April 2013 Newsletter
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| April 4, 2013 | The Talloires Network Newsletter |
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In This Issue
New Members Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain) University of Sargodha (Pakistan) To see a full list of our 288 member institutions, Not a member of the Talloires Network? Learn how to JOIN NOW>>
Talloires Website Remember to visit our website! Google Map showing our member universities
About the Talloires Network The Talloires Network secretriat is located at Tufts University. Contact Us Rob Hollister Director Dr. Lorlene Hoyt Director of Programs and Research Jennifer Catalano Director, Youth Economic Participation Initiative Amy Newcomb Rowe Program Manager, Youth Economic Participation Initiative Rantimi Oluwasegun Budget and Program Coordinator, Youth Economic Participation Initiative Maureen Keegan Program Coordinator Edwin Nelson Program Assistant, Youth Economic Participation Initiative Edwin.Nelson@tufts.edu President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Janice Reid (Vice-Chair) Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Sydney President, American University in Cairo President, Tulane University Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Founding President, Aga Khan University President, Tufts University Vice-Chancellor, Kenyatta University Rector, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Chairperson, South African Higher Education Community Engagement Forum Rector, Universidad Católica de Córdoba Secretary General, Association of Commonwealth Universities |
Update from the Chair: President Mark Gearan As I reflect on the Talloires Network and its growing membership, I am reminded of the critical role that the Network seeks to play in generating financial resources for the support of civic engagement in higher education, both for its members and more broadly.To date, the Talloires Network has sought to serve two main functions in the funding arena. First, it strives to cultivate funding for its members and activities of its Secretariat. Through programs like the Youth Economic Participation Initiative and Ciudadanía Activa (see article below), the Talloires Network tries to support the excellent civic and community engagement work of its member institutions.We also pursue another goal – to encourage private and public funders to increase how much they invest in higher education civic engagement work around the world. The collective voice of university leaders has great potential in this regard; working together, we advocate the importance and value of investing in the “third mission” of universities. In keeping with this commitment, this July, the Steering Committee members will participate in a roundtable with funders to encourage continued support, and stimulate new support, for this critical dimension of higher education.Generating funding for the community engagement work being undertaken by Talloires Network members is a key priority and challenge. What thoughts do you have on strategies that the Talloires Network can employ to expand financial resources for the engaged university movement?
Leaders in the Civic Engagement Movement: Rafael Velasco by Lorlene Hoyt
Transforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity and Environment To launch the release of Transforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity and Environment, a book by the Talloires Network’s Director of Programs and Research, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Community Innovators Lab (M.I.T. CoLab), the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE), and the Talloires Network co-sponsored an interactive webinar on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The webinar was recorded and can be accessed at your convenience. Learn More>>
Social Entrepreneurship – The New Community Engagement Nicola Jenvey reports for University World News on the position of Goos Minderman, public governance professor at Vrije Universiteit, that “social entrepreneurship should be the new engagement for individuals and the public and private sectors, with implications for university training – especially in Africa.” This view was shared at an innovation and research day held by the Graduate School of Business Leadership at the University of South Africa in March 2013. Learn More>> Future Focus: 2013 National Workforce Development Strategy
IJRSCLE – Call for Manuscripts The Editorial Board of the International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IJRSLCE) invites manuscript submissions to the following four sections: Research Articles, Theoretical or Conceptual Articles, Review Articles, and Book Reviews. The submission deadline is May 15. Learn More>> Indigenous Knowledge Must Be Harvested for Development In an article written for University World News, Goolam Mohamedbhai writes that “there is a rich body of indigenous knowledge embodied in Africa’s cultural and ecological diversities, and African people have drawn on this knowledge for hundreds of years to solve specific developmental and environmental problems.” Learn More>> The Role of Universities: First and Foremost, It’s About Education
Higher Education Policy – Call for Papers
One of the main takeaways of the British Council’s Going Global conference, held in Dubai from March 4-6, writes Katherine Forestier for University World News, is the notion that “countries in developing regions must step up higher education to a level where their people are creators rather than merely consumers of knowledge.” Learn More>> Summer Faculty Institute and Learning Community on Service-Learning
The University of Brighton, in partnership with NIACE, is preparing a book on Student Community Engagement (referred to as Service Learning, Engaged Pedagogies, Community Based Learning etc. in other parts of the world) and would like to include case studies written by students in the book. These case studies should be around 500 words long and provide a reflective account of the experience and what the student learned from it. Learn More>> Transforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity and Environment
Lifelong Learning, the Arts, and Community Cultural Engagement in the Contemporary University maps the work of adult educators, teachers, researchers and graduate students from North America, Europe and Africa who use the arts in their university classroom teaching, their research and in service. It is written specifically for graduate students, and educators working in higher education, communities, schools, and practitioners who want to learn how to better integrate the arts in their practice to critically and creatively communicate, teach, make meaning, uncover, and involve. Learn More>> Egyptian Revolution 2.0: Political Blogging, Civic Engagement, and Citizen Journalism
Public Policymaking in Hong Kong: Civic Engagement and State-Society Relations in a Semi-Democracy
For a complete list of upcoming events, visit our website>> EUA Annual Conference. European Universities – Global Engagement. Ghent (Belgium). 11-12 April 2013.
Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE-2013). Dublin, Ireland. 15-17 April 2013. The IICE is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education. The IICE promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from Education. Learn More>>
The conference will focus on (1) Strengthening Academic Programs in Community Engagement; (2) Core Competencies in Civic Engagement and new to this year’s Institute is (3) The Impact of Online Education for Community Engagement. Learn More>> CLAYSS – 16th International Service-Learning Conference 2013. Economical Science School of the University of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires (Argentina).
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April signals the tenth installment of our Leaders in the Civic Engagement Movement series. This issue features Rafael Velasco, Rector of the Universidad Católica de Córdoba and member of the Talloires Network Steering Committee. 
Four Chilean universities have completed two rounds of community service projects supported by the TN with a grant from the Walmart Foundation – 3 in 2011-12 and 3 in 2012-13. The university projects achieved significant impacts on both community needs and students’ development. 
Proposals are being accepted now through April 12 for the 2013 International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (
In March 2013, the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency, published the second national workforce development strategy for Australia. The report builds on a strategy work from 2010 and aims to “realise Australia’s growth potential through a highly skilled and adaptable workforce.” 
The Association of Atlantic Universities recently published a policy paper which argues that in order to “foster social and economic growth” for government and businesses, universities must first focus on educating “Atlantic Canada’s future leaders.” 
The Higher Educational Policy (HEP) journal is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special issue entitled “From the Vaults: Revisiting, Revising and Reflecting on Higher Education Policy Research.” Abstracts are due by April 30. 
St. Mary’s College of California will be hosting a learning community from August 2-4, 2013 in Moraga, California. Participants will learn best practices and leave with a solid foundation for implementing a quality service-learning course. This event is an intentional work-space for a limited number of participants to focus on the conceptualization and the “nuts and bolts” of creating a quality learning experience for students, faculty, and community partners. 
Edited by Dr. Lorlene Hoyt and written by engaged scholars and practitioners, Transforming Cities and Minds is an “instrument-for-action” on the problems faced by U.S. cities that have suffered from decades of disinvestment. The book advocates the concept of reciprocal knowledge: real learning on both sides, campus and city, through a complex network of human relationships. 
Edited by Darlene E. Clover and Kathy Sandford,
Written by Mohammed el-Nawawy and Sahar Khamis, Egyptian Revolution 2.0: Political Blogging, Civic Engagement and Citizen Journalism sheds light on the growing phenomenon of cyberactivism in the Arab world, with a special focus on the Egyptian political blogosphere and its role in paving the way to democratization and socio-political change in Egypt, which culminated in Egypt’s historical popular revolution on Jan. 25, 2011. 
Written by Eliza W.Y. Lee, Elaine Y.M. Chan, Joseph C.W. Chan, Peter T.Y. Cheung, Wai Fung Lam and Wai-man Lam, Public Policymaking in Hong Kong aims to understand why and how civic engagement emerged in the policy process of Hong Kong as an Asian semi-democratic state. 
Planning is well underway for Engagement Australia’s 2013 conference which will focus on creating an engagement culture in universities, co-producing knowledge, and creating and evaluating social impact. 