Education - Higher

Tenth in the Service-Learning in the Disciplines Series, this book shows how both peace studies and service-learning have been developing new ideas of how social learning takes place as a community process in conflict situations and what the dynamics of peace building are. The...

"Challenging, inspiring, beautifully written, and unusual, this book calls readers to find ways to link mind and heart -- thinking and feeling -- to transform teaching and learning in higher education. Laura Rend has illustrated how one can unite one's deep beliefs, values, and...

This book presents a state-of-the-art, robust, and adaptable process, the Theory of Being, that offers strategies for working across Difference, and for embarking on constructive dialogue around the issues that drive us apart, both individually and collectively. Whether around racial, gender, and/or social class...

Co-published with This book advocates an approach the authors call Identity Interconnections as a way of moving considerations of identity differences and commonalities from theory to socially just action in student affairs practice.Through pursuing complex commonalities expansive enough to hold both similarities and differences,...

The goal of Delivering on the Promise of High-Impact Practices is to provide examples from around the country of the ways educators are advancing equity, promoting fidelity, achieving scale, and strengthening assessment of their own local high-impact practices.Author: John ZilvinskisISBN-10: 1642673617ISBN-13: 9781642673616Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Asian American women scholars experience shockingly low rates of tenure and promotion because of the particular ways they are marginalized by the intersectionalities of race and gender in academia. Although Asian American studies critics have long since debunked the model minority myth that constructs...

The college years are often referred to as the best years of your life. Author Frank J. Hanna believes your best years are still ahead of you, but only if you have a strategy for living that goes beyond what you learned in school.Author:...

At a moment when over half of US colleges are employing ePortfolios, the time is ripe to develop their full potential to advance integrative learning and broad institutional change. The authors outline how to deploy the ePortfolio as a high-impact practice and describe widely-applicable...

This book argues that two principal factors are inhibiting Native students from transitioning from school to college and from succeeding in their post-secondary studies. It presents models and examples of pathways to success that align with Native American students' aspirations and cultural values.Author: Stephanie...

How do you develop students' capacities as independent learners, build their confidence and motivation to identify their own research agendas, and facilitate their critical thinking and research skills for effectively exploring their chosen topic? Inquiry-based learning (IBL) offers a proven means to achieve these...

The book is organized in four parts. A satisfying research project has coherence across the various parts (research question, methodology, methods, claim to knowledge) and the parts of the book reflect these four areas. .Author: Ralf St ClairISBN-10: 1642674699ISBN-13: 9781642674699Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/07/2023Pages: 286Format:...

This book argues that today more than ever we need new and more student success leaders to step forward to make the changes that students need, and it offers the story of one such leader in the belief that it will help others see...

What does "good" teaching mean, and how can we know it when we see it? Perhaps you have grappled with these questions at some point in your career, either as an instructor wanting to document or grow your teaching effectiveness or as a peer...

Develop reading skills and acquire the Academic Word List-Explicit reading skills provide the foundation for effective, critical reading-High-interest readings from academic content areas motivate students-Corpus-based examples from the Oxford English Corpus teach real-life EnglishAuthor: Arline NurgmeierISBN-10: 0194416267ISBN-13: 9780194416269Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/20/2012Pages:...

Capstones have been a part of higher education curriculum for over two centuries, with the goal of integrating student learning to cap off their undergraduate experience. In practice, capstones are most often delivered as a course or include a significant project that addresses a...

This book will help you connect with students, whether you're teaching synchronously or asynchronously, regardless of the devices students may be using; develop community; and introduce you to gamification to add enjoyment and variety to your students' experience of your class.Author: Joanne Ricevuto, Laura...

Winner of the 2012 ASHE/CAHEP Barbara Townsend Lecture AwardTo prosper and thrive in an increasingly unpredictable national and global environment, U.S. higher education will need to adapt, innovate, and evolve once again, as it has during every major societal change over the past four...

Mentoring demonstrably increases the retention of undergraduate and graduate students and is moreover invaluable in shaping and nurturing academic careers. This is a timely and inspiring book for anyone in the academy concerned with the success of BIPOC students and invigorating their department's or...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Sense of belonging refers to the extent a student feels included, accepted, valued, and supported on their campus. The developmental process of belonging is interwoven with the social identity development of diverse college students. Moreover, belonging is influenced by the campus environment, relationships, and...

Given the ubiquity of online technologies in the lives of high school and college students, universities are increasingly turning to social media for the purpose of organizational communication. This book shines a light on these practices in order to better understand how platforms such...

Teaching with technology can help in the performance and facilitate the process of understanding in students. It helps students in interacting with other students and teachers. It gives them access to digital textbooks and aids them in developing creative ways of presenting the same...

Reprint of the Oxford University Press edition of 1930, with a long new introduction by Clark Kerr. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.Author: Abraham FlexnerISBN-10: 1560007370ISBN-13: 9781560007371Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/1994Pages: 418Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d

Say It Loud: Black Students and Collegiate Culture pays homage to the earliest Black Studies programs in the United States, particularly to those programs that spawned from strong pedagogical, revolutionary social movements, and student-based organic and traditional academic practices.Author: Rochelle Brock, Regina Bernard-CarreISBN-10: 1433115824ISBN-13:...

While Islamophobia was present in our society before 9/11, it has become more pervasive in recent years. This is evidenced by the current social and political climate, hate speech and hate crimes directed at Muslims, and the Supreme Court's upholding of Presidential Proclamation 645...

The collective depth and tenure of experience of the authors in advancing accessibility practice is truly exceptional. In practical terms, the organization of the book makes clear the work to be done and the imperative for doing it. It is about understanding the context...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Implementing systematic diversity transformation requires embracing all aspects of diversity--gender, sexual orientation, disability, gender identification, and other salient characteristics of difference--as well as race and ethnicity.This book lays out a framework for a systematic and sustained diversity process that first recognizes that too many...

Responding to the sudden and far-reaching implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in college classrooms and on campus, Emerging Stronger assembles an original compilation of chapters that revisit, reframe, and refine the practice of teaching in a fundamentally altered landscape. Cultivated from a wide array...

What does it mean to be a productive professor in higher education? What would it feel like to have more peace and productivity? To have nothing fall through the cracks? The Productive Online and Offline Professor is written for today's busy higher education professional....

Joining theory and practice, How Colleges Change unmasks problematic assumptions that university leaders and change agents typically possess, and provides research-based principles for approaching change. Featuring case studies, teaching questions, change tools, and a greater focus on scaling change, this monumental new edition offers...

Named one of the Top 2023 College Admissions Resources by Forbes and featured on NPR as "Book of the Day." "Groundbreaking."--Angel B. P駻ez, CEO of the National Association for College Admission CounselingFinding the right college is a challenge for all students, but Black families...

This book differs from other books on online teaching in that, in the process of offering guidance on course design and planning, developing outcomes and appropriate engaging activities, managing the workload and assessment, the authors pay explicit attention throughout to the distinct and diverse...

The implications of the Queen Bee Syndrome matter greatly in higher education as women in higher education come well prepared; however, they may not be ready for the lack of support from female colleagues and may have increased intentions to quit their current jobs...

This book presents the evidence and rationale for breaking up lectures into shorter segments by using pauses to focus attention, reinforce key points, and review learning. This book contains a compendium of strategies that any teacher can fruitfully use to reinforce learning.Author: Gail Taylor...

Higher education refers to tertiary education that leads to the award of an academic degree. It is an optional final phase of formal learning that occurs after completing secondary education. Higher education institutions (HEIs) play an important role in fostering a lifelong learning culture....

This book explores teaching as a relational practice - a practice wherein connection and disconnection with students, power, identity, and emotion shape the teaching and learning endeavor.Author: Harriet L. SchwartzISBN-10: 1620366371ISBN-13: 9781620366370Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/14/2019Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d

This book provides a comprehensive history of the passage of Title IX, the key legislation to bring about gender equity in education. Using a variety of primary source material, this historical study uses sociological conceptual frameworks to analyze feminist activism in the 1960s that...

A powerful confluence of youthful energies and entrenched codes of honor enlivens Robert F. Pace's look at the world of male student college life in the antebellum South. Through extensive research into records, letters, and diaries of students and faculty from more than twenty...

This book arises out of a recognition that student affairs professionals have little preparation or guidance in dealing with matters of spirituality, religion, secularity, and interfaith work at a time of greater diversity in students' beliefs and, from a broad recognition that there is...

Designed to help institutional leaders become more competent in designing, building, and scaling high-quality competency-based education (CBE) programs, this book provides context, guidelines, and process. Author: Laurie Dodge, Deborah J. Bushway, Charla S. LongISBN-10: 1620365936ISBN-13: 9781620365939Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/07/2018Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x...

An in-depth look at Centers for Teaching and Learning and their profound impact on US higher education.Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) are important change agents on campus with strategies that are unique and impactful--but sometimes unarticulated or misaligned. In this wide-ranging book, Mary...

2021 Textbook Excellence Award Winner (College: Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences)In this book Dr. Dannelle D. Stevens offers five key principles that will bolster your knowledge of academic writing, enable you to develop a manageable, sustainable, and even enjoyable writing practice, and, in the...

In 1969, the campus tumult that defined the Sixties reached a flash point at the University of Illinois. Out-of-town radicals preached armed revolution. Students took to the streets and fought police and National Guardsmen. Firebombs were planted in lecture halls while explosions rocked a...

This book addresses these questions and explores the use of critical spatial analysis to uncover the dimensions of entrenched and systemic racial inequities in educational settings and identify ways to redress them.Author: Deb MorrisonISBN-10: 1620364247ISBN-13: 9781620364246Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/11/2017Pages: 190Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 10.00h x...

This book is focused on community college student mental health, which is a critical topic among community college leaders, faculty, and staff. Author: Amanda O. LatzISBN-10: 1475860153ISBN-13: 9781475860153Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2023Pages: 206Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Alberto J. RodriguezISBN-10: 3031081528ISBN-13: 9783031081521Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/08/2023Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.45d

Author: Manja KlemenčičISBN-10: 3031094026ISBN-13: 9783031094026Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/07/2023Pages: 339Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.73d

The third edition of Patricia Cranton's Understanding and Promoting Transformative Learning brings a wealth of new insight from the tremendous growth in the field during the decade since the previous edition. As in the previous editions, the book helps adult educators understand what transformative...