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Celebrates the tens of thousands of women who attended Hunter College from 1870–1964 and contributed massively to the city that educated them.Hunter College was established in 1870 as the Female Normal College and High School. Its purpose was to educate...

The first book to address campus crises that's by and for faculty, staff, and students—the true heart of higher ed and the people who make it work.Higher education is in crisis—and there's no shortage of books by campus leaders about how to fix it. This...

"This volume combines specific recommendations, observations, and takeaways filled with candor, humor, and uplifting stories for one of education's most challenging roles."-FROM THE FOREWORDAn indispensable manual for the most demanding position in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611860467Author Rita Axelroth HodgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Michigan State University PressPublisher Michigan State University...

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The United States has long been a model for accessible, affordable education, as exemplified by the country's public universities. And yet less than 60 percent of the students entering American universities today are graduating. Why is this happening,...

A landmark in our understanding of international community-engaged learning programs, this book invites educators to rethink everything from disciplinary assumptions to the role of higher education in a globalizing world.Tapping the many such programs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783830551577Author Klaus HekkingFormat PaperbackPage Count 169Imprint Berliner Wissenschafts-VerlagPublisher Berliner Wissenschafts-VerlagWeight(grams) 254g

No Equal in the World is a comprehensive study of the literature on the American academic presidency from the middle of the nineteenth century-when the first universities, as distinct from colleges, began to emerge-to the present. The book surveys widely...

In the United States, 1,200 community colleges enroll over ten million students each year-nearly half of the nation's undergraduates. Yet fewer than 40 percent of entrants complete an undergraduate degree within six years. This fact has put pressure on...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788771242379Author Soren S.E. BengtsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 201Imprint Aarhus University PressPublisher Aarhus University Press

A comprehensive, wide ranging and detailed account of the unfolding of higher education and higher education policy in Portugal from 1974 to 2009 by leading policy-makers and scholars, with the explicit purpose of showing how different disciplinary...

Offers novel frameworks and models for understanding college access and choice among communities of Color.This much-needed volume brings together academics, practitioners, students, and community members of Color to thoroughly reframe college access and...

This book offers a treatment of social justice and higher education within small island developing states like the Caribbean. This is a timely exploration of some of the global-local, structure-actor, policy-practice debates that connect directly to the...

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Uses a cross-national comparison of Los Angeles, New Delhi, and Hong Kong to develop strategies universities should employ to strengthen democracy and resist fascism.Bronze Winner, 2021 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Education Category...

Nearly sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in spite of progress on some fronts, we are in many cases as far away as ever from achieving an inclusive citizenship and human rights for all. While human rights violations continue to...

Develops a theoretical and methodological focus on Blackness to rethink ideas about humanity underpinning the field of student development.Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Book Award presented by the Division B of the American Educational Research...

“Reinvention is the playbook on redesigning a large urban college system.” — From the forewordReinvention chronicles an unprecedentedly comprehensive approach to community college reform and the leadership challenges encountered along the way. The book...

This second edition of the classic Universal Design in Higher Education is a comprehensive, up-to-the-minute guide for creating fully accessible college and university programs. The second edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded, and it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927335024Author Sekile Nzinga-JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 313Imprint Demeter PressPublisher Demeter Press

A strengths-based guide for teaching ADHD college students that promotes inclusive, supportive, and high-structure learning environments for all.The college learning environment is a place of both challenge and opportunity for students with ADHD. In An...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826520395Author Colman McCarthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University PressWeight(grams)...

Today Americans feel powerless in the face of problems on every front. Such feelings are acute in higher education, where educators are experiencing an avalanche of changes: cost cutting, new technologies, and demands that higher education be narrowly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826520388Author Colman McCarthyFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826520357Author Harry C. BoyteFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826518989Author Kristin G. EsterbergFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826515438Author Leslie Miller-BernalFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University PressWeight(grams)...

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Vice President Joseph Biden has blamed tuition increases on the high salaries of college professors, seemingly unaware of the fact that there are now over one million faculty who earn poverty-level wages teaching off the tenure track. The Chronicle of...

How do children from undereducated and improverished backgrounds get to college? What are the influences that lead them to overcome their socioeconomic disadvantages and sometimes the disapproval of families and friends to succeed in college? These are...

How do children from undereducated and improverished backgrounds get to college? What are the influences that lead them to overcome their socioeconomic disadvantages and sometimes the disapproval of families and friends to succeed in college? These are...

The fact that women and people of color tend to underperform at professional schools is a source of controversy. Conservatives blame affirmative action, while liberals blame intentional discrimination. The extensive research reported in ""Professional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826515421Author Leslie Miller-BernalFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826515049Author Carrie Yang CostelloFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University PressWeight(grams)...

More than a quarter of the students who enter four-year institutions and half of those who enter two-year schools depart at the end of their first year. This phenomenon is known as the ""departure puzzle,"" and for years, the most important body of work...