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The College Handbook They Never Gave You: The Ultimate How-To Guide for Success in College by Dan Stevens 9781519716385
RRP: £19.99£17.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781519716385Author Dan StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Advancing Online Teaching: Creating Equity-Based Digital Learning Environments by Kevin Kelly
RRP: £27.99£24.68The goal of teaching online is fundamentally the same as teaching face-to-face: facilitating the learning of all students to the greatest extent possible. This book differs from other books on online teaching in that, in the process of offering guidance... -
An Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence by Abigail J. Stewart
RRP: £23.00£15.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262545266Author Abigail J. StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty by James M. Lang 9780674724631
£21.41Nearly three-quarters of college students cheat during their undergraduate careers, a startling number attributed variously to the laziness of today's students, their lack of a moral compass, or the demands of a hypercompetitive society. For James Lang,... -
Agile Faculty: Practical Strategies for Managing Research, Service, and Teaching by Rebecca Pope-Ruark
RRP: £21.00£20.31Digital tools have long been a transformative part of academia, enhancing the classroom and changing the way we teach. Yet there is a way that academia may be able to benefit more from the digital revolution: by adopting the project management techniques... -
Active Learning in Higher Education:: Student Engagement and Deeper Learning Outcomes by Kayoko Enomoto 9781911450474
RRP: £42.00£37.63This is the latest volume in the Learning in Higher Education series. Active Learning has at least two major benefits: 1) it engages students in their learning, and 2) it enhances their deeper learning outcomes. In this book, authors from universities in... -
How They Got Into Harvard by Staff of the Harvard Crimson 9780312343750
RRP: £19.00£11.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312343750Author Staff of the Harvard CrimsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams)... -
The Higher Learning in America: The Annotated Edition: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men by Thorstein Veblen 9781421416786
£23.29Since its publication in 1918, Thorstein Veblen's The Higher Learning in America has remained a text that every serious student of the American university must confront. Intellectual historian Richard Teichgraeber brings us the first scholarly edition of... -
A Connected Curriculum for Higher Education by Dilly Fung 9781013287664
RRP: £28.95£25.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013287664Author Dilly FungFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams)... -
Becoming Great Universities: Small Steps for Sustained Excellence by Richard J. Light 9780691212593
RRP: £32.00£19.70How campus communities of every kind can transform themselves from good to greatBecoming Great Universities highlights ten core challenges that all colleges and universities face and offers practical steps that everyone on campus-from presidents to... -
Teaching Naked Techniques: A Practical Guide to Designing Better Classes by Jose Antonio Bowen 9781119136118
RRP: £24.99£22.81Put Teaching Naked to work in your classroom with clear examples and step-by-step guidance Teaching Naked Techniques (TNT) is a practical guide of proven quick ideas for improving classes and essential information for designing anything from one lesson... -
Gaming the Metrics: Misconduct and Manipulation in Academic Research by Mario Biagioli 9780262537933
£52.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262537933Author Mario BiagioliFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 17mm -
Do Babies Matter?: Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower by Mary Ann Mason
£30.74The new generation of scholars differs in many ways from its predecessor of just a few decades ago. Academia once consisted largely of men in traditional single-earner families. Today, men and women fill the doctoral student ranks in nearly equal numbers... -
The Courage to Learn: Honoring the Complexity of Learning for Educators and Students by Marcia Eames-Sheavly
RRP: £23.99£20.99It takes courage to engage in the kind of deep, transformational learning that so many people need in their lives, and this book is designed to help find and nurture that courage in learners, including those that are engaged in facilitating the... -
Learning to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector by Ewan Ingleby
£43.04This is a comprehensive guide to the requirements for achieving Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status. This textbook is a complete guide to achieving QTLS. Key themes of teaching and learning are explored in the context of the lifelong... -
Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University by Kathleen Fitzpatrick 9781421440057
RRP: £19.95£13.72Can the university solve the social and political crisis in America?Higher education occupies a difficult place in twenty-first-century American culture. Universities-the institutions that bear so much responsibility for the future health of our... -
The Hidden Curriculum: First Generation Students at Legacy Universities by Rachel Gable
£23.29A revealing look at the experiences of first generation students on elite campuses and the hidden curriculum they must master in order to succeedCollege has long been viewed as an opportunity for advancement and mobility for talented students regardless... -
Neo-nationalism and Universities: Populists, Autocrats, and the Future of Higher Education by John Aubrey Douglass
£38.12The rise of neo-nationalism is having a profound and troubling impact on leading national universities and the societies they serve. This is the first comparative study of how today's right-wing populist movements and authoritarian governments are... -
Teaching Change: How to Develop Independent Thinkers Using Relationships, Resilience, and Reflection by Jose Antonio Bowen
RRP: £29.95£21.50This pathbreaking book for educators shows that focusing on relationships, resilience, and reflection can better prepare graduates for the future.Learning something new-particularly something that might change your mind-is much more difficult than most... -
Wisdom's Workshop: The Rise of the Modern University by James Axtell 9780691149592
£23.69When universities began in the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory IX described them as "wisdom's special workshop." He could not have foreseen how far these institutions would travel and develop. Tracing the eight-hundred-year evolution of the elite research... -
Moving towards Internationalisation of the Curriculum for Global Citizenship by Catherine Montgomery 9781873576816
RRP: £15.00£13.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873576816Author Catherine MontgomeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint OcsldPublisher OcsldWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 14mm -
What Universities Owe Democracy by Ronald J. Daniels
RRP: £29.95£20.72Universities have historically been integral to democracy. What can they do to reclaim this critical role?Universities play an indispensable role within modern democracies. But this role is often overlooked or too narrowly conceived, even by universities... -
Game On!: Gamification, Gameful Design, and the Rise of the Gamer Educator by Kevin Bell 9781421423968
£33.07The changing student body in American higher education demands a new approach to teaching, one that moves toward inclusive, hyperpersonalized learning environments that have much in common with games and social media. Kevin Bell's Game On! presents... -
Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Higher Education: Global Perspectives by Sally Brown
RRP: £42.99£40.40For both new and existing staff in HE, this book provides a handbook on learning to teach. Whilst considering the scholarship that has underpinned teaching and learning for the last half century, the book also takes into account the changing nature of... -
Digital Internationalization in Higher Education: Beyond Virtual Exchange by Taylor C. Woodman 9781642675450
RRP: £31.99£28.33This resource explores the intersection of technology, sustainability, and global learning in the evolving landscape of international higher education. Although virtual exchange and mobility programs are essential components of digital... -
Developing Intercultural Competence in Higher Education: International Students' Stories and Self-Reflection by Lily A. Arasaratnam-Smith
RRP: £38.99£34.22This book presents students' reflections on their intercultural student experiences, and utilizing the UNESCO Story Circle methodology, illustrates how such reflection can aid the development of intercultural competence (IC).The volume features a broad... -
Comprehensive Internationalization: Institutional pathways to success by John K. Hudzik
RRP: £46.99£40.97This book is a timely insight into the internationalization of higher education institutions. The internationalization of higher education is a global phenomenon, but with substantial variation in how it is made operational in individual institutions... -
Connecting in the Online Classroom: Building Rapport between Teachers and Students by Rebecca A. Glazier
£23.29Building rapport with students can revive the promise of online education, leading to greater success for students, more fulfilling teaching experiences for faculty, and improved enrollment for universities.More students than ever before are taking... -
The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion by Sarah Rose Cavanagh 9781943665334
RRP: £22.95£18.67Historically we have constructed our classrooms with the assumption that learning is a dry, staid affair best conducted in quiet tones and ruled by an unemotional consideration of the facts. The field of education, however, is beginning to awaken to the... -
From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline by Fabio Rojas
£22.44The black power movement helped redefine African Americans' identity and establish a new racial consciousness in the 1960s. As an influential political force, this movement in turn spawned the academic discipline known as Black Studies. Today there are... -
Creating the Market University: How Academic Science Became an Economic Engine by Elizabeth Popp Berman
£19.59American universities today serve as economic engines, performing the scientific research that will create new industries, drive economic growth, and keep the United States globally competitive. But only a few decades ago, these same universities... -
The Productive Graduate Student Writer: A Guide to Managing Your Process, Time, and Energy to Write Your Research Proposal, Thesis, and Dissertation, and Get Published by Jan E. Allen
RRP: £22.99£20.16This book is for graduate students, and others, who want to become more productive writers. It's especially written for those who want to:increase their motivation, focus, and persistence to move a project to completionovercome procrastination and... -
University-Industry Partnerships for Positive Change: Transformational Strategic Alliances Towards UN SDGs by Tim Bodley-Scott 9781447364238
RRP: £63.99£48.96Robust university-industry partnerships are vital to achieve the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and create a better world for everyone. Developing the theory and practice of the '5th Generation University', this book shows how cross-sector... -
Promoting Inclusive Classroom Dynamics in Higher Education: A Research-Based Pedagogical Guide for Faculty by Kathryn C. Oleson
RRP: £29.99£25.94This powerful, practical resource helps faculty create an inclusive dynamic in their classrooms, so that all students are set up to succeed. Grounded in research and theory (including educational psychology, scholarship of teaching and learning,... -
The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them by Christopher Newfield
£23.29A remarkable indictment of how misguided business policies have undermined the American higher education system.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLHigher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in... -
An Academic Life: A Memoir by Hanna Holborn Gray 9780691179186
£19.99A compelling memoir by the first woman president of a major American universityHanna Holborn Gray has lived her entire life in the world of higher education. The daughter of academics, she fled Hitler's Germany with her parents in the 1930s, emigrating... -
Global Perspectives on Higher Education by Philip G. Altbach
£22.03Over the past half-century, globalization has had a profound impact on postsecondary education. The twin forces of mass higher education and the global knowledge economy have driven an unprecedented transformation. These fundamental changes have pulled... -
Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student by Miriam Grossman 9781595230454
RRP: £24.00£16.57Our campuses are steeped in political correctness-that's hardly news to anyone. But no one realizes that radical social agendas have also taken over campus health and counseling centers, with dire consequences. Psychiatrist Miriam Grossman knows this... -
The Branding of the American Mind: How Universities Capture, Manage, and Monetize Intellectual Property and Why It Matters by Jacob H. Rooksby 9781421420806
£23.29Universities generate an enormous amount of intellectual property, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, Internet domain names, and even trade secrets. Until recently, universities often ceded ownership of this property to the faculty member or... -
Research with International Students: Critical Conceptual and Methodological Considerations by Jenna Mittelmeier 9781032269832
RRP: £38.99£34.22This must-read book combines carefully selected contributions to form a collective scholarly critique of existing research with international students, focusing on key critical and conceptual considerations for research where international students are...