Organizations & Institutions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648284888Author LL M John Kon KeleiFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Bor PublishersPublisher Bor PublishersWeight(grams) 152g

Never has the world been as rich in scientific knowledge as it is today. But what are its main sources? In accessible and engaging fashion, Global Mega-Science examines the origins of this unprecedented growth of knowledge production over the past...

Never has the world been as rich in scientific knowledge as it is today. But what are its main sources? In accessible and engaging fashion, Global Mega-Science examines the origins of this unprecedented growth of knowledge production over the past...

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...

Matt Cashore, a 1994 graduate of Notre Dame, has been photographing the university for over twenty years, and was named the 2016 University Photographer of the Year by the University Photographers Association of America. Kerry Temple is a 1974 Notre Dame...

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...

Although its mission and centrality to teaching and research remain fundamentally unchanged, the University of Alberta Library of today bears scant resemblance to its earliest incarnations. During its first century, it weathered frequent moves and much...

After examining budgets from all kinds of schools, over the past three decades, two key findings emerged: school budgets reflect school values, intentionally or not; and, there are noteworthy ways to reduce the costs of operating schools. This text...

The deck is stacked against educators and parents/caregivers looking for educational adequacy in contemporary US education. Too often, satisfactory quality in the good public school is identified based on opinion, the dubious value of standardized test...

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...

Contents: Letter of Transmittal to the President ii; Members and Staff of the Commission on the Future of the College iv; Special Studies v; Acknowledgments vi; 1. The Commission on the Future of the College: Background and Purposes 3; 2. The Student on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780268207199Author Mark William RocheFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint University of Notre Dame PressPublisher University of Notre Dame...

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Faces and Places of IUPUI: Fifty Years in Indianapolis presents the story of the Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis campus in a new and unique way. With a focus on the "Fifty Faces of IUPUI," a select...

The late 1930s and early 1940s were the peak of progressive education in the United States, and Elisabeth Irwin's Little Red School House in New York City was iconic in that movement. For the first time, stories and recollections from students who...

Digital collaboration has been established in higher education for many years. But when the Covid-19 pandemic struck, digital learning and virtual mobility became of utmost importance for higher education. In the international project "Digital and...

Between 1945 and 1990 the United States built the largest and most productive higher education system in world history. Over the last two decades, however, dramatic budget cuts to public academic services and skyrocketing tuition have made college...

What is the best education for exceptionally able and high-achieving youngsters? Can the United States strengthen its future intellectual leadership, economic vitality, and scientific prowess without sacrificing equal opportunity? There are no easy...

Known for its pioneering studies of urban life, immigration, and criminality using the "city as laboratory," the so-called Chicago school of sociology has been a dominant presence in American social science since it emerged around the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988531335Author Alison ClarkeFormat HardbackPage Count 472Imprint Otago University PressPublisher Otago University Press

From the home of the Paulo Freire Democratic Project and non-profit community organization Padres Unidos, the Chapman University Padres Unidos Partnership presents this truly unique coffee table textbook, Let's Chat: Cultivating Community University...

The deck is stacked against educators and parents/caregivers looking for educational adequacy in contemporary US education. Too often, satisfactory quality in the good public school is identified based on opinion, the dubious value of standardized test...

Universities play essential roles in Canadian society. The internal and external governance of these complex institutions faces ever-evolving challenges within a rapidly shifting international context.Written by a national team of scholars, University...

Making the University Matter investigates how academics situate themselves simultaneously in the university and the world and how doing so affects the viability of the university setting. The university stands at the intersection of two sets of...

Teach for Arabia offers an ethnographic account of the experiences of students, faculty, and administrators in Education City, Qatar. Education City, home to the branch campuses of six elite American universities, represents the Qatari government's...

This book takes stock of learning theories in the European Union (EU) integration literature and assesses what insights the concept of 'learning' has added to our understanding of the European integration processes. Given the European integration...

"No one who anticipates developing a full-service school should proceed without first studying this manual." -Joy G. Dryfoos, author of Full-Service Schools This how-to companion to Joy Dryfoos' Full-Service Schools is the first practical and...

This historical perspective on The Open University, founded in 1969, frames its ethos (to be open to people, places, methods and ideas) within the traditions of correspondence courses, commercial television, adult education, the post-war social...

This book focuses on the paramount importance of policies and regulations for successful governance operations in any organization.Book InformationISBN 9781475864656Author M. Scott NortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Rowman &...

The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has affected the entire globe and various countries worldwide have faced educational crises that entailed the re-organization of educational institutions for coping with the complex reality. On the international level,...

Embedded in the evolving comparative regionalism literature, this book offers a systematic analysis of the factors positively and negatively influencing regional institution-building. The ruptures caused by the Eurozone crises, the coronavirus pandemic...

Some rather remarkable changes took place in North American business schools between 1945 and 1970, altering the character of these institutions, the possibilities for their future, and the terms of discourse about them. This period represents a minor...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467105019Author Katherine AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781921867187Author Cynthia TroupFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 564g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980510829Author Fay WoodhousePage Count 44Imprint Monash UniversityPublisher Monash UniversityWeight(grams) 368g

Focusing on the evolution of Northern Illinois University since 1965, the author highlights the process by which the university has accomplished its goals. He also introduces the key men and women who have helped make the university what it is today.Book...

These essays identify key failures in modern American education and illuminate some ways in which those in the teaching profession-and their students-can achieve higher levels of performance, making the case for content-rich education and explicit...

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780805893526Author Abraham DeLeonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis GroupPublisher Taylor...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781885923691Author Gil SteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Oriental Institute of the University of ChicagoPublisher Oriental Institute of the...

Known for its pioneering studies of urban life, immigration, and criminality using the "city as laboratory," the so-called Chicago school of sociology has been a dominant presence in American social science since it emerged around the University of...