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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932842517Author Steven SwerdfegerFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint New Education PressPublisher New Education PressWeight(grams) 229g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801868907Author David GreedFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Charlie Creative LabPublisher Charlie Creative LabWeight(grams) 136g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439213513Author Thomas SobolFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 494g

The papers in this volume, presenting a stimulating appraisal of graduate education in America, were delivered during the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania. Though the writers of these papers...

The daily grind of the modern professor can be stressful, chaotic, and at times seemingly impossible to organize! In her book, The Organized Academic, award-winning scholar, pedagogue, and former Dean Elizabeth Wells offers realistic day-to-day...

Many people who work in Workforce Development in Community Colleges have not had the benefit of courses or a degree program in Workforce Development. For that reason, when they join a community college, they often need a primer on the purpose, goals and...

Demonstrating that the supposed drawbacks of the humanities are in fact their source of practical value, Jay explores current debates about the role of the humanities in higher education, puts them in historical context, and offers humanists and their...

American colleges and universities are laboring with sharply reduced resources and being asked pointed questions about their efficiency and effectiveness in educating students like never before. For those administrators, faculty and all readers who want...

This candid book dispenses essential advice for academic job hunters and gives them the skills and knowledge to land a job in the humanities. Fully revised and updated, this book offers a comprehensive look at the do's and don'ts of the application and...

This book will bring awareness to community college administrators and faculty to the recent technological developments, such as Artificial Intelligence, autonomous vehicles, personal robots, 3-D printing, the Internet of Things, nanotechnology, genome...

Based on research conducted in a three year, mixed-method, multi-site National Science Foundation, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program Project, this book offers a comprehensive look into how engineering department...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732368804Author Joanna J GhoshFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Joanna GhoshPublisher Joanna GhoshWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087905259Author Ashley LittleFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Hbcu Experience MovementPublisher Hbcu Experience MovementWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942011491Author Michigan State School of JournalismFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Read the Spirit BooksPublisher Read the Spirit...

New college instructors often are advised, coached, and mentored by department professors who may not have scheduled class time to meet regularly with their novice educators. This book meets many of the principles outlined in the position statements of...

Is College a Lousy Investment?: Negotiating the Hidden Cost of Higher Education discusses many of the economic misconceptions about earning a college degree. While it is widely believed that attending college guarantees wealth and success, students,...

It is the purpose of this book to examine the ever-changing meaning of the term "liberal arts" and to trace its development from antiquity to the present. In doing so, the text will compare and contrast the values of such an education with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581073140Author Timothy FordeFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint New Forums PressPublisher New Forums PressWeight(grams) 227g

Teaching about race and racism can be a difficult business. Students and instructors alike often struggle with strong emotions, and many people have robust preexisting beliefs about race. At the same time, this is a moment that demands a clear...

The academic profession faces new challenges everywhere. The pressures of mass higher education, accountability, fiscal constraints, distance education and the new technologies, and changing attitudes concerning academic work have combined to place...

This book is about higher education reforms in the post-socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, seen through the eyes of somebody who has spent the last decade analyzing these reforms as well as negotiating and...

The book answers the questions of how and where America educates its leading chief executive officers. Where are America's top executives educated? What do they study? Do they typically attend the nation's most elite colleges? Or do they, like millions...

Dealing with Dysfunction provides a real-life view of a college department gone awry. A complete lack of trust exists between faculty, department chairs past and present; and particularly within the faculty itself. Name calling, sabotage, and an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789333223393Author Dr D A GodseFormat PaperbackPage Count 522Imprint Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print USPublisher Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602067479Author Thorstein VeblenFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 422g

Community colleges are under intense pressure to change in response to shifts in an increasingly complex environment. Stakeholders are placing simultaneously contradictory demands on colleges for more and better service, increased accountability, and...

How do young Black men navigate the transition to adulthood in an era of labor market precarity, an increasing emphasis on personal independence, and gendered racism? In Brotherhood University, Brandon A. Jackson utilizes longitudinal qualitative data to...

Covid-19's Impact on Higher Education: How Business Continuity Planning Can Reverse It asks and answers probing questions affecting higher education in the post-COVID-19 educational landscape. The book examines whether private universities, particularly...

This book describes the many experiences of a university faculty union leader. Interactions with faculty members and administrators are examined in a variety of contexts ranging from discussions about such mundane topics as parking on campus, to such...

The contributions of community colleges to society are well-documented. Yet, today's community colleges are at a cross road. Decreases in funding support, a push for college completion, attention on developmental course work, and a host of other demands...

Help! My College Students Can't Read: Teaching Vital Reading Strategies in the Content Areas is designed as a resource guide for content area instructors who have no specific training in the field of literacy but want to help the struggling readers in...

Continuity and Innovation in Honors College Curricula is the second volume in the edited series Honors Education in Transition, which examines the proliferation of honors programs and colleges in American higher education. While honors education has...

Given the ubiquity of online technologies in the lives of high school and college students, universities are increasingly turning to social media for the purpose of organizational communication. This book shines a light on these practices in order to...

This book provides a study of diverse leadership development through the extraordinary journeys of ten retired presidents and chancellors who have left an indelible impact on higher education.Representing a rich multicultural background, each chapter...

Is College a Lousy Investment?: Negotiating the Hidden Cost of Higher Education discusses many of the economic misconceptions about earning a college degree. While it is widely believed that attending college guarantees wealth and success, students,...

Presenting a thoughtful justification for the left in American education, Donald Lazere argues that to teach students rhetoric and critical thinking, key components of a humanist education, educators must discuss and teach students to grapple with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581073027Author Susan SarverFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint New Forums PressPublisher New Forums PressWeight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581072808Author Hal Blythe Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint New Forums PressPublisher New Forums PressWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581070453Author Joseph B CuseoFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint New Forums PressPublisher New Forums PressWeight(grams) 127g

Knowledge is power. Simply stated, Managing the Graduate School Experience: From Acceptance to Graduation and Beyond provides graduate students with power as it helps them to understand and complete a graduate degree, regardless of how the degree is...