Abstract
Higher education institutions are becoming increasingly embedded in their surrounding communities in order to learn from and respond to their often complex problems. Potential mutually beneficial—or reciprocal—collaborations between students, faculty members, and communities are being set up, but few researchers have explored how community actors are involved in collaborative decision-making processes. To fill this gap, this narrative review explores the current literature on community involvement processes in course-based higher education activities. Our research yielded a framework of definitions, guiding principles, and strategies to achieve more successful community involvement in this context. Seven guiding principles and related strategies are presented: alignment, shared ownership, balancing power relations, joint learning and knowledge creation, representation, immersion, and relationship building. The narrative review gave insights into the way community involvement is currently approached in course-based higher education activities and established a basis for understanding and shaping higher education–community collaboration.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 59-80 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 3 Nov 2023 |
Publication status | Published - 3 Nov 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Goldschmeding Foundation and Porticus, project A Broader Mind for Students.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the University of Georgia.
Keywords
- collaboration
- community engagement
- community involvement
- higher education
- reciprocity