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This work examines the birth and maturation of Averett College, and institution of higher learning in Southside Virginia. The school's official seal--and elliptical medallion with the words Averett College, Danville, Virginia surrounding a lamp and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060568559Author Richard BradleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 375Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 349g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989221665Author C J ShaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Rope's End PublishingPublisher Rope's End PublishingWeight(grams) 236g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306434655Author Robert V. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Kluwer Academic/Plenum PublishersPublisher Springer Science+Business...

Many in higher education fear that the humanities are facing a crisis. But even if the rhetoric about ""crisis"" is overblown, humanities departments do face increasing pressure from administrators, politicians, parents, and students...

This book explores popular media depictions of higher education from an American perspective. Each chapter in this book investigates the portrait of higher education in an exciting array of media including novels, television, film, comic books, and video...

The question of what living is for--of what one should care about and why--is the most important question a person can ask. Yet under the influence of the modern research ideal, our colleges and universities have expelled this question from their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991614301Author Granville M SawyerFormat PaperbackImprint Creative Cache LLCPublisher Creative Cache LLCWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692943960Author John GargerFormat PaperbackImprint Science Survival AcademyPublisher Science Survival AcademyWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820451107Author Marc CutrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 370g

This handbook explores the issues-centered curriculum for social studies teaching and how student performance reflects an intellectual capacity to address public issues. The book is divided into 11 parts with essays to address specific aspects of the...

In this thoughtful and literate study, Schwehn argues that Max Weber and several of his contemporaries led higher education astray by stressing research-the making and transmitting of knowledge-at the expense of shaping moral character. Schwehn sees an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999498002Author C Judson KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 806Imprint C. Judson KingPublisher C. Judson KingWeight(grams) 1057g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674187320Author Wallace Brett DonhamFormat HardbackPage Count 321Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 630g

The state of higher education today is one of change and stasis. Economic vulnerability, globalization, technological innovation, and an increasingly competitive market underlie the need for change in higher education. At the same time, there are strong...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013271533Author Remus PricopieFormat HardbackPage Count 726Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989677608Author Dr Jeff SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Your Path AheadPublisher Your Path AheadWeight(grams) 186g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013274930Author William G TierneyFormat HardbackPage Count 100Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978879303Author John L WatzkeFormat HardbackPage Count 254Imprint Alliance for Catholic Education PressPublisher Alliance for Catholic Education...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780275906115Author Nell P. EurichFormat HardbackPage Count 153Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979140655Author Dr Walter McCollumFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint Dr. Walter R. McCollumPublisher Dr. Walter R. McCollumWeight(grams) 152g

From decreased funding to censorship controversies and rising student debt, the public perception of the value of higher education has become decidedly more negative. This crisis requires advocacy and action by policymakers, educators, and the public...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813513591Author Michael MoffattFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Rutgers University PressPublisher Rutgers University Press

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This eloquent collection of essays and speeches by Richard H. Brodhead addresses issues of importance to institutes of higher learning and to those who participate in them. As the popular Dean of Yale College from 1993 to 2004, Brodhead was involved in...

The open-admissions experiment at the City University of New York was the most ambitious effort ever made to promote equality of opportunity in American higher education. Initiated in 1970, during the heyday of the "great society," it defined college as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999472989Author Steven D MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Bowen PressPublisher Bowen PressWeight(grams) 73g

The Ashmolean Museum, founded in 1683, has strong claims to be the oldest surviving institutional museum open to the public, yet, it is also the private museum of the University of Oxford. Over the centuries a continuing pattern of generous benefaction...

'Any student, including traditional face-to-face students, would benefit by following this guide.. [it] is an excellent introduction to studying at distance. Undergraduate and graduate students would benefit from this practical guide. Distance program...

This is the first book to critically analyze the future of higher education systems in the four BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - and the USA, analyzing academic salaries, contracts and working conditions and how national policy will...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820476025Author MaryJo Benton LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 260g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013294457Author Roy KrovelFormat HardbackPage Count 612Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

At Fault is an exhilarating celebration of risk-taking in the work of James Joyce. Esteemed Joyce scholar and teacher Sebastian Knowles takes on the American university system, arguing that the modernist writer offers the antidote to the risk-averse...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313241697Author D. M. FoxFormat HardbackPage Count 442Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891124542Author Karen LongmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint Abilene Christian University PressPublisher Abilene Christian University...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359011230Author Kiyoung KimFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 367g

The Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530001616Author Kristel PhillipsFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams)...

One of the most influential women's colleges in the country, Wellesley has educated many illustrious women, from Katharine Lee Bates-author of America the Beautiful-to Hillary Rodham Clinton. Since its origins in the late nineteenth century, Wellesley...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674497771Author Harvard UniversityFormat HardbackPage Count 141Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 381g