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Taking Responsibility: a Call for Higher Education's Engagement Taking Responsibility: A Call for Higher Education’s Engagement in a Society of Complex Global Challenges This monograph, and the conference that inspired this monograph, was sponsored by the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good, the Institute for Higher Education Policy, Atlantic Philanthropies, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and the Johnson Foundation. The views expressed in this monograph, unless expressly stated to the contrary, are not necessarily those of all participants or the sponsoring organizations. Editors: Penny A. Pasque Lori A. Hendricks Nicholas A. Bowman Copyright ©2006 by the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good Cover and logo by Marty Betts Design Typesetting by Shannon K. Johnson Send inquires to: Taking Responsibility MONOGRAPH National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good School of Education, Suite 2339 University of Michigan 610 East University Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1259 or visit us on the web at www.thenationalforum.org TAKING RESPONSIBILITY: A CALL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION’S ENGAGEMENT IN A SOCIETY OF COMPLEX GLOBAL CHALLENGES Editors Penny A. Pasque, Lori A. Hendricks, and Nicholas A. Bowman ii iii Table of Contents Preface vi Penny A. Pasque, Lori A. Hendricks, and Nicholas A. Bowman Chapter 1 1 An Introduction John C. Burkhardt and Jamie Merisotis Chapter 2 11 The Paradoxes of Higher Education Leaders Working toward Educational Equity: Three Frameworks for Conceptualizing Higher Education for the Public Good Penny A. Pasque Chapter 3 26 Regrouping, Rethinking, and Redirecting Energies around Higher Education for the Public Good: A Keynote Address Suzanne Morse Chapter 4 30 Higher Education has Done Well, We can do More: A Report from the Wingspread Access, Equity, and Social Justice Committee Lesley A. Rex Chapter 5 36 Fulfilling Higher Education’s Promise: Addressing Social Issues in the 21st Century Adrianna Kezar Chapter 6 48 The Paradox of Immigration Policy and Higher Education Access: State Responses to Federal Immigration Policy José L. Santos Chapter 7 57 A Discussion of Fair Market Possibilities for the Public Good Deron Boyles, Alisa F. Cunningham, Rasheedah Mullings, and Penny A. Pasque Chapter 8 72 The Special Role of Public Higher Education in Contributing to the Public Good John C. Burkhardt About the Conference Participants and Authors 78 About the Conference and Publication Sponsors 79 iv v Preface Penny A. Pasque, Lori A. Hendricks, & Nicholas A. Bowman The Wingspread Conference Series (2003-2005), Strategies to Strengthen the Relationship between Higher Education and Society, brought together scholars, institutional and national leaders, community activists, and graduate and undergraduate students to examine the current and evolving relationships between higher education and society. The goals of this annual series included (a) assessing the status of efforts and challenges focused on strengthening American higher education’s civic and social responsibility to society, and (b) developing focused strategies and commitments among leaders to advance higher education’s civic and social role. This monograph, Taking Responsibility: A Call for Higher Education’s Engagement in a Society of Complex Global Challenges, is a culmination of writing and reflective dialogues between leaders at the summative Wingspread conference in October 2005. The Wingspread Invitational Conference Series was envisioned and developed by Tony Chambers, associate vice provost and assistant professor at the University of Toronto, in collaboration with Carole M. Johnson, Program Officer at the Johnson Foundation. We sincerely thank Tony and Carole1 for the vision and energy that made such a series possible— this series would not have become a reality without their initiative and commitment. This Wingspread series evolved from a National Summit on higher education’s commitment to the public good, which was held in Ann Arbor in 2002. Over 250 scholars, state legislators, college/university presidents, students, foundation personnel, trustees, and community-based leaders participated in this Summit and produced the Common Agenda to Strengthen the Relationship Between Higher Education and Society (London, 2003). The National Summit followed a yearlong series of regional dialogues across the country that focused on issues central to higher education’s commitment and engagement with society (Chambers, 2005). Each Wingspread conference furthered another aspect of the Common Agenda. This Wingspread conference brought together approximately 40 participants who are committed to advancing strategies and actions to strengthen higher education’s relationships with society. The conference opened with a speech from Jamie Merisotis, followed by a presentation by Penny Pasque and Suzanne Morse. Large and small group discussions ensued, with participants choosing to engage in one of four small working groups: Access, Equity and Social Justice (facilitated by Deborah Faye Carter and Alina Wong); Institution, State and Federal Policy (facilitated by Jaime Chahin and Lori Hendricks); The Marketization of Higher Education (facilitated by Sheila Slaughter and Penny Pasque); and The Public Roles of Colleges and Universities (facilitated by John Burkhardt and Steven Rosenstone). vi The sequence of chapters in this monograph is designed to mirror the sequence of events at the conferences and to highlight some of the most engaging conversations that occurred. John C. Burkhardt and Jamie Merisotis introduce the monograph by sharing the underlying observations and principles of the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good, along with the Array of Benefits crafted by the Institute for Higher Education Policy. They share their vision and efforts toward promoting and furthering a “movement.” Penny A. Pasque provides three frameworks for understanding higher education for the public good in her chapter, The Paradox of Higher Education Leaders Working toward the Public Good: Three Frameworks for Conceptualizing Higher Education for the Public Good. Her first framework is a review of the literature; the second framework explores the language higher education leaders use to discuss higher education’s relationship with society; and the third framework examines the Common Agenda crafted by leaders interested in furthering higher education’s civic responsibilities. Suzanne Morse reflects openly on higher education’s public role in Regrouping, Rethinking, and Redirecting Energies around Higher Education for the Public Good: A Keynote Address. She encourages the higher education community to engage more directly and collaboratively in local and national issues. In Higher Education Has Done Well, We Can Do More: A Report from the Wingspread Equity, Access, and Social Justice Committee, Lesley Rex recalls the conversation between participants where problems of access, equity and social justice were reframed. She offers strategies to change the vision of higher education for the public good. In a “prologue,” Lesley highlights the conversations that have continued since the time of the meeting at Wingspread, specifically focusing on how education is out of reach for “undocumented” students in the United States. She urges, “we [higher education] have to do more.” Adrianna Kezar puts forward a model for university engagement in her chapter Fulfilling Higher Education’s Promise: Addressing Social Issues in the 21st Century. She provides examples of community-university partnerships and makes recommendations for strengthening these relationships from the university’s perspective. José L. Santos describes current and proposed legislation that aims to “deal with” the realities of the estimated 65,000 to 80,000 undocumented immigrant students who attend and graduate from our high schools every year in The Paradox of Immigration Policy and Higher Education Access: State Responses to Federal Immigration Policy. Specifically, he discusses the ways in which public policy is sometimes inconsistent with goals of improving our workforce, diversity, and competitiveness in the current knowledge-based economy. Deron Boyles, Alisa F. Cunningham, Rasheedah Mullings, and Penny A. Pasque, provide their perspective of economic forces influencing higher education in A Discussion of Fair Market Possibilities for the Public Good. The pressures of financing the work of universities while competing for students and status has led many universities to market themselves more to the wants of private corporations than to the needs of the public and the public sector. This shift has, arguably, caused many institutions of higher learning to provide a climate in which private markets control the focus of colleges and universities. This shift has also resulted in many colleges and universities’ moving away from focusing on the needs of people within our society. This chapter addresses how to make the current climate “work for us” in the face of current market changes. Finally, John C. Burkhardt concludes the monograph with an essay on The Changing Role of Public Higher Education in Service to the Public Good. He describes the different public good missions of various colleges and universities and elaborates on the particular responsibilities of the public university to serve the public good. John concludes by identifying the future challenges of higher education in order to address society’s complex challenges. vii The chapters employ diverse styles and functions in calling for higher education’s further engagement with society.
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