Education - Higher

When faculty climb the ranks into leadership positions, they come with years of knowledge and experience, yet they are often blindsided by the delicate interpersonal situations and political minefields they must now navigate as university administrators. What are the specific skills that faculty need...

2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title As a major, public flagship university in the American South, so-called "Diversity University" has struggled to define its commitments to diversity and inclusion, and to put those commitments into practice. In Diversity Regimes, sociologist James M. Thomas draws on...

Universities are becoming more entrepreneurial, and for local communities and companies, this has increased their economic standings tenfold. However, the competitiveness of developing economies thanks to these financially focused institutions has likewise increased. Examining the Role of Entrepreneurial Universities in Regional Development provides emerging...

The only prep book you will ever need to ace the HiSET Math Test HiSET Math Workbook reviews all HiSET Math topics and provides students with the confidence and math skills they need to succeed on the HiSET Math. It is designed to address...

The hidden problem of student hunger on college campuses is real. Here's how colleges and universities are addressing it.As the price of college continues to rise and the incomes of most Americans stagnate, too many college students are going hungry. According to researchers, approximately...

It's not the "dark side" if you approach it with insight, wit, and compassion.Most new college and university administrators, especially if they come directly from the faculty ranks or from outside academia, receive little if any training. Rather, they try to succeed mostly by...

Big money NCAA basketball had its origins in a many-sided conflict of visions and agendas. On one side stood large schools focused on a commercialized game that privileged wins and profits. Opposing them was a tenuous alliance of liberal arts colleges, historically black colleges,...

2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title As a major, public flagship university in the American South, so-called "Diversity University" has struggled to define its commitments to diversity and inclusion, and to put those commitments into practice. In Diversity Regimes, sociologist James M. Thomas draws on...

Academic freedom is under siege, as our universities become the sites of increasingly fraught battles over freedom of speech. While much of the public debate has focused on "no platforming" by students, this overlooks the far graver threat posed by concerted efforts to silence...

This book is an antidote to the forms of American nationalism, masculinity, exceptionalism, and self-anointed prowess that are currently being flexed on the global stage. Through a fascinating combination of ethnographic research across seven US states and the application of postcolonial, anti-racist, feminist and...

Academic Labor beyond the College Classroom initiates a scholarly and professional conversation, calling upon faculty to participate in, reimagine, and transform their institutional and professional work to look beyond just teaching and research. Chapters in this contributed volume offer case studies, strategies, and exemplars...

No one has contributed more to our understanding of the relationship between readers and texts than Louise Rosenblatt. Her classic Literature as Explorationnow in its fifth editionintroduced the transactional theory of reading and pioneered a revolution that continues today in classrooms where reading and...

This book provides an in-depth analysis of what it means to be the first in family at university. It examines the factors that influence first in family students' decisions to enrol, attend and continue at university, and how their hopes, dreams and ambitions for...

This book celebrates the contributions of John Weidman and his colleagues to the understanding of student socialization in higher education. It includes innovative chapters reflecting new approaches to higher education student socialization with respect to students of color, gender, STEM, and students in higher...

How the increasing reliance on metrics to evaluate scholarly publications has produced new forms of academic fraud and misconduct.The traditional academic imperative to "publish or perish" is increasingly coupled with the newer necessity of "impact or perish"--the requirement that a publication have "impact," as...

Groundbreaking in its international, interdisciplinary, and multi-professional approach to diversity and inclusion in higher education, this volume puts theory in conversation with practice, articulates problems, and suggests deep-structured strategies from multiple perspectives including performed art, education, dis/ability studies, institutional as well as government policy,...

This book offers a moral rather than instrumental notion of university education whilst locating the university within society. It reflects a balancing of the instrumentalization of higher education as a mode of employment training and enhances the notion of the students' well-being being at...

1. The Problem of the Intellectuals2. Origins of the Corporate Ideal in U.S. Higher Education3. From Radical Resistance to Quiet Subversion4. Fiscal Austerity and the Entrepreneurial Impulse5. The Two Cultures Problem6. From Petit-Bourgeois Intellectual to Small Business EntrepreneurAuthor: Clyde W. BarrowISBN-10: 3319630512ISBN-13: 9783319630519Publisher: Palgrave...

Presents a unique conceptual framework for the entrepreneurial universityDevelops the entrepreneurial university concept furtherContributes to the debate about the role and mission of universities in national innovation systems Provides case studies from under-researched countries such as TurkeyAuthor: Dirk MeissnerISBN-10: 3319626485ISBN-13: 9783319626482Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/05/2018Pages:...

This book offers a moral rather than instrumental notion of university education whilst locating the university within society. It reflects a balancing of the instrumentalization of higher education as a mode of employment training and enhances the notion of the students' well-being being at...

This book analyzes the political economy of higher education finance across a range of OECD countries, exploring why some students pay extortionate tuition fees whilst for others their education is free. What are the redistributional consequences of these different tuition-subsidy systems? Analysing the variety...

Introduction.- The Digital Generation.- What is Thinking?.- The Thinking Process.- Sources of Information for Thinking.- Internet and Thinking.- Sources of Errors in Thinking and How to Avoid Them.- Strategies and Tools for Learning to Think.- Summary and Future Directions.-Author: Balu H. Athreya, Chrystalla MouzaISBN-10:...

Explores how future labor will be creative, how it will take the social context more into account, as well as how it will be more interdisciplinary Addresses why knowledge society, knowledge economy and knowledge democracy requires changes and innovations in our educational systems Presents...

Part I. Families, Schools, and Educational Opportunity.- Chapter 1. Family, Schooling, and Cultural Capital; George Farkas.- Chapter 2. Power, Relationships, and Trust in Sociological Research on Homes, Schools and Communities; Erin McNamara Horvat and Karen Pezzetti.- Chapter 3. Schools and Inequality: Implications from Seasonal...

This exciting new state-of-the art book reviews, explores and advocates ways in which collaborative research endeavours can, through a transdisciplinary lens, enhance student, academic and social experiences. Drawing from a wide range of knowledges, contexts, geographical locations and internationally renowned expertise, the book provides...

This book advances a re-imagined view of caring in higher education. The author proposes an argument of rhythmic caring, whereby teachers hold back or release their judgments in such a way that students' judgments are influenced accordingly. In doing so, the author argues that...

The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) and the Growth of the University Sub-sector in Uganda, 2002-2012, narrates the experience of the Ugandan NCHE in the establishment, development and regulation of higher education institutions in Uganda from 2002 to 2012. In this period, student...

Scholars in the Marketplace is a case study of market-based reforms at Uganda's Makerere University. With the World Bank heralding neoliberal reform at Makerere as the model for the transformation of higher education in Africa, it has implications for the whole continent. At the...

As the twenty first century unfolds, African universities are undergoing change and confronting challenges which are unprecedented. The effects of globalisation, and political and economic pressures of liberalisation and privatisation, both internal and external, are reconfiguring all aspects of university life: teaching, research, and...

Intended for the interested medical or neuroscience student, this short book reviews the history of explorations into a neuroanatomy of language. From the 1860s to today, the production and interpretation of words, words, words has engaged clinical and scientific thinking. To tell that story,...

The history of presidential politics reached a new and significant milestone with the election of Barack Obama in 2008. It sparked great hope in America for greater racial equity and social justice. A Paradise to Regain: Post-Obama Insights from Women Educators of the Black...

"Kernahan argues that you can be honest and unflinching in your teaching about racism while also providing a compassionate learning environment that allows for mistakes and avoids shaming students. She also differentiates between how white students and students of color are likely to experience...

A well-defined mentoring program is essential to faculty productivity and success. As institutions seek increase faculty diversity, adopt increased standards for faculty productivity, and become more aware of the benefits of extending mentoring beyond early-career, it's crucial to bring rigor and definition to your...

Update your approach to running a modern comprehensive campaign. This book will ground board members, presidents, vice presidents for advancement, deans, and other critical stakeholders with an objective and comprehensive understanding of what it takes to achieve higher levels of success in a campaign....

Free Speech and Liberal Education examines the empirical, philosophical, and remedial dimensions of the battle over free speech and academic freedom in American higher education today.Author: Donald Alexander DownsISBN-10: 1948647648ISBN-13: 9781948647649Publisher: Cato InstituteLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2020Pages: 250Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.90dReview Citation(s):...

When a dormitory toilet is clogged, who's the guy charged with fixing it? Who assures that benefits and work-study monies are paid and accounted for on time? And who is tasked with ensuring Luau goes off without a hitch or that students from Saudi...

There's a saying that if you build a fire on a hill, all sorts of interesting people will climb that hill to meet you, to hear your story or to tell one, or both. In these pages, the students brought the fire to a...

In higher education, case studies can be utilized to have students put themselves into problems faced by a protagonist and, by doing so, address academic or career-related issues. Working through these issues provides students with an opportunity to gain applied perspective and experiences. Professors...

Gender and diversity are crucial areas that require more attention in multiple academic settings. As more women progress into leadership positions in academia, it becomes necessary to develop solutions geared specifically toward success for females in such environments. Navigating Micro-Aggressions Toward Women in Higher...

The ability to effective learn, process, and retain new information is critical to the success of any student. Since mathematics are becoming increasingly more important in our educational systems, it is imperative that we devise an efficient system to measure these types of information...

If you are struggling in school or are simply looking for a way to make the absolute most of your education, this book is definitely for you!Armed with tips learned from his peers, his students, and his own personal experience, Dan Stevens attacks the...

The latest installment of a digital humanities bellwether Contending with recent developments like the shocking 2016 U.S. Presidential election, the radical transformation of the social web, and passionate debates about the future of data in higher education, Debates in the Digital Humanities 2019 brings...

Time is short and college bound students need their applications to make an impact on the overworked admissions officers who guard the gates at prestigious universities. To succeed in this mission, they need a book that will get read!In The 1-Hour College Admissions Essay,...

In the UK alone, there are over 100 formally recognised universities, offering a combined total of around 50,000 courses to prospective university students. With what is essentially an ocean of possible choices on offer, is it any wonder that many young people are left...

The transition to college is full of new and exciting opportunities But with those opportunities also comes significant change. Living away from friends and family, making new connections, ensuring your personal safety, and making healthy decisions are just a few of the challenges you'll...

Want to know a secret? There's more to college than studying and going to class A Student's Guide to College Transitions highlights the myriad opportunities that are available to you outside the classroom and why it's in your best interest to get out there...

Foundations of Engaged Scholarship offers students a carefully curated selection of readings that help them prepare for and make the most of their academic career. Readers learn the importance of asking the right questions, developing commitment and compassion, and making a difference in the...

This book is not a satire. Sadly, an extended zombie metaphor is all-too-apt an indictment of the shambling, repetitive, brainless and unengaged wandering through bad habit, lack of connection and futility that characterizes most contemporary public speaking. The author, a professor, consultant and TEDx...

What constitutes the study of philosophy or physics? What exactly does an anthropologist do, or a geologist or historian? In short, what are the arts and sciences? While many of us have been to college and many aspire to go, we may still wonder...

The discovery and imparting of knowledge are the essential undertakings of any university. Such purposes determined John Carroll, SJ's modest and surprisingly ecumenical proposal to establish an academy on the banks of the Potomac for the education of the young in the early republic....