Education - Higher

The primary aim of this text is to provide educators with specific strategies for engaging in equity and inclusion work on college campuses. We include the perspectives of faculty and staff with a range of experiences and expertise to address current topics evolving at...

This work is the third in a series of three by the author (so far): Making Time, Making Change: Avoiding Overload in College Teaching (2003); Making Change, Lessons Learned: A Primer for Change-Agents (2017); and (c) Making Learning, Lessons Learned: An Intellectual Memoir on...

This fine sourcebook provides college and university teachers, across the curriculum, with specific classroom-tested activities and assignments to stimulate and develop student critical thinking. The book consists of fifty modules, each containing: a description of a critical thinking assignment, an explanation of the assignment's...

Ensuring doctoral students receive a well-rounded and thorough education is critical for their future success. Service learning within the doctoral program is one of the many aspects that helps shape students' experiences and prepares them for life after graduation. Co-Constructing and Sustaining Service Learning...

This book -- by presenting principles that teachers in higher education can put into practice in their own classrooms -- explains how to lay the ground for this engagement, and help students become self-regulated learners actively employing metacognitive and reflective strategies in their education.Author:...

As the economic value of education increases, as more students seek to complete college courses while forgoing the undergraduate experience, and as funding for public higher education decreases, the for-profit higher education sector has exploded. In New Players, Different Game, William G. Tierney and...

For 20 years, British governments of both the left and right have tried to improve the management of the NHS. But the distinctive contribution of the Thatcher governments of the 1980s has defined this very much in terms of controlling health professionals: doctors, nurses...

This book looks into whether these criticisms are justified-and what can be done if they are. This book provokes readers to reconsider long-held assumptions, beliefs and practices about teaching and learning in study abroad and to reexamine the design and delivery of their programs.Author:...

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: 1475860161ISBN-13: 9781475860160Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2023Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d

Synthesizing the best current thinking about learning, course design, and promoting student achievement, this is a guide to developing college instruction that has clear purpose, is well integrated into the curriculum, and improves student learning in predictable and measurable ways.Author: Edmund J. HansenISBN-10: 1579226140ISBN-13:...

This timely book offers the why, how and what of a purpose-driven university, utilising cases, research, concepts and a framework which can be implemented in any university interested in making a difference. This book tells the stories of purpose-driven universities and other organisations.Author: Debbie...

This book constitutes a comprehensive guide for readers who want a broad strategic view of learning communities, enabling them to identify which type of LC best meets the learning needs of their students, and the context and mission of their institution.Author: Oscar T. Lenning,...

A Faculty and Staff Guide on Supporting Sophomore Student Success is part of a series of action-oriented guides intended to blend research and practice to enhance the professional development and capacity of faculty and staff toward the ultimate goal of increasing the learning, development,...

This is a book for all faculty who are concerned with promoting the persistence of all students whom they teach. Recognizing that there are no easy answers, Kathleen Gabriel offers faculty ideas that can be incorporated in, or modified to align with, faculty's existing...

Published in Association with and We live in divisive and polarizing times, often remaining in comfortable social bubbles and experiencing few genuine interactions with people who are different or with whom we disagree.Author: Timothy J. ShafferISBN-10: 1620369273ISBN-13: 9781620369272Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/2019Pages: 342Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize:...

New and changing environments in the realm of education, communities, economic markets, and global influences are creating new demands on community colleges. Leaders of the future will find themselves managing increasingly complex organizations--and they will face challenges very different from those of their predecessors....

With the passage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2008, more than 1.4 million service members and their families became eligible for higher education benefits, and veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan enrolled in colleges and universities in record numbers. The first...

This book is a wise and friendly guide for new faculty and graduate student instructors who are about to teach for the first time. It provides an introduction to the theory of teaching; describes proven strategies and activities for engaging students in their learning;...

This compact, accessibly written text prepares students for their experience of community-based learning. It is designed for students to read and reflect on independently or to foster discussion in class on their motivations and dispositions toward community engagement and service learning. It prepares students...

This book introduces the concept of critical mentoring, presenting its theoretical and empirical foundations, and providing telling examples of what it looks like in practice, and what it can achieve. At this juncture when the demographics of our schools and colleges are rapidly changing,...

In The Qualified Student Harold S. Wechsler focuses on methods of student selection used by institutions of higher education in the United States. More specifically, he discusses the way that college and university reformers employed those methods to introduce higher education into a broader...

This is a book for any student affairs professional who wants to strategically shape his or her career path-and will be particularly helpful for people in early or mid-career, or contemplating a career, in student affairs.Author: Sonja ArdoinISBN-10: 1579229581ISBN-13: 9781579229580Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/14/2014Pages: 196Format:...

Co-published with NACADA. This text is not focused on the "what" of advisor training but is instead intentionally focused on the "how" and the "why," encouraging those responsible for development and implementation to have a clear means by which to support advisor success.Author: Karen...

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,...

A Practitioner's Reference and Guide to Implement Restorative Justice on CampusHere's a call to colleges and universities to consider implementing restorative practices on their campuses, ensuring fair treatment of students and staff while minimizing institutional liability, protecting the campus community, and boosting morale, from...

This book is a thoughtful and practical resource for anyone involved in the teaching and design of online courses and programs that meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student body in an evolving and multifaceted online environment.Author: Sharla BerryISBN-10: 1642673056ISBN-13: 9781642673050Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This book considers various facets of academic culture, discusses how to study it, how to analyze it, and how to improve it in order to move colleges and universities aggressively into the future while maintaining core academic values. This book presents updated versions of...

As distance learning continues to grow, universities are seeking ways to integrate traditional student community service into online courses. Supported by seven years of successful implementation, this book presents an award-winning service-learning model through which online students serve as consultants to organizations nationwide.Author: Marie-Line...

This book is a vade mecum for researchers in academic advising to formulate research questions, structure research, point to useful theoretical and methodological approaches, guide analysis, and help find publication outlets.Author: Craig M. McGillISBN-10: 1642673374ISBN-13: 9781642673371Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2022Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.00h x...

This book is written to help readers with humanities backgrounds improve their academic research, tertiary-level teaching, professional service, and career trajectory. By utilizing 1,000+ Tips, readers can choose what skill they wish to improve by consulting a single page (for example, how to measure...

The Little Guide to Giving a Poster Presentation: Simple Steps to Success is a practical step-by-step guide for the novice or uncertain author on giving a poster presentation.Author: John BondISBN-10: 1475870159ISBN-13: 9781475870152Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2023Pages: 150Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w...

Given that students are increasingly arriving on campus with limited civic knowledge, and the fragile state of our democracy, there is an urgent need to incorporate civic learning into courses, programs, systems, and processes throughout our institutions.Author: Marianne MagjukaISBN-10: 1642674052ISBN-13: 9781642674057Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/03/2022Pages:...

Literary Learning explores the nature of literary knowledge and offers guidance for effective teaching of literature at the college level. What do English majors need to learn? How can we help them develop the skills and knowledge they need? By identifying the habits of...

This book considers how the main doctoral awarding countries from across the globe examine doctoral degrees. It compares and contrasts their approaches, comments on their robustness, and identifies examples of good practice.　　 The doctorate is the highest award made by universities, but the examination...

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,...

The world of education is experiencing a time of unprecedented change. In our modern, Covid-racked world, educational institutions and their respective delivery methodologies have been forcibly and forever transformed. Most educators realize that these transformations are likely permanent and that procedures and systems of...

This irreverent guide from 1910 will ensure that the intrepid freshman at large becomes neither menace nor fool.Author: George F. EvansISBN-10: 1429096888ISBN-13: 9781429096881Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)Language: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2022Pages: 47Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.15d

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,...

Adults seek out learning for very different reasons in different contexts, and this book is intended to support adult educators' development in responding to this rich array.Author: Alisa BelzerISBN-10: 1642672335ISBN-13: 9781642672336Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/07/2023Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.22lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.67d

The book brings together for the first time a range of integrated essays produced out of a programme of research and scholarship designed to better understand advanced-level research supervision as pedagogy. Doctoral Research Supervision, Pedagogy and the PhD questions the traditions of how doctoral...

This book focuses on the status and work of full-time non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) whose ranks are increasing as tenure track faculty (TTF) make up a smaller percentage of the professoriate. This book describes lessons learned from and benefits experienced by departments that have successfully...

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 book creates a dialogue about specific forms of language study for college students that are forged through collaborations between museum professionals and faculty in academic museum in the United States.Author: Heather FlahertyISBN-10: 1475869738ISBN-13: 9781475869736Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/02/2023Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize:...

Author: Amaresh ChakrabartiISBN-10: 9811359768ISBN-13: 9789811359767Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/09/2019Pages: 1036Format: HardcoverWeight: 4.20lbsSize: 9.40h x 9.70w x 2.10d

A rigorous examination of higher education policymaking in the Arab world None of the momentous challenges Arab universities face is unique either in kind or degree. Other societies exhibit some of the same pathologies--insufficient resources, high drop-out rates, feeble contributions to research and development,...

Misogyny in English Departments theorizes the results of a qualitative empirical study of the ways women in U.S. college and university English departments experience misogyny, and the effects that misogyny has on their personal and professional lives.Author: Beth Powers-Costello, Amy E. RobillardISBN-10: 1433199572ISBN-13: 9781433199578Publisher:...

Supporting Fraternities and Sororities in the Contemporary Era is inspired by sustained and reoccurring professional conversations and scholarship that have suggested that not just change is necessary, but that there ought to be a fundamental shift towards reconceptualizing the construct of fraternities and sororities....

This little book is for students of Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.Author: Ahmed AfzaalISBN-10: 1312445874ISBN-13: 9781312445871Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2023Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

A volume in Contemporary Perspectives on Access, Equity and Achievement Series Editor Chance W. Lewis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, The purposes of this book are rooted in the move from invisibility to visibility and silence to voice. This work uses autoethnography as...

In spite of the proliferation of online learning, creating online courses can still evoke a good deal of frustration, negativity, and wariness in those who need to create them. The second edition of Essentials of Online Course Design takes a fresh, thoughtfully designed, step-by-step...