While exploring the current challenges facing academic institutions and the needs of their scholars to make their work relevant to the lives of university constituents, the author advocates a reactive and radical approach to engaged scholarship by out¬lining an 8-step process that considers the importance of trans¬formation, immediacy, and relevance in academic research in the field of human service. (Smith, 2011, p. 87).

Smith, M. (2011). A reactive, radical approach to engaged scholarship. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. 15(4), 87-99. Full Text.