Lina D. Dostilio is a highereducation leader who has spent her career connecting universities with theirbroader communities. Her scholarship has focused on the Community EngagementProfessional in Higher Education and Hyperlocal, Place-Based Engagement. Shehas held a number of administrative and faculty appointments and was previouslya Scholar-in-Residence with Campus Compact, a Research Fellow with theCoalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, and is a member of theAcademic of Community Engagement Scholarship.
"The Community Engagement Professionalin Higher Education: A
Competency Model for an Emerging Field is adiscussion of a
systematic collection of 103 competencies, in areas ofknowledge,
skills, abilities, and dispositions, for community
engagementprofessionals and the process undertaken to develop the
set. The Community Engagement Professional'sGuidebook isa
compilation of advice, questions, and reflections to assist
thereader in deep engagement and application of the competencies. I
would suggestreading the two texts in sequence. Though the
Guidebook standsalone, the primary text gives readers context and
an explanation of theresearch methodology used to develop and
select the competencies
A Competency Model is an academicintroduction to the model and is
an edited volume, with different authorsexplaining their academic
contributions to subsets of competencies. \Itreads like a formal
panel presentation at an academic conference, with eachchapter
representing a research team's contributions to the whole. An
authoredtext, the feels more like a coaching session with a
mentor--a singular voice inan informal tone encouraging
reflection.
Without question, Dostilio and hercoauthors have made a monumental
contribution to the field of communityengagement with the Community
Engaged Professional [CEP] competency model.Surely this model will
ignite more research on the profession of CEPs, providea framework
for professional development, and enhance
community-campuspartnerships. These texts should be required
reading for all CEPs."-- "Journal of Higher Education Outreach and
Engagement"
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