Organizations & Institutions

For the 250th anniversary of the founding of Dartmouth College, the Political Economy Project at Dartmouth assembled a stellar cast of junior and senior scholars to explore the systemic conditions facing those seeking to found a new college two hundred...

An expanded, updated version of 1997's Coming Clean About Organizational Change, this version contains 50 percent new references and 40 percent new content including chapters on organizational culture, resilience, new conceptual frameworks on...

The goal of Can Every School Succeed is to aid school leaders in the process of transforming today's schools. The book is based on principles that the authors have developed as school leaders through their experience in transforming low performing...

Rebels in Society: The Perils of Adolescence is a true journey into the world of adolescents gone bad. This book reveals the inner workings of adolescents who have been caught up in pathology and the juvenile justice system. The first part of the book...

Harnessing the Dynamics of Public Education: Planning for a Return to Greatness is a comprehensive look at the American public education system. Building on the current system, the book takes on the War on Education in an effort to rethink, redesign and...

This book is a go-to guide for school leadership. Content includes organization structure, transformative leadership, effective communication, decision-making models, strategic planning, and leadership through change (just to name a few). If an...

This coedited book describes the impact that an increasingly diverse student population has on 21st century suburban schools. It also presents what can and should be done to help K-12 school district administrators and teachers address this growing...

Harnessing the Dynamics of Public Education: Preparing for a Return to Greatness is a comprehensive look at the American public education system. Building on the current system, the book takes on the War on Education in an effort to rethink, redesign and...

This coedited book describes the impact that an increasingly diverse student population has on 21st century suburban schools. It also presents what can and should be done to help K-12 school district administrators and teachers address this growing...

Social Entrepreneurship in Education chronicles the twenty-five-year history of entrepreneurs who responded to the call of A Nation at Risk and helped launch an education industry. It tells the story of these 'education entrepreneurs' and the lessons...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467103800Author Mary Jane Dermott Cedar FaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia Publishing

This book relates twelve case studies about projects taking place in a School/University/Community Partnership Network. Participants work together as partners to better the education experiences and the lives of community members in the region. This book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467103770Author Greg CzarneckiFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 308g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467143493Author Will VandervortFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 363g

The book evaluates service-learning within the context of a liberal arts education from a variety of disciplines. Contributors have written chapters that have practical appeal to other teachers and students interested in developing their own...

Concerns with how students are taught, and whether and how they learn, has become particularly salient in higher education. This is evident in growing awareness of increases in time-to-degree and declines in attainment rates for many students, including...

Concerns with how students are taught, and whether and how they learn, has become particularly salient in higher education. This is evident in growing awareness of increases in time-to-degree and declines in attainment rates for many students, including...

Social Entrepreneurship in Education chronicles the twenty-five-year history of entrepreneurs who responded to the call of A Nation at Risk and helped launch an education industry. It tells the story of these "education entrepreneurs" and the...

Trinity University: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future showcases the stories, moments, and people of the Trinity community's 150-year journey. From its beginnings in a lone building in Tehuacana to its roots today in the heart of San Antonio,...

A solid foundation is essential when building anything, especially a community. When partnerships are well designed, regularly nurtured, and systematically maintained, they form a needed solid foundation for deep and lasting relationships with a...

Feeling Obligated combines theoretical insights with the first-hand experiences of Canadian teachers to illustrate the impact of neoliberalism – the installation of market norms into educational and social policies – on teachers’ professional integrity. ...

Course Correction engages in deliberation about what the twenty-first-century university needs to do in order to re-find its focus as a protected place for unfettered commitment to knowledge, not just as a space for creating employment or economic...

This book focuses on the paramount importance of policies and regulations for successful governance operations in any organization. Book InformationISBN 9781475864649Author M. Scott NortonFormat HardbackPage Count 98Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher...

Higher education must implement new ways of achieving social justice and performing the business of education to survive the impending shakeout stemming from increasing competition for enrollment, operating costs, and price sensitivity plus decreasing...

What is transdisciplinarity - and what are its methods? How does a living lab work? What is the purpose of citizen science, student-organized teaching and cooperative education? This handbook unpacks key terms and concepts to describe the range of...

The teacher who has an affair with a student. The teacher who is a transvestite. The teacher who advocates personal beliefs. These are 'teachers in trouble.' Their behaviour, whether it occurs in the classroom or off the job, offends the community and...

This book is a go-to guide for school leadership. Content includes organization structure, transformative leadership, effective communication, decision-making models, strategic planning, and leadership through change (just to name a few). If an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442639041Author John W ChalmersFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 535g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487598594Author W G FlemingFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 513g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487591939Author Karl S BernhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487598624Author W G FlemingFormat PaperbackPage Count 638Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 921g

This book is about conservative philanthropies, the organizations and individuals within their networks, and the strategies they use to shape educational policy and practice in K-12 and higher education. Each chapter examines a philanthropy,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487598617Author W G FlemingFormat PaperbackPage Count 582Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 844g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487598600Author W G FlemingFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 581g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487598631Author W G FlemingFormat PaperbackPage Count 786Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 1134g

Based largely on archival sources in the United States and Rome, this book documents the evolution of Fordham from a small diocesan college into a major American Jesuit and Catholic university. It places the development of Fordham within the context of...

This first comprehensive study of Norwegian humanities education employs systems theory to analyze its transformation from a form of teacher training to its modern status as research-oriented generalist education. Using historical documents and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916345140Author Alexander ZouevFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Zouev Elite PublishingPublisher Zouev Elite PublishingWeight(grams)...

Unsafe Spaces reveals the shocking extent of sexual abuse in English and Welsh universities. Thousands of students and staff suffer sexual abuse every year and too little is being done to end what has become a public scandal. This important book is based...

Learning in Organizations: An Evidence-Based Approach examines the variety of systematic approaches and strategies for learning and development used in the workplace through the implementation of formal training, guided instruction, developmental job...