Academic Citizenship and Public Service for Modern Higher Learning in a Post-Civil Rights Era

Re‐examining and developing the notion of academic citizenship: A critical literature review

“…O'Meara et al (2011) appeared to support this claim as they observed that in the US, common keywords associated with the service role included service‐learning, community engagement, and extension. The texts from the US included in this review seemed to confirm this as their exploration of academic service work largely focused on themes of wider engagement, such as the institutionalisation of civic and community engagement in universities (Brackmann, 2015; Sandmann & Weerts, 2008; Shaker, 2012), or academics' perceptions of their civic service activities (Bloomgarden & O'Meara, 2007; Buchanan et al, 2006). In contrast, most of the empirically based articles from the UK explored academic citizenship as the service role more specifically from the angle of institutional service, with focus on academics' perspectives on their administration and university service activities in relation to the performative cultures of the institution (Bolden et al, 2014; Macfarlane, 2011; Pedersen & Minnotte, 2018).…”

“…O'Meara et al (2011) appeared to support this claim as they observed that in the US, common keywords associated with the service role included service-learning, community engagement, and extension. The texts from the US included in this review seemed to confirm this as their exploration of academic service work largely focused on themes of wider engagement, such as the institutionalisation of civic and community engagement in universities (Brackmann, 2015;Sandmann & Weerts, 2008;Shaker, 2012), or academics' perceptions of their civic service activities (Bloomgarden & O'Meara, 2007;Buchanan et al, 2006).…”