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America is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. Many graduates cannot think critically, write effectively, solve problems, understand complex issues, or meet employers' expectations. The only solution - making learning the...

The Report provides visibility and critically examines the theory and practice of engagement. It explores ways in which engagement enhances teaching and research; it approaches engagement in ways that accept the multiple sites and epistemologies of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998036205Author James W LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint National Society of High School ScholarsPublisher National Society of High School...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674430808Author David DamroschFormat HardbackPage Count 225Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 513g

This title looks at what academic memoirs say about the current state of the humanities and the institution of the university. Since the early 1990s, there has been a proliferation of memoirs by tenured humanities professors. Although the memoir form has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140158311Author Ruth SidelFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams) 313g

The University of the Future offers the American reader an insider's view of higher education in a socialist country, as well as the opportunity to see differences and similarities in higher education in capitalist and socialist societies. Part I of the...

Sommerville argues that a secular world view is propagated not just through American higher education, but public education, the media, and the courts despite their professed commitment to neutrality. The triumph of postmodern multiculturalism and the...

From the Mills College strike of 1990 to the Chicano Studies movement at UCLA, from African-American student unrest at Rutgers University in 1995 to student protest in California against the passage of propositions 187 and 209, issues of cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978993023Author Robert E. LevasseurFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint MindFire PressPublisher MindFire PressWeight(grams) 256g

At one time, universities educated new generations and were a source of social change. Today colleges and universities are less places of public purpose, than agencies of personal advantage. Remaking the American University provides a penetrating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820481593Author Bruce W. SpeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 297Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 420g

In the popular imagination, American women during the time between the end of World War II and the 1960s-the era of the so-called 'feminine mystique'-were ultraconservative and passive. College Women in the Nuclear Age takes a fresh look at these women,...

An updated, detailed guide which shows adults how to obtain an external degree through life experience, independent study, examinations and correspondence courses. Includes a directory of over 600 external degree programs in 271 fields of study. All...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674492233Author William Clyde DevaneFormat HardbackPage Count 217Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 490g

During the mid-twentieth century, enrollment in colleges and universities increased dramatically. To meet the demand for higher education services, two new kinds of post-secondary institutions were created: the community college and the public urban...

This collection, now in paperback, explores how universities are coping with the range of reforms and changes taking place across higher education today. Analyzing areas such as leadership, quality management, strategic thinking, collegiality and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990398219Author K Candis BestFormat PaperbackImprint Caroline Street PublishingPublisher Caroline Street PublishingWeight(grams) 218g

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"The Essential FE Toolkit" is Continuum's brand new series on further education (FE) for teachers and college leaders. The series boasts 24 specialist, fact-filled volumes written by FE experts with significant knowledge and experience in their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312573430Author Andrew HackerFormat PaperbackPage Count 289Imprint St. Martins Press-3plPublisher St. Martins Press-3plWeight(grams) 277g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891123323Author Patrick AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Abilene Christian University PressPublisher Abilene Christian University...

Developing Faculty Members in Liberal Arts Colleges analyzes the career stage challenges these faculty members must overcome, such as a lack of preparation for teaching, limited access to resources and mentors, and changing expectations for excellence in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978993030Author Robert E. LevasseurFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint MindFire PressPublisher MindFire PressWeight(grams) 267g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780943283166Author Joseph CovinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Epic PressPublisher Epic PressWeight(grams) 341g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940962729Author Zbigniew KruszewskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Piasa BooksPublisher Piasa BooksWeight(grams) 381g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947509750Author Carol MutchFormat PaperbackImprint New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) PressPublisher New Zealand Council for...

A veteran college dean gives parents of college students all the practical guidance they'll need to navigate the labyrinth of bureaucracies and policies in order to support their student's academic career and extracurricular life. Most books for college...

More than ever, our time is characterised by rapid changes in the organisation and the production of knowledge. This movement is deeply rooted in the evolution of the scientific endeavour, as well as in the transformation of the political, economic and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802847560Author Anthony DickemaFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814255285Author Thomas M RielandFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams) 413g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530018874Author Edward DuffyFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams) 621g

Protestant institutions of higher learning have historically enrolled fewer students of color than nonsectarian colleges and universities. In this book, George Yancey explores the racial climate on Protestant campuses, examining the reasons why these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674427976Author A Lawrence LowellFormat HardbackPage Count 374Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 699g

In 1967, George Henderson, the son of uneducated Alabama sharecroppers, accepted a full-time professorship at the University of Oklahoma, despite his mentor's warning to avoid the "redneck school in a backward state." Henderson became the...

The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa commissioned case studies of higher education provision in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, as part of its effort to stimulate enlightened, equitable, and knowledge-based...

This report assesses the status and practice of higher education quality assurance in Sub - Sahara Africa, focusing on degree - granting tertiary institutions. A main finding is that structured national - level quality assurance processes in African...

Universities were once ivory towers where scholarship and teaching reigned supreme, or so we tell ourselves. Whether they were ever as pure as we think, it is certainly the case that they are pure no longer. Administrators look to patents as they seek...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780275920944Author Irwin FellerFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820481524Author Judith SummerfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 420g