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Publications & Resources
Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and the Future of Democracy
Council of Europe
September 18, 2020
Sjur Bergan, Tony Gallagher, and Ira Harkavy (editors)
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Universities must help shape the post-COVID-19 world
University World News
April 18, 2020
Ira Harkavy, Sjur Bergan, Tony Gallagher and Hilligje van’t Land
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Balancing academic rights and responsibilities
University World News
February 15, 2020
Ira Harkavy
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The Local Mission of Higher Education: Principles and Practice
Glasnevin Publishing
May 29, 2019
Sjur Bergan, Ira Harkavy, and Ronaldo Munck (editors)
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Higher Education for Diversity, Social Inclusion and Community: A Democratic Imperative
Council of Europe
May 14, 2018
Sjur Bergan and Ira Harkavy (editors)
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Shared Accountability and Higher Education: A Compact Guide for Broadening Participation in STEM
NSF-supported brochure
May 1, 2018
Ira Harkavy and Louis Martin-Vega
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A Service-Learning Chemistry Course as a Model To Improve Undergraduate Scientific Communication Skills
Journal of Chemical Education
March 16, 2018
By Stan Najmr, Joanna Chae, Mara L. Greenberg, Cory Bowman, Ira Harkavy, and Jenine R. Maeyer
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Assessing Performance and Developing an Accountability System for Broadening Participation: The Role of Higher Education
Report on an NSF-Funded Meeting
October 20, 2017
Ira Harkavy, Louis Martin-Vega, Daryl Chubin, Rita A. Hodges, and Joanna Chae
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Knowledge for Social Change: Bacon, Dewey, and the Revolutionary Transformation of Research Universities in the Twenty-First Century
Temple University Press
July 1, 2017
By Lee Benson, Ira Harkavy, John Puckett, Matthew Hartley, Rita A. Hodges, Francis E. Johnston, and Joann Weeks
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Better STEM Outcomes: Developing an Accountability System for Broadening Participation
Report on an NSF-Funded Workshop
March 31, 2017
Daryl Chubin, Ira Harkavy, Louis Martin-Vega
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Engaging Urban Universities as Anchor Institutions for Health Equity
American Journal of Public Health
November 10, 2016
By Ira Harkavy
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Higher Education for Democratic Innovation
Council of Europe
March 6, 2016
Edited by Sjur Bergan, Tony Gallagher, and Ira Harkavy
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Creating the Connected Institution: Towards Realizing Benjamin Franklin's and Ernest Boyer's Revolutionary Vision for American Higher Education
Redefining the Paradigm: Faculty Models to Support Student Learning
January 23, 2015
By Ira Harkavy
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Realizing STEM Equity and Diversity through Higher Education-Community Engagement
NSF Supported White Paper
January 1, 2015
By Ira Harkavy, Nancy Cantor, and Myra Burnett
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Effective Governance of a University as an Anchor Institution: University of Pennsylvania as a Case Study
Leadership and Governance in Higher Education: Handbook for Decision-Makers and Administrators (Berlin: Raabe Academic Publishers)
January 1, 2014
By Ira Harkavy, Matthew Hartley, Rita A. Hodges, Anthony Sorrentino and Joann Weeks
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The Promise of University-Assisted Community Schools to Transform American Schooling: A Report from the Field, 1985-2012
Peabody Journal of Education
October 23, 2013
By Ira Harkavy, Matthew Hartley, Rita Axelroth Hodges, & Joann Weeks
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Reimagining democratic societies: a new era of personal and social responsibility
Council of Europe higher education series no. 18
January 1, 2013
By Sjur Bergan, Ira Harkavy and Hilligje van't Land (Editors)
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Cooperating Across the Atlantic: Helping Realize Higher Education's Democratic Mission
Association of American Colleges and Universities Vol. 16 No. 1
December 1, 2013
By Sjur Bergan and Ira Harkavy
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The Road Half Traveled: University Engagement at a Crossroads
November 1, 2012
By Rita Axelroth Hodges and Steve Dubb
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Democratic Devolution: How America's Colleges and Universities Can Strengthen Their Communiteis
Progressive Policy Insititute
October 1, 2012
By Ira Harkavy and Rita A. Hodges
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Democratic Transformation through University-Assisted Community Schools
In chapter from "To Serve a Larger Purpose": Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education by John Saltmarsh and Matthew Hartley
January 1, 2011
By Lee Benson, Ira Harkavy, and John Puckett
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Understanding the Role of Research Universities in Improving College Preparation and Access at Local Urban High Schools
Metropolitan Universities
June 1, 2012
By Laura W. Perna, Ira Harkavy, and Cory Bowman
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Chapter 8: Anchor Institutions as Partners in Building Successful Communities and Local Economies
Retooling HUD for a Catalytic Federal Government: A Report to Secretary Shaun Donovan
February 1, 2009
By Ira Harkavy (Task Force Chair)
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Anchor Institutions Toolkit. A guide for neighborhood revitalization
Netter Center
March 1, 2008
By Eleanor Sharpe