Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Apr 2009 Open Access

'I was a Stranger': Creating a Campus-wide Commitment to Migration

Betsy A. Bowen

Abstract

This article examines what it means when a university makes a multifaceted commitment to migration, taking note of both what can be accomplished through such a commitment and what tensions remain. At Fairfield University, engagement with migration is expressed in the curriculum, service-learning projects, faculty research, and in efforts to influence the national debate on immigration through the University's Center for Faith and Public Life. The philosophical context for this work on migration reflects, in part, the Jesuit Catholic tradition of the University. Service-learning courses across the curriculum involve work with immigrants. In a course on literacy, students assist children of immigrants at an adult literacy center.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2009-04-01
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10.59236/rjv8i2pp94-115
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