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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783031178177Author Sila Kaya-CapocciFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 619gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589660588Author President's Institute on the Catholic Character of Loyola Marymount UnFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint University of Scranton...

This book draws on interdisciplinary social science and philosophical frameworks to offer new dimensions to debate about intellectual leadership and higher education. The chapters are focused on provoking readers to think critically about ...

Many contemporary commentators present a damning account of the current state of higher education, to the extent that our universities may be considered to be broken. This book offers an alternative perspective to the dominant neoliberal discourse and...

This important book will equip you with evidence-based tools you can use immediately to create a step change in your impact. Helping you recognise and demonstrate the wider benefits of your work, it will give you the practical knowledge and confidence to...

Critical Futures explores the evolving landscape of community-engaged research (CER) in a time of unprecedented social, political, and environmental crises. This collection brings together leading scholars, community researchers, and activists to examine...

This open access book provides critical perspectives on educational technology (EdTech) platforms and platformisation in higher education. It focuses on three analytical dimensions: higher education actors' struggles with the tension between autonomy...

This open access book thematically reflects on and analyses the nature of change and transformation with respect to gender equality, inclusion and diversity across higher education in Ireland, from the perspectives of those who are pioneering change. The...

How to transform higher education workplaces into environments where all employees can thrive.Colleges and universities rarely establish working conditions and cultures that prioritize employee well-being. During the pandemic, many staff and faculty...

Assessing Learning in Higher Education addresses what is probably the most time-consuming part of the work of staff in higher education, and something to the complexity of which many of the recent developments in higher education have added. Getting...

Foundations of Engaged Scholarship offers students a carefully curated selection of readings that help them prepare for and make the most of their academic career. Readers learn the importance of asking the right questions, developing commitment and...

Amidst unprecedented levels of union organizing in higher education, Gary Rhoades combines the perspectives of a scholar and labor movement activist and leader to provide a comprehensive analysis of organizing campaigns and collective bargaining...

Technology-Enhanced Learning in Higher Education is an anthology produced by the international association, Learning in Higher Education (LiHE). LiHE, whose scope includes the activities of colleges, universities and other institutions of...

New possibilities for graduate study and careers in the humanities.While 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...

Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education brings together an international group of scholars who shine a theoretical light on the politics of academic life and higher education. The book covers three key areas: 1) Institutional governance, with...

In celebration of the sesquicentennial of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, this volume assesses the mission of the large university, which educates students, advances research, and also serves the community.Book InformationISBN 9780965883429Format...

This open access book examines the structural and cultural factors that explain the persistence of an attainment gap between white and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students in UK universities. So-called 'deficit' approaches have long...

Food Stories: Navigating the Academy with Cultural Lessons from the Kitchen is the first volume in the series Culinary Canvas: A Series on Integrating the Arts and Food into Higher Education. The purpose of the series is to explore the innovative...

Forever in the Path: The Black Experience at Michigan State University offers a sweeping overview of the Black experience at America's first agricultural college from the 1890s through the late twentieth century. In exploring the personalities, important...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781522586272Author Kelley WaltersFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint IGI GlobalPublisher IGI Global

Student feedback has appeared in the forefront of higher education quality, particularly the issues of effectiveness and the use of student feedback to affect improvement in higher education teaching and learning, and other areas of the students'...

In recent years, student feedback has appeared at the forefront of higher education quality. In particular, the issues of effectiveness and the use of student feedback to affect improvement in higher education teaching and learning, and also other areas...

The Music Professor Online is a practical volume that provides a window into online music instruction in higher education. Author Judith Bowman highlights commonalities between online and face-to-face teaching, presents a theoretical framework for online...

The Rise of Quality Assurance in Asian Higher Education provides information on the well researched quality assurance frameworks, processes, standards, and internal and external monitoring that have taken place around the globe. However, in Asia, where...

Governments have introduced policies to widen the participation of disadvantaged students in higher education. Widening participation policies are also introduced to ensure that higher education contributes to social and economic outcomes. This book...

Higher Education in the ASEAN Region: Shaping the Future presents views on the topic from various regional writers. It is built on the idea of progress in higher education, emphasising the ongoing evolution and transformation of the sector.Framed by the...

This is a Choice's 'Outstanding Academic Title'. The college town is a unique type of urban place, shaped by the sometimes conflicting forces of youth, intellect, and idealism. The hundreds of college towns in the United States are, in essence, an...

Early Colleges as a Model for Schooling advocates for early college high schools as an effective means of reducing academic, cultural, and financial obstacles to postsecondary education.This perceptive work evaluates, both quantitatively and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798369350843Author Donna M. VelliarisFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Information Science PublishingPublisher IGI Global

Develops a theoretical and methodological focus on Blackness to rethink ideas about humanity underpinning the field of student development.Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Book Award presented by the Division B of the American Educational Research...

This book reviews and analyses higher education financing and explores the innovative ways by both public higher education and private higher education institutes in the context of globalization, with India, Russia and Tanzania as a case study. It...

This book explores the interlinkages between copyright and tertiary education regimes, and their complementary roles for sustainable human development. Emphasizing issues that are not addressed in-depth in the existing works, this book employs a new...

After decades of domination on campus, college sports' supremacy has begun to weaken. "Enough, already!" detractors cry. College is about learning, not chasing a ball around to the whir of TV cameras. In Intercollegiate Athletics and the American...

This book focuses on first-generation graduate students in the US and the graduate or post-baccalaureate programs that house and educate these students. The several voices in this book, including first-generation graduate students, address the phenomena...

This book explores the phenomenon of researchers at risk: that is, the experiences of scholars whose research topics require them to engage with diverse kind of dangers, uncertainties or vulnerabilities. This risk may derive from working with variously...

In this volume, dedicated to the memory of Hong Kong University students, faculty and members of the Court who lost their lives as a result of hostilities in the Far East during 1941-1945, we ask what happened to the University during those years of...

This book introduces a new typology of "inward- and outward-oriented" higher education internationalization, and investigates China's current situation of shifting from a mainly "inward-oriented" higher education internationalization to a more balanced...

The modern university started as an innovative model - a research-driven teaching and service model in the 19th century -, but the contemporary university is in a crisis of identity. The major challenge is how to harmonize different missions, e.g.,...

This book brings together English translations of thirteen research papers published in recent years by Chinese historians, sociologists, and educators. These papers investigate various dimensions of the legacy of China's historic The Christian...

With a new Introductory level, Inside Reading Second Edition prepares students to understand academic texts, while acquiring key academic vocabulary from the Academic Word List. Each unit in Inside Reading features two high-interest reading texts from an...