Higher

Although many humanities scholars have been talking and writing about the transition to the digital age for more than a decade, only in the last few years have we seen a convergence of the factors that make this transition possible: the spread of...

An exploration of the University of South Carolina's trailblazing approach to the first-year experienceAs an innovative educational experiment, University 101 was designed to support students' transition to and success in college. Now, fifty years after...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780761524267Author Michael James MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972939447Author Edward ZlotkowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 205Imprint Campus CompactPublisher Campus CompactWeight(grams) 333g

This book serves as a sourcebook to enhance and evaluate safety programs, generate new solutions and interventions, comply with new legislation, and present practical steps and guidelines to establish best practices. It pays particular attention to the...

Time Management Survival Planning Guide for Schools and Colleges is a road map (or GPS) for students' academic journey; therefore, it is designed to assist students to utilize their time wisely by helping them stay focused on classes, events,...

The liberal arts approach to higher education is a growing trend globally. We are told that the mental dexterity and independent, questioning spirit cultivated by such interdisciplinary degrees are the best preparation for the as-yet unknown executive...

Implementing systematic diversity transformation requires embracing all aspects of diversity-gender, sexual orientation, disability, gender identification, and other salient characteristics of difference-as well as race and ethnicity.This book lays out a...

Long seen as proving grounds for professors, PhD programs have begun to shed this singular sense of mission. Prompted by poor placement numbers and guided by the efforts of academic organizations, administrators and faculty are beginning to feel called...

Using Servant Leadership provides an instructive guide for how faculty members can engage in servant leadership with administrators, students, and community members. By utilizing a wide range of research and through a series of case studies, Angelo J...

Racism. Is it alive and well and living on college campuses across the United States? Is it a factor in high dropout rates and other crises affecting minority college students, and if so, how? Are controversial programs of affirmative action proving to...

Most Hilltoppers believe that Western Kentucky University is unique. They take pride in its lovely campus, its friendly spirit, the loyalty of its alumni, and its academic and athletic achievements. But Western's development also illustrates a major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804719858Author Paula HarrellFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Stanford University PressPublisher Stanford University PressWeight(grams) 626g

In 2015, the New York Times reported, "The bright children of janitors and nail salon workers, bus drivers and fast-food cooks may not have grown up with the edifying vacations, museum excursions, daily doses of NPR and prep schools that groom Ivy...

It began modestly, as a series of high school courses to train young men and women in industrial and domestic arts. Then in 1903 the Kansas legislature set in motion a chain of educational innovations by authorizing an auxiliary program of the normal...

Institutions, faculty, and students benefit when women academics advance in their careers, yet research shows that women academics are more likely to stall at the associate professor stage of their careers than men. Charting Your Path to Full is a data-...

For a century University College has had a profound and continuous influence on the cultural development of Canada. The authors of this volume show us University College as a political and educational institution; as a physical structure that has aroused...

The author of this study of policymaking in postwar Japan contends that the prevailing perceptions of the subject advanced to date are inadequate. Professor Pempel identifies three distinct patterns of policymaking within Japan's current system of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539036Author Dara FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Fifty years ago, students who were parents were a rarity in college classrooms, but by the beginning of the twenty-first century, over a quarter of all undergraduate students were parents. In Back in School, A. Fiona Pearson explores how these student...

More students are enrolling in college than ever before in U.S. history. Yet, many never graduate. In The Journey Before Us, Laura Nichols examines why this is by sharing the experiences of aspiring first-generation college students as they move from...

2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Research frequently neglects the important ways that race and gender intersect within the complex structural dynamics of STEM. Diversifying STEM fills this void, bringing together a wide array of perspectives and...

Aspiring to Greatness: West Virginia University since World War II chronicles the emergence of WVU as a major land-grant institution. As a continuation of the work of Doherty and Summers in West Virginia University: Symbol of Unity in a Sectionalized...

This book presents a comprehensive institutional level analysis of a single public institution of higher education in the Republic of Kenya using the case study method of investigation. It is the first case study to use both qualitative and quantitative...

When Stephen Lehmkuhle became the chancellor of the brand-new University of Minnesota-Rochester campus, he had to start from scratch. He did not inherit a legacy mission that established what the campus did and how to do it; rather, he needed to find a...

Institutional leadership in higher education today requires the management of academic, financial and human resources to deliver teaching, research, external engagement, IT, student support, quality assurance, and estate management activities at levels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781889271668Author Diane NuttFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in TransitionPublisher...

A Professor at the End of Time tells one professor's story in the context of the rapid reconfiguration of higher education going on now, and analyzes what the job included before the supernova of technological innovation, the general influx of...

The Eighth International Conference on World-Class Universities was held in October 2019. The conference theme was "World-Class Universities: Global Trends and Institutional Models". The theme of this volume is embedded in the context of an...

In the sink-or-swim world of academia, a great graduate advisor can be a lifesaver. But with university budgets shrinking and free time evaporating, advisors often need a mentor themselves to learn how to best support their advisees. Bruce M. Shore, an...

As the price of higher education escalates and the number of Americans seeking a college degree steadily rises, Anne Matthews paints this portrait of the American campus. With each chapter dedicated to sections of the academic year, Matthews puts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814213964Author Thomas M RielandFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint TrilliumPublisher TrilliumWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 25mm

At a time when many individuals and institutions are reexamining their histories to better understand their tangled roots of racism and oppression, Reckoning: Kalamazoo College Uncovers Its Racial and Colonial Past tells the story of how American ideas...

Higher education is undergoing profound change at an unprecedented pace in today's academic marketplace. This accelerating and precipitating change has motivated these distinguished authors - passionate observers of academe - to read well-chosen...

2023 Silver Winner of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in the Professional and Technical CategoryThis comprehensive and integrated resource prepares leadership educators to develop their training and facilitation practice that is informed by theory,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947602991Author Rita KumarFormat PaperbackPage Count 325Imprint University of Cincinnati PressPublisher University of Cincinnati PressWeight(grams)...

Honorable Mention - 2022 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award Special Admission contradicts the national belief that college sports provide upward mobility opportunities. Kirsten Hextrum documents how white middle-class youth become...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972939416Author Campus CompactFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Campus CompactPublisher Campus CompactWeight(grams) 735g

From the former president of one of America's leading universities comes a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing higher education in America as we enter the twenty-first century. In A University for the Twenty-first Century,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771835954Author John OughtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Guernica Editions,CanadaPublisher Guernica Editions,CanadaWeight(grams)...