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Introduction.- Chapter 1 Indigenous pathways and transitions into Higher Education: An Introduction.- Policy and Policy Issues.- Chapter 2 Understanding the nexus between equity and Indigenous higher education policy agendas in Australia.- Chapter 3 What do we know about community engagement in Indigenous education contexts...

Centering on the theme of university-based teacher education at a time of system change and its connections with broader global political issues, this book investigates the changing nature of initial teacher education (ITE) as it amalgamated into universities in the New Zealand context. The...

Designed for use in classrooms and for use by the higher education practitioner on a college campus today, At the Intersections will be of value to the reader throughout their professional career.Author: Robert Longwell-GriceISBN-10: 1642670618ISBN-13: 9781642670615Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/11/2021Pages: 372Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.90h x...

An Educational Journey to Deanship: A Memoir explores and highlights achievements and stories of success throughout the author's academic and administrative experiences. Specifically, this book includes photographs and personal narratives from early educational experiences to deanship. The information presented in this memoir will serve...

This book can also serve to inform and guide department chairs and other administrators in the design and implementation of diversity initiatives.Author: Regan A. R. GurungISBN-10: 1579222803ISBN-13: 9781579222802Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/07/2009Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.90dReview Citation(s): Choice 08/01/2009Reference and Research...

This book focuses on the impetus for leading change. Bornstein draws on numerous sources for a theoretical perspective on the factors associated with the president's role in creating legitimate change.Author: Rita BornsteinISBN-10: 1573565628ISBN-13: 9781573565622Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2003Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.48h...

Critical thinking-every scholar in the literature has defined it, but there is no clearly agreed upon definition. No wonder polls and surveys reveal that few college-level faculty can define critical thinking or know how to teach it.Author: Linda Burzotta NilsonISBN-10: 164267169XISBN-13: 9781642671698Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

There is a pervasive sense of incessant acceleration in the academic world. This book puts the temporal ordering of academic life under the microscope, and showcases the means of yielding a better understanding of how time and temporality act both as instruments of power...

If you're seeking one fundamental resource which inspires both academic and personal discovery in the pursuit of higher education, The Ultimate Summer Program Guide: For High School Students is for you A roadmap to the college admissions process, this book is a powerful and...

The very nature of higher education, with its long ties to tradition and academic values, does not lend itself easily to emerging ICT strategies. This book asks how we, as educators, can shift mind-sets, practices, policies, and attitudes in higher education in order to...

Have you ever wondered about how to prepare for college? How to select the colleges to which to apply? How to increase your chances of gaining admission to colleges of your choice? And, once admitted, how to succeed in college? What are the best...

1. Introduction2. Assumptions about Higher Education and the American Dream3. The True Cost of Academics4. The True Costs of Living Expenses5. The True Costs of Student Fees6. ConclusionAuthor: Nancy Kendall, Denise Goerisch, Esther C. KimISBN-10: 3030538605ISBN-13: 9783030538606Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/04/2020Pages: 158Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.79lbsSize:...

Among the world's military air arms, United States Marine Corps Aviation occupies a unique tactical niche. As the air component of a combined-arms expeditionary force, it exists primarily to support Marine combat forces on the ground in their amphibious assault mission. From the "Banana...

This book addresses the issue of data use in educator preparation programs towards continuous programmatic improvement. With an aim to increase the rigor in both research and practice in educational administration and teacher education, this volume will analyze the longstanding quality concerns about teacher...

This book begins with examples of calculating the Fourier Transform of various functions and shows that calculating the Fourier Transform of a periodic function leads to the Fourier Series, calculating the Fourier Transform of a sampled function leads to the Discrete-Time Fourier Transform (DTFT),...

Do you ever feel like more and more of your students come to your classroom not knowing how to study or what to do in order to be successful in your class? Some students come to college knowing the ropes, knowing what it takes...

Universities all over the world are increasingly recognising the challenges of globalization and the pressures towards internationalization. This collection draws together a wealth of international experience to explore the emerging patterns of strategy and practice in internationalizing Higher Education. Questions considered include: - How...

Information technologies have become an integral part of writing and communication courses, shaping the ways students and teachers think about and do their work. But, too often, teachers and other educational stakeholders take a passive or simply reactive role in institutional approaches to technologies,...

The book is a collective investigation of the structuring of theses in education, the social sciences and other disciplines that commonly do not follow the standard procedures of the scientific method. To help research students design a structure for their own thesis and liberate...

In the last decade, the development of new technologies has made innovation a fundamental pillar of education. Teaching innovation includes the evolution of both teaching and learning models to drive improvements in educational methodologies. Teaching innovation is a pioneer in the understanding and comprehension...

The citizens of Europe are facing increasingly complex challenges to their career development nowadays. Over the span of their lifetime, they need to manage their careers, and make numerous decisions concerning education, training and employment - decisions, which seriously impact their futures and their...

Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. Biochemical processes give rise to the complexity of life. A sub-discipline of both biology and chemistry, biochemistry can be divided in three fields; structural biology, enzymology and...

Scholars in COVID Times documents the new and innovative forms of scholarship, community collaboration, and teaching brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this volume, Melissa Castillo Planas and Debra A. Castillo bring together a diverse range of texts, from research-based studies to self-reflective...

A volume in Current Perspectives on Cognition, Learning, and Instruction Series Editors Gregory Schraw, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Daniel H. Robinson, The University of Texas at Austin This volume examines the assessment of higher order thinking skills from the perspectives of applied...

This book examines the conduct and purposes of educational research. It looks at values of researchers, at whose interests are served by the research, and the inclusion or exclusion of practitioners and subjects of research. It asks if educational research should be explicitly committed...

Scholars in COVID Times documents the new and innovative forms of scholarship, community collaboration, and teaching brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this volume, Melissa Castillo Planas and Debra A. Castillo bring together a diverse range of texts, from research-based studies to self-reflective...

Catholic institutions of higher learning are at a crossroads: How can they remain true to their roots while recognizing that many of their administrations, faculties, and student bodies have little connection with the tradition? How can these institutions remain competitive while maintaining a relationship...

The authors--a once-skeptical chemistry professor and a director of assessment sensitive to the concerns of her teacher colleagues--use a personal voice to describe the basics of outcomes-based assessment.Author: Amy Driscoll, Swarup WoodISBN-10: 1579221955ISBN-13: 9781579221959Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2007Pages: 287Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.88h x 6.10w x...

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,...

Do you want to get into the Naval Academy? Then you need to ace your interview! The interview is one of the BEST ways to stand out during the Admissions process. Please note that you only need to purchase one of the Ace Your...

With the vastness of the universe, the pace and complexity of our world today, and our journey through time to that expected destination-the place called there! To which few eventually realize the fullness of those expectations, for the very coherence of irrefutable models which...

International Education Inquiries is a book series dedicated to realizing the global vision of Education 2030a. This vision involves "ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all." The founding editors seek to provide a forum for the diverse voices...

A Guide to LGBTQ+ Inclusion on Campus, Post-PULSE illuminates how good, bad, and indeterminate public legislation impacts LGBTQ+ communities everywhere, and it animates multiple layers of campus life, ranging from lessons within a three-year-old day care center to policy-making among senior administration.Author: Virginia SteadISBN-10:...

This book examines the role of the visual and performing arts in higher education and argues for the importance of socially engaged transdisciplinary practices, not just to the college curriculum but also to building an informed and engaged citizenry. The first chapter defines and...

What are the challenges for the current generation of graduate millennials? The role of universities and the changing nature of the graduate labour market are constantly in the news, but less is known about the experiences of those going through it. This book traces...

Drawing on these discussions, their own experiences, and the scholarly literature, they weave a tapestry with threads of learning and teaching, story, and analysis that serve as warp and weft. The authors pay tribute to the learner's journey in the fullness of the process...

New possibilities for graduate study and careers in the humanitiesWhile the humanities remain as necessary as ever, the shrinking academic job market has led scholars to rethink the nature and purpose of graduate school in these fields. Highlighting examples of innovative approaches, this volume...

There is a growing global interest in reimagining higher education ecosystems. Whether or not this is a recognition of apparent existential challenges or not, aspiring higher education administrators, faculty, and trustees need to have an understanding of the varying types of higher education institutions...

In today's colleges and universities, parents and families are increasingly important as partners to support students in enrolling and navigating the college experience. Tailored to higher education professionals who work with the families of college students, this book provides a solid foundation for establishing...

With the increasing focus on the critical importance of mentoring in advancing Black women students from graduation to careers in academia, this book identifies and considers the peer mentoring contexts and conditions that support Black women student success in higher education. This edited collection...

Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, students and lecturers were left to absorb and negotiate waves of constantly changing government instructions blended in the online world with disinformation and fearmongering, while still attempting to pursue the exchange and expansion of teaching content. Student and lecturer...

The main theme of this book is on port performance managers to deliver has reached a critical level, as policymakers, port users and other stakeholders, such as those involved in the environment and security, are compiling data directly and/or regulating performance reporting. If ports...

This book explores why Black men continue to be severely underrepresented in the STEM disciplines. It provides chapters that explore factors that lead to underrepresentation of Black males in STEM (e.g., societal traditions of what type of work is appropriate; the ruptured pipeline that...

Conversations, debates, and policies toward higher education remain in an uncritical mode of normality on issues such as inclusion, exclusion, and equity. In addition, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has starkly highlighted the fragility of the higher education system and has raised salient...

Explores the critical role that classroom educators play in supporting student motivation throughout the transition from high school to college.Author: Pei Pei LiuISBN-10: 1438495773ISBN-13: 9781438495774Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2023Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

How a visionary university and foundation president tackled some of the thorniest problems facing higher education As provost and then president of Princeton University, William G. Bowen (1933-2016) took on the biggest and most complex challenges confronting higher education: cost disease, inclusion, affirmative action,...

This book employs a fiction-based approach to address the revolving door of Black faculty and staff in American colleges and universities as a national crisis that needs to be resolved systematically. Alex-Assensoh coins the acronym SOULS to promote the importance of safety, organizational accountability,...

The latest volume in the Routledge International Studies in Higher Education series, Accountability in Higher Education takes an in-depth look at accountability initiatives around the world. Various evaluations, reporting schemes, and indicator systems have been initiated both to inform the public about higher education...

In A Working Model for Contingent Faculty, Robert Samuels offers an outline of fair and effective practices for improving the working conditions of faculty in precarious positions. Drawing on more than twenty years of union activism and university teaching, Samuels examines programs, policies, and...

This book highlights the importance of English academic vocabulary for success at university and explores written tasks as effective pedagogical tools to promote the acquisition of academic words. The book reviews germane and recent SLA, psycholinguistic, corpus linguistics, and L2 writing research to underscore...