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2020 Frederic W. Ness Book Award Winner (AACU) 2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist in Education This well-researched volume explores how the Black freedom struggle and the anti-Vietnam War movement dovetailed with faculty and student...

Before the Dissertation is designed for students in the social sciences who are still in the early stages of doc- toral study or for master's-level students considering entering doctoral programs. It focuses on purposes for doctoral dissertation writing,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816537129Author Gloria CuadrazFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Five in-depth case studies reveal the innovative practices that position U.S. community colleges as pathways to quality employment.In America's Hidden Economic Engines, editors Robert B. Schwartz and Rachel Lipson spotlight community and technical...

* A faculty member publishes an article without offering coauthorship to a graduate assistant who has made a substantial conceptual or methodological contribution to the article. * A professor does not permit graduate students to express viewpoints...

Responding to the signs of the time, this book brings the lens of Catholic social thought (CST) to the enterprise of Catholic higher education in the United States. This book throws light on what Catholic colleges and universities might and must do in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815681083Author William Freeman GalpinFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint Syracuse University PressPublisher Syracuse University PressWeight(grams)...

Higher education has entered centre-stage in the context of the knowledge economy and has been deployed in the search for economic competitiveness and social development. Against this backdrop, this highly illuminating Handbook explores worldwide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583671306Author Joe BerryFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)...

This tightly argued paper asks two fundamental questions about the nature of higher education in this country. Does Britain provide too much higher education, and are the current funding mechanisms fair and efficient? Lange's answers to these questions...

Did you know there was a plane crash on the TCU campus? Or that TCU once had an airport? Were you aware that TCU began integrating during World War II? Discover these and other interesting tidbits in Images and Stories of TCU's First 100 Years,...

Thomas Jefferson had a radical dream for higher education. Designed to become the first modern public university, the University of Virginia was envisioned as a liberal campus with no religious affiliation, with elective courses and student...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358362050Author Paul ToughFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm * 33mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738539225Author Jeffrey LamonicaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

This uplifting and honest book shows postgraduate students how their personal values can help them navigate the universe of possibilities they will encounter while doing a doctoral degree. Author Leela Viswanathan takes a “whole person” approach to the...

Why higher education is not a silver bullet for eradicating economic inequality and social injusticeWe often think that a college degree will open doors to opportunity regardless of one's background or upbringing. In this eye-opening book, two of today's...

Higher Education Careers Beyond the Professoriate is one of the first collections to explore PhD career versatility within higher education. The twenty-three contributors represent diverse disciplines, institution types, professional roles, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738542263Author Ray BonisFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891123989Author Assistant Professor of History Rick OstranderFormat PaperbackPage Count 85Imprint Abilene Christian University PressPublisher Abilene...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688135096Author Paula GiddingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint William MorrowPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578518053Author Danielle C MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Danielle MarshallPublisher Danielle MarshallWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738590479Author Anestes G. FotiadesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738513539Author Sean FlyntFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm)...

First published in 1984, Post-School Education attempts to compare development of post-school education in America and England in nineteenth century. Divided into eight chapters, it discusses themes like traditions and attitudes; systems of school...

The Gullah people of St. Helena Island still relate that their people wanted to "catch the learning" after northern abolitionists founded Penn School in 1862, less than six months after the Union army captured the South Carolina sea islands. In this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553374278Author Ruben NavarretteFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 451gDimensions(mm)...

An essential guide to dialogue in the college classroom and beyondTry to Love the Questions gives college students a framework for understanding and practicing dialogue across difference in and out of the classroom. This invaluable guide explores the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915542038Author Matilda WalshFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Thady PublishingPublisher Grey Pony Films

With the rising occurrence of human caused, natural, and technological crises, Investigating the Design and Implementation of Operational Safety Plans for Crisis at Higher Education Institutions offers guiding principles, implementation factors, and best...

Pedagogies of Quiet: Silence and Social Justice in the Classroom started with one teacher's frustration with a room full of quiet students and shifted into exploring why and how teachers can incorporate a quiet praxis into their classrooms. Mindful of...

Still going strong today, The Open University, Britain's national correspondence - TV - radio University, excited much controversy when it first opened and in 1973 awarded its first degrees. With its adult, part-time students, its freedom from formal...

Black Female Perspectives from Predominantly White Institutions: Strategies for Wellbeing in White Spaces and Beyond supports Black women working in predominantly White spaces and further educates their institutions, non-Black counterparts, students, and...

Civic education in higher education is housed in various types of institutions (i.e., community colleges, four year universities, public and private institutions), institutional offices, academic departments, and larger, cross-campus initiatives and...

Rutgers University's Douglass Residential College is the only college for women that is nested within a major public research university in the United States. Although the number of women's colleges has plummeted from a high of 268 in 1960 to 38 in 2016,...

Education and Its Discontents: Teaching, the Humanities, and the Importance of a Liberal Education in the Age of Mass Information, by Mark Moss, is an exploration of how the traditional educational environment, particularly in the post-secondary world,...

College Aspirations and Access in Working Class Rural Communities: The Mixed Signals, Challenges, and New Language First-Generation Students Encounter explores how a working class, rural environment influences rural students' opportunities to pursue...

Education and Its Discontents: Teaching, the Humanities, and the Importance of a Liberal Education in the Age of Mass Information, by Mark Moss, is an exploration of how the traditional educational environment, particularly in the post-secondary world,...

Narratives of South Asian and South Asian American Social Justice Educators carries the voices of faculty in higher education. Caught between the stereotypes of the model minority and invisibleness, the authors narrate their triumphs, trials, and...

Teacher Education, Diversity, and Community Engagement in Liberal Arts Colleges examines the promise of and issues related to preparing teachers for cultural diversity through community engagement in the liberal arts colleges. This book emphasizes the...

Amplified Advantage investigates the value and impact of today's small liberal arts colleges through an extended examination of a recent cohort of students attending them. It demonstrates how these colleges sometimes succeed and sometimes fail in...