Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy

Abstract

This edited book shares the experiences of a broadly representative and globally dispersed set of writers on higher education and social responsibility, broadening perspectives on the democratization of knowledge. The editors have deliberately sought examples and viewpoints from parts of the world that are seldom heard in the international literature. Importantly, the have intentionally chosen to achieve a gender and diversity balance among the contributors. the stories call us to take back the right to imagine and reclaim the public purposes of higher education