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Higher Expectations: Can Colleges Teach Students What They Need to Know in the 21st Century? by Derek Bok
RRP: £30.00£23.29How our colleges and universities can respond to the changing hopes and needs of societyIn recent decades, cognitive psychologists have cast new light on human development and given colleges new possibilities for helping students acquire skills and... -
Learning Partnerships: Theory and Models of Practice to Educate for Self-authorship by Marcia B. Baxter Magolda 9781579220853
RRP: £24.99£21.81While a common goal of higher education is to improve student learning to prepare young adults for the professional, civic and personal challenges of their lives, few institutions have a model to facilitate these outcomes. Learning Partnerships offers a... -
Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites by Mitchell L. Stevens 9780674034945
RRP: £21.95£17.62In real life, Mitchell Stevens is a professor in bustling New York. But for a year and a half, he worked in the admissions office of a bucolic New England college that is known for its high academic standards, beautiful campus, and social conscience... -
The Unruly PhD: Doubts, Detours, Departures, and Other Success Stories by R. Peabody 9781137373106
RRP: £27.99£22.61This collection features former graduate students who speak frankly about the challenges and decisions they faced along the way to their doctorates. Peabody leaves no doubt that there are as many right ways to get through a PhD, and as many right career... -
Emerging Strategies for Supporting Student Learning: A practical guide for librarians and educators by Barbara Allan
RRP: £60.00£48.64Emerging Strategies for Supporting Student Learning provides a straightforward and accessible guide to the latest learning and teaching practices appropriate for use with higher education students.It is both an exciting and challenging time to be... -
Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Theory and Practice across Disciplines by Scott Frickel 9780813585888
RRP: £37.00£28.21Interdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions... -
Anchoring Innovation Districts: The Entrepreneurial University and Urban Change by Costas Spirou
RRP: £43.00£38.12As universities transform cities with their innovation districts, what works in these new public-private partnerships?In recent years, the successful revitalization of urban areas has turned them into magnets for those looking for opportunities in a... -
Higher Expectations: Can Colleges Teach Students What They Need to Know in the 21st Century? by Derek Bok 9780691206615
RRP: £16.99£13.65How our colleges and universities can respond to the changing hopes and needs of societyIn recent decades, cognitive psychologists have cast new light on human development and given colleges new possibilities for helping students acquire skills and... -
The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities by Frank Donoghue 9780823228607
RRP: £29.99£24.14"What makes the modern university different from any other corporation?" asked Columbia's Andrew Delbanco recently in the New York Times. "There is more and more reason to think: less and less," he answered. In this provocative book, Frank Donoghue... -
Place-Based Community Engagement in Higher Education: A Strategy to Transform Universities and Communities by Erica K. Yamamura 9781620366776
RRP: £32.99£29.16While an increasing number of universities have or are committed to engaging their campuses in their surrounding communities, many recognize they lack the strategic focus and resources to maximize and sustain their impact on those communities... -
Higher Education, Public Good and Markets by Jandhyala B. G. Tilak
RRP: £39.99£35.46This book critically examines some of the major trends in the development of higher education. It demonstrates how in the context of liberalisation, globalisation and marketisation, the crisis in higher education has assumed different dimensions in all... -
Challenging the Teaching Excellence Framework: Diversity Deficits in Higher Education Evaluations by Amanda French
RRP: £45.99£38.42The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)'s aims, implementation and effect on the English higher education sector remains a controversial and often contested subject. This text offers a stimulating and wide-ranging interdisciplinary discussion of the... -
How College Works by Daniel F. Chambliss
RRP: £20.95£16.88A Chronicle of Higher Education "Top 10 Books on Teaching" SelectionWinner of the Virginia and Warren Stone PrizeConstrained by shrinking budgets, can colleges do more to improve the quality of education? And can students get more out of college... -
Leading for Tomorrow: A Primer for Succeeding in Higher Education Leadership by Pamela L. Eddy
RRP: £32.00£24.96When faculty climb the ranks into leadership positions, they come with years of knowledge and experience, yet they are often blindsided by the delicate interpersonal situations and political minefields they must now navigate as university administrators... -
Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education by Bradford Vivian
RRP: £25.49£21.58An incisive examination of how pundits and politicians manufactured the campus free speech crisis--and created a genuine challenge to academic freedom in the process. If we listen to the politicians and pundits, college campuses have become fiercely... -
The End of Concern: Maoist China, Activism, and Asian Studies by Fabio Lanza
RRP: £23.99£19.19In 1968 a cohort of politically engaged young academics established the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS). Critical of the field of Asian studies and its complicity with the United States' policies in Vietnam, the CCAS mounted a sweeping... -
Don't Let Me Lose This Dream: How An Upstart Urban University Rewrote The Rules of a Broken System by Andrew Gumbel
RRP: £19.99£13.56Once just another unglamorous urban university, Georgia State has become a place of miracles and wonders in the heart of Atlanta, the city that spawned the Civil Rights Movement. GSU is a living experiment in the education of lower-income students and a... -
Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream by Sara Goldrick-Rab
RRP: £19.00£16.20If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a college degree and set yourself on the path to a good life, right? Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with Paying the Price, she shows in damning detail exactly why. Quite... -
"I Love Learning; I Hate School": An Anthropology of College by Susan D. Blum 9781501700217
RRP: £21.99£17.33Frustrated by her students' performance, her relationships with them, and her own daughter's problems in school, Susan D. Blum, a professor of anthropology, set out to understand why her students found their educational experience at a top-tier... -
The New Advisor Guidebook: Mastering the Art of Academic Advising by Pat Folsom 9781118823415
RRP: £45.00£39.69This is an exciting time to be an academic advisor-a time in which global recognition of the importance of advising is growing, research affirms the critical role advising plays in student success, and institutions of higher education increasingly view... -
Independence, Social, and Study Strategies for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Basics College Curriculum by Amy Rutherford
RRP: £29.99£29.49The BASICS College Curriculum presents a hands-on approach to learning essential life and study skills for college students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This book focuses on the transition to college, developing key academic skills, navigating... -
Writing Centers and Learning Commons: Staying Centered While Sharing Common Ground by Steven J Corbett
£21.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646423538Author Steven J CorbettFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Utah State University PressPublisher Utah State University PressWeight(grams) 295g -
Key Practices for Fostering Engaged Learning: A Guide for Faculty and Staff by Jessie L. Moore 9781642671179
RRP: £26.99£23.46This book emerges from the author's ongoing work as director of Elon University's Center for Engaged Learning, where for the past decade, more than 200 scholars from over 120 post-secondary institutions across more than a dozen countries have... -
The Impact of a Sense of Belonging in College: Implications for Student Persistence, Retention, and Success by Bentrim, Erin 9781642672619
RRP: £32.99£29.16Sense of belonging refers to the extent a student feels included, accepted, valued, and supported on their campus. The developmental process of belonging is interwoven with the social identity development of diverse college students. Moreover, belonging... -
Children of the Dictatorship: Student Resistance, Cultural Politics and the "Long 1960s" in Greece by Kostis Kornetis 9781782380009
RRP: £107.00£87.27Putting Greece back on the cultural and political map of the "Long 1960s," this book traces the dissent and activism of anti-regime students during the dictatorship of the Colonels (1967-74). It explores the cultural as well as ideological... -
Universities: The Recovery of an Idea by Gordon Graham 9781845401276
£11.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845401276Author Gordon GrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint SocietasPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 200g -
Dimensions of Marketisation in Higher Education by Peter John
RRP: £42.99£37.59Dimensions of Marketisation in Higher Education is a critical analysis of the various dimensions of marketisation in a global context, exploring governance, policy, financial, ethical and pedagogical aspects. Bringing together a selection of influential... -
Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to be Effective Teachers by Jessamyn Neuhaus
RRP: £26.95£25.95Geeky Pedagogy is a funny, evidence-based, multidisciplinary, pragmatic, highly readable guide to the process of learning and relearning how to be an effective college teacher. It is the first college teaching guide that encourages faculty to embrace... -
Artificial Intelligence in the Capitalist University: Academic Labour, Commodification, and Value by John Preston 9781032123622
RRP: £38.99£34.22Using Marxist critique, this book explores manifestations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education and demonstrates how it contributes to the functioning and existence of the capitalist university. Challenging the idea that AI is a break from... -
How To Get Into Grad School: Even if You're Broke, Dimwitted, or Spent Your Undergrad Years so Smashed You Can't Even Spell GPA by Ph D Janice Harper 9780692730300
RRP: £10.95£8.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692730300Author Ph D Janice HarperFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Back Door PressPublisher Back Door PressWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The University of London and the World of Learning, 1832-1986 by F. M. L. Thompson 9781852850326 [USED COPY]
RRP: £110.00£2.65This book covers the architectural image of the university as well as the people involved and courses available, with expert authors for each section.Book InformationISBN 9781852850326Author F. M. L. ThompsonFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint Hambledon... -
The University of London and the World of Learning, 1832-1986 by F. M. L. Thompson 9781852850326
RRP: £110.00£109.56This book covers the architectural image of the university as well as the people involved and courses available, with expert authors for each section.Book InformationISBN 9781852850326Author F. M. L. ThompsonFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint Hambledon... -
Valedictorians at the Gate: Standing Out, Getting In, and Staying Sane While Applying to College by Becky Munsterer Sabky
RRP: £18.99£10.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250619051Author Becky Munsterer SabkyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 137g -
How to Finish and Defend Your Dissertation: Strategies to Complete the Professional Practice Doctorate by Cynthia Grant 9781475804010
RRP: £46.00£40.35This CHOICE award winning author has teamed up with a Chair of the Department of Research at Concordia University Chicago to write a comprehensive book on finishing and defending a dissertation. A first of its kind, this book provides you everything you... -
How to Fast-Track Your Academic Career: A Guide for Mid-Career Scholars by Adam Lindgreen
RRP: £37.95£34.70This insightful book considers the challenges faced by researchers pursuing an academic career. From applying for grants to supervising PhD students, it utilises practical research and real experiences to illustrate how marketing scholars can strike a... -
Next Gen PhD: A Guide to Career Paths in Science by Melanie V. Sinche
RRP: £17.95£14.60For decades, top scientists in colleges and universities pursued a clear path to success: enroll in a prestigious graduate program, conduct research, publish papers, complete the PhD, pursue postdoctoral work. With perseverance and a bit of luck, a... -
Academic Capitalism and the New Economy: Markets, State, and Higher Education by Sheila Slaughter
RRP: £30.00£26.95As colleges and universities become more entrepreneurial in a post-industrial economy, they focus on knowledge less as a public good than as a commodity to be capitalized on in profit-oriented activities. In Academic Capitalism and the New Economy,... -
Competitive Accountability in Academic Life: The Struggle for Social Impact and Public Legitimacy by Richard Watermeyer
RRP: £26.95£24.09Since the onset of the UK's Research Excellence Framework in 2014, the environment for academic research has changed dramatically. Competitive Accountability in Academic Life goes behind the scenes of the 'impact' policy agenda for higher education... -
What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching by Tracie Marcella Addy
RRP: £26.99£23.46This book uniquely offers the distilled wisdom of scores of instructors across ranks, disciplines and institution types, whose contributions are organized into a thematic framework that progressively introduces the reader to the key dispositions,... -
The University of Chicago: A History by John W. Boyer
RRP: £31.00£27.33One of the most influential institutions of higher learning in the world, the University of Chicago has a powerful and distinct identity, and its name is synonymous with intellectual rigor. With nearly 170,000 alumni living and working in more than 150...