Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Higher education and the development of civic responsibility / Anne Colby ... [et al.] -- Citizenship development and the American college student / Linda J. Sax -- Institutional identity and social responsibility in higher education / William M. Sullivan -- Renewing the democratic spirit in American colleges and universities: higher education as public work / Harry C. Boyte and Nancy N. Kari -- College and university as citizen / Nancy L. Thomas -- Educational missions and civic responsibility: toward the engaged academy / Carol Geary Schneider -- Civic challenge of educating the underprepared student / Alexander W. Astin -- How concepts of politics control concepts of civic responsibility / David Mathews -- How far in? How far out? Civic responsibility and the journalism educator / Jay Rosen -- Integrating the American system of higher, secondary, and primary education to develop civic responsibility / Lee Benson and Ira Harkavy -- Supporting community involvement in the digital age / Penelope Eckert and Peter Henschel -- Community college perspective / Paul A. Elsner -- Perspective of a comprehensive university / Judith A. Ramaley -- Liberal arts college perspective / Gregory S. Prince Jr. -- Historically Black college perspective / Gloria Dean Randle Scott -- Religious-based college and university perspective / William J. Byron -- Research university perspective / Mary Lindenstein Walshok -- Civic engagement and the academic disciplines / Edward Zlotkowski -- Accounting for the civic role: assessment and accountability strategies for civic education and institutional service / Jane V. Wellman -- Civic renewal in higher education: the state of the movement and the need for a national network / Elizabeth Hollander and Matthew Hartley.