University-community engagement in Australia: Practice, policy and public good

Education, Citizenship and Social Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-230

  Winter, Alexandra ^a   Wiseman, John ^b   Muirhead, Bruce ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

community engagement; higher education; public good; social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993783236     PISSN: 17461979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1746197906064675     Document Type: Article

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