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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826514257Author Paul K. ConkinFormat HardbackPage Count 472Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University PressWeight(grams)...

In 1918, the Church of God established a Bible training school in Cleveland, Tennessee. Meant to be the Christian training arm of the denomination, the school grew to include a high school, music school, and junior college at its campus in Sevierville,...

Reveals the role of time in reproducing inequalities as students navigate rural-to-urban, cross-border, and transnational higher education.Can a student inherit time? What difference does time make to their educational journeys and outcomes? The Time...

The influence of austerity measures and neoliberal ideologies has sparked discussions about the relevance and value of academic institutions, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. Universities are redirecting academic focus towards greater...

This workbook is a supplement to the textbook Scaffolding the Language of Power: An Apprenticeship in Doctoral-Level Writing. One of the features of the textbook is accompanying activities that are scaffolded and carefully sequenced to help students...

BookScaffolding the Language of Power: An Apprenticeship in Doctoral Level Writing offers an accessible, practical, hands-on guide to developing the skills needed to successfully write a doctoral dissertation or thesis. This textbook-workbook hybrid can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798337368719Author Duygu OEzen KilicFormat HardbackPage Count 425Imprint Information Science ReferencePublisher Information Science Reference

The Inclusive Training Playbook for Higher Education is an essential resource that offers over 100 practical ways to make training sessions more inclusive for learners from underrepresented and marginalised groups.Drawing on the expertise of equity,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906841645Author Aonghas MacLeoidFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Association for Scottish Literary StudiesPublisher Association for Scottish...

Slogans, myths, and isolated anecdotes are inadequate substitutes for documented history and contextual understanding. Literature on the history of higher education is dominated by ahistorical and contextually ignorant slogans. Seldom acknowledged, in...

Brad C. Phillips and Jordan E. Horowitz offer a research-based model and actionable approach for using data strategically at community colleges to increase completion rates as well as other metrics linked to student success. They draw from the fields of...

The 1960 California Master Plan for Higher Education remains to this day the largest and most ambitious attempt to provide free, universal college education in the United States. Yet the Master Plan, the product of committed Cold War liberals,...

Reflective Teaching in Higher Education is the definitive textbook for reflective teachers in higher education. Informed by the latest research in this area, the book offers extensive support for those at the start of an academic career and career-long...

Reflective Teaching in Higher Education is the definitive textbook for reflective teachers in higher education. Informed by the latest research in this area, the book offers extensive support for those at the start of an academic career and career-long...

This is essential reading for anyone new to teaching in higher education. It covers key aspects of teaching and learning for early career academics, postgraduate researchers, graduate teaching assistants, and professional services staff, including those...

This is essential reading for anyone new to teaching in higher education. It covers key aspects of teaching and learning for early career academics, postgraduate researchers, graduate teaching assistants, and professional services staff, including those...

For decades, if not more, the pedagogy of choice for higher education was the lecture: students sat quietly in a large classroom, stared at the teacher while the teacher lectured about a subject some students knew nothing about. Students were discouraged...

Teacher Educators as Scholar Citizens: Activism and Resistance in Uncertain Times is a powerful exploration of the transformative potential of scholar activism in education. This book delves into how educators integrate activism into their teaching,...

In this volume, women in academia use autoethnographic methods to document and unpack their experiences as women of color in the academy.Many higher education institutions have made public-facing, explicit commitments to diversifying and retaining...

Bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives from sociology, education, and human geography to investigate the space, community, and culture at an International Branch Campus, this fascinating book provides empirical evidence to understand the...

In 2015, Laura Rumbley put forward the notion that higher education-in a highly complex, globally interdependent world-would be wise to commit to an agenda of "intelligent internationalization" (I2). I2 turns on the notion that "the development of a...

The idea of transformation in higher education underpins all policy documents, academic literature and on-going debates in South Africa. Transforming Universities in South Africa: Pathways to Higher Education Reform responds to the pressing need to...

The second decade of the 21st century has seen governments and industry globally intensify their focus on the role of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as a vehicle for future economic prosperity. Economic opportunities for new...

Identity and Internationalization in Catholic Universities explores the relationship between Catholic identity, mission, and internationalization in Catholic universities of different types and located in different contexts. Internationalization is a key...

Refugees and Higher Education provides a cross-disciplinary lens on one American university's approach to studying the policies, practices, and experiences associated with the higher education of refugee background students. The focus is not only on...

In the twenty years since Ray Land and Erik Meyer published their first paper on Threshold Concepts, there has been a steady stream of papers mulling over their original suggestions that learning, far from proceeding in an orderly fashion, is instead a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798337320632Author Denise SimardFormat HardbackPage Count 600Imprint Information Science ReferencePublisher IGI GlobalWeight(grams) 966gDimensions(mm) 254mm...

This work fleshes out the assertion about the need for a revisioning of education to address the circumstances in which we now find ourselves. It draws attention to the ways education systems typically take a short-sighted view of the purposes of...

A decade after its initial release, The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy returns with an expanded anniversary edition that both reaffirms and reignites its call to resist the corporatization of academic life. In The Slow...

In Engines of Innovation , Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein make the case for the pivotal role of research universities as agents of societal change. They argue that universities must use their vast intellectual and financial resources to confront global...

In this open access book, leading scholar Simon Marginson discusses the major trends, events, issues and dilemmas that have shaped and are still shaping global higher education.Higher education and research have grown rapidly, becoming more international...

Based on the EU-funded project RESET (Redesigning Equality and Scientific Excellence Together) and written by members of seven European partner universities representing different disciplines, this book combines theory and practice to discuss and reflect...

This book explores space, time and encounter in an interdisciplinary higher education classroom during a typical academic year, considering how they might present as protagonists of authenticity. In this ethnography, the author is both the researcher and...

This book explores issues of teaching science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) through the medium of English in the context of higher education in Hong Kong. It analyses policy issues and language challenges faced by university students and...

Academics extol high-minded ideals, such as serving the common good and promoting social justice. Universities aim to be centers of learning that find the best and brightest students, treat them fairly, and equip them with the knowledge they need to lead...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798369376355Author Michelle DennisFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint IGI GlobalPublisher IGI GlobalWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 22mm

Training to Imagine is the definitive guide to using improvisational theater techniques to enhance creativity, teamwork, leadership, and growth in professional settings.This third edition explores the principles of improvisation-trust, spontaneity,...

This insightful book explores the collective experiences of individuals in higher education settings, from students to those who teach and support them. Malcolm Tight presents academic establishments as highly complex and interconnected entities,...

The College of Louis-le-Grand, now the premier lycee of France, is the only school with a connected history of education from the ancien regime to modern times. It was the only school never to close during the French Revolution, and its experience offers...

In Capitalizing on College Joshua Brown skillfully illustrates how tuition-driven colleges and universities have been forced to innovate and adopt market-driven financial strategies. These institutions have longstanding commitments to offering access and...