Organizations & Institutions

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...

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...

There has been much public praise for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's efforts to reform public education. However, few scholars have engaged substantively and critically with the organization's work. While the Gates Foundation is the single...

The European higher education sector is moving online, but to what extent? Are the digital disruptions seen in other sectors of relevance for both academics and management in higher education? How far are we from fully seizing the opportunities that an...

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...

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...

Founded by Alfred C. Kinsey in 1947, the Kinsey Institute has been a leading organization in developing an understanding of human sexuality. In this new book with over 65 images of Kinsey and the Institute's collections, Judith A. Allen and the coauthors...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262515658Author Katie Salen TekinbasFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm...

An edited volume reflecting on different aspects of teaching in prison and different points of view.This book seeks to address some of the major issues faced by faculty who are teaching college classes for incarcerated students. Composed of a series of...

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...

What was the role of historians and historical societies in the public life of imperial Russia? Focusing on the Society of Zealots of Russian Historical Education (1895-1918), Vera Kaplan analyzes the network of voluntary associations that existed in...

Eighteen years of Conservative stewardship ensured that the Labour government's education policy did not begin with a tabula rasa, for its starting point has been defined by the previous government to a greater extent than any other incoming government...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988842080Author Gerald WeaverFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Gerald WeaverPublisher Gerald WeaverWeight(grams) 195g

This edited collection combines quantitative content and critical discourse analysis to reveal a shift in the rhetoric used as part of the neoliberal agenda in education. It does so by analysing, uncovering, and commenting on language as a central tool...

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This open access book tells the story of eight youth service organizations in the USA, using the voices of the impacted youth and the staff who accompanied them. Drawing on a series of structured interviews with young people and staff and informed by...

Highlights scientific and professional communities as agents of change for more inclusive STEM communities and leadership.This volume focuses on organizations that nurture diversity and inclusivity, as well as their intentional efforts toward fostering...

Before it was Jackson State University®, it was Natchez Seminary, a school built on a vision of education and empowerment. In 1877, H. P. Jacobs and Black ministers from the Mississippi Baptist Missionary Convention, in partnership with the American...

Before it was Jackson State University (R), it was Natchez Seminary, a school built on a vision of education and empowerment. In 1877, H. P. Jacobs and Black ministers from the Mississippi Baptist Missionary Convention, in partnership with the American...

Personalizing Evaluation: A Humanist Approach to Valuing, 3rd Edition proposes an inversion of Program and Person. Rather than portray a Program as a context to understand the person, we portray the individual's life and work as a context for...

Personalizing Evaluation: A Humanist Approach to Valuing, 3rd Edition proposes an inversion of Program and Person. Rather than portray a Program as a context to understand the person, we portray the individual's life and work as a context for...

A collection of stories by Penn alumni whose lives were transformed by engaging with the West Philadelphia community For over thirty years, the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships has served as the University of Pennsylvania's...

This open access book tells the story of eight youth service organizations in the USA, using the voices of the impacted youth and the staff who accompanied them. Drawing on a series of structured interviews with young people and staff and informed by...

Speaking to the need to move beyond traditional formulations, this textbook presents radical visions for transforming civic education in the United States.Drawing on the experience of educators and scholars—including those rooted in feminist, queer,...