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As president of Stanford University, Gerhard Casper established a reputation as a tireless, forward-thinking advocate for higher education. His speeches, renowned for their intelligence, humanity, wit, and courage, confront head-on the most pressing...

Liberal education has been under siege in recent years. Far-right ideologues in journalism and government have pressed for a uniform curriculum that focuses on the achievements of Western culture. Partisans of the academic left, who hold our culture...

The crisis in university education has been the subject of vigorous debate in recent years. In this eloquent and deeply personal book, a distinguished scholar reflects on the character and aims of the university, assessing its guiding principles, its...

The Japanese educational system has become an object of growing dissatisfaction among Japanese students and parents, due to its suppression of intellectual creativity and its elitist examination process, and some Japanese educators are looking at the...

Many Philippine educational and political leaders believe the nation is facing a crisis in education. This study focuses on the struggle of educators to develop excellence in higher education. E. Nelson Swinerton analyzes educational policy issues both...

Over the last two decades, the American academy has engaged in a wide-ranging discourse on faith and learning, religion and higher education, and Christianity and the academy. Eastern Orthodox Christians, however, have rarely participated in these...

In the 25 years following Vatican II, Catholic colleges and universities experienced an identity crisis that closely paralleled the one taking place within the larger context of the Roman Catholic church itself. American Catholic Higher Education is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543996Author Philip N AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 520Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262549264Author Lawrence BuschFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 454g

A report from the front lines of higher education and technology that chronicles efforts to transform teaching, learning, and opportunity. Colleges and universities have become increasingly costly, and, except for a handful of highly selective, elite...

A useful compendium of 'survival' advice for the faculty newcomer on a variety of subjects: practical tips on classroom teaching, student performance evaluation, detailed advice on grant-writing, student advising, professional service, and publishing...

Liberals represent a large majority of American university and college faculty, especially in the social sciences and humanities. This is a consistent finding challenged by no serious student. Does minority status affect the work of conservative scholars...

Worries about the quality of public schooling in America are not new. Present since the mid-nineteenth century, the issue became a perennial one after 1918, the year in which elementary school attendance became compulsory in every state. The Allure of...

Financial sustainability is one of the key challenges confronting Europe's universities today. Despite the fact that universities are at the centre of knowledge creation and development, which itself is seen as one of the main engines of economic growth,...

The Catholic intellectual tradition is broad, and covers a wide array of academic disciplines. From the origin of universities and through their first six hundred years of existence, philosophy and theology were the central disciplines. However, with the...

Catholic higher education in the United States is undergoing dramatic changes, driven largely by the virtual disappearance of nuns, brothers, and priests from Catholic university campuses. Today, Catholic colleges and universities are dealing with...

Catholic higher education in the United States is undergoing dramatic changes, driven largely by the virtual disappearance of nuns, brothers, and priests from Catholic university campuses. Today Catholic colleges and universities are dealing with...

Douglas and Rhonda Jacobsen argue that, while there has recently been a lively discussion about religious faith and higher education in America, the idea of Christian scholarship itself has been remarkably under discussed. Most of the literature has...

On June 11, 1963, in a dramatic gesture that caught the nation's attention, Governor George Wallace physically blocked the entrance to Foster Auditorium on the University of Alabama's campus. His intent was to defy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach,...

In the twentieth century, Americans have increasingly looked to the schools-and, in particular, to the nation's colleges and universities-as guardians of the cherished national ideal of equality of opportunity. With the best jobs increasingly monopolized...

This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the relationship between higher education and working life from three different perspectives: society, higher education and the world of work. The purpose of the volume is twofold: first, to critically...

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In Accountability in American Higher Education prominent academics, entrepreneurs, and journalists assess the obstacles to, and potential opportunities for, accountability in higher education in America. Providing analysis that can be used to engage...

In the twenty years since Ray Land and Erik Meyer published their first paper on Threshold Concepts, there has been a steady stream of papers mulling over their original suggestions that learning, far from proceeding in an orderly fashion, is instead a...

If you've set your university goals very high, Getting Into the UK's Best Universities and Courses will enable you to maximise your chances of winning a coveted place at university. Offering course- and institution-specific advice and packed full of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909838024Author Denize McIntyreFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint University of South WalesPublisher University of South Wales

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780749212667Author Open University Course TeamFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Open University WorldwidePublisher Open University WorldwideWeight(grams)...

How race and class collide at a prestigious liberal arts collegeBook InformationISBN 9781592137268Author Elizabeth AriesFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.

Study Skills for International Students provides support and guidance for international students of all disciplines seeking to familiarise themselves with and excel in higher education in the UK. From adjusting to a new social and academic culture to...

In recent decades, public higher education has faced perpetual crises. As states slash investment in postsecondary education and for-profit entities seek to supplant public colleges and universities, these public institutions have tried to compete by...

The Order of Learning considers the problems facing higher education by focusing on main underlying factors: the relationship of higher education to government, academic freedom, and the responsibilities of the academic profession, among others. Edward...

During the 1980s, many of America's most respected colleges and universities suffered financial crises, athletic scandals, a troubling upsurge of racial conflict, and the divisiveness of political correctness "wars." Yet Duke University not...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858565309Author Tamsyn ImisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Trentham Books LtdPublisher Institute of Education Press

This new, revised, and expanded edition of the popular Academic's Handbook is an essential guide for those planning or beginning an academic career. Faculty members, administrators, and professionals with experience at all levels of higher education...

Values in Conflict is a clarion call to policy-makers, business leaders, and the public at large to rethink the current direction of the contemporary university. Paul Axelrod demonstrates that liberal education, the core of higher learning, is threatened...

Since World War II, says the author, industrialized nations have come to depend so heavily on expert knowledge, scientific discovery, and highly trained personnel that universities have become "the central institution in postindustrial society...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956267801Author Richard OsborneFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Zidane PressPublisher Zidane PressWeight(grams) 311g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946252640Author Lynne BarnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Douglas McLeanPublisher Douglas McLean

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639853182Author Jonathan T SmallsFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Fulton BooksPublisher Fulton BooksWeight(grams) 313g

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