooklyn, NY, USA

ISSN 2364-835X ISSN 2364-8368 (electronic) Education, Equity, Economy ISBN 978-3-319-22944-7 ISBN 978-3-319-22945-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-22945-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015951209 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

For our students, with whom we learn every day what it means to be civically engaged.

Moving Forward: Rethinking the “Civic” in a Community College

At the dawn of the New Year, the words of existential philosopher Maxine Greene haunt: “I am a believer in the unanswerable questions; the really hard ones.” Careful what y