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University civic mission is a reflection of universities as good institutional citizens that engage in their (local) communities in multiple ways – by researching and providing solutions for significant (local) problems (usually universal problems that are manifested locally, such as poverty, unequal health care, substandard housing, hunger, and inadequate, unequal education, etc.); by conducting research on democracy, civil society, and civic development; by educating students to be active and responsible citizens; by providing forums for free democratic dialogue not only for academics and students, but for (local) community members as well; and by offering its various resources and educational opportunities to the local community – to sum up by paraphrasing Benjamin Barber (1996), by being a ‘good neighbour’ that cares about and supports the improvement of (civic) life in local communities.
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Ćulum, B. (2014). Croatian Academics and University Civic Mission Integration. In: Branković, J., Klemenčić, M., Lažetić, P., Zgaga, P. (eds) Global Challenges, Local Responses in Higher Education. Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-581-6_4
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