Universities as change agents in resource-poor communities: a typology to assess current practice and inform future strategies
OUTPUT TYPE: Policy briefs
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I-H.Petersen
KEYWORDS: COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME, POOR COMMUNITIES, UNIVERSITIES
DEPARTMENT: Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CESTII)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 12133
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/16397
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/16397
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I-H.Petersen
KEYWORDS: COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME, POOR COMMUNITIES, UNIVERSITIES
DEPARTMENT: Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CESTII)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 12133
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/16397
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/16397
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Abstract
This policy brief addresses an important question for policy: How can universities act as change agents in their local contexts? Engagement with resource-poor "communities", such as those based in townships and rural towns, is one important channel through which universities can act as change agents in their local contexts.-
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