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What if compassion were not an optional extra in higher education, but the organising principle of how we teach, learn, and lead? Compassionate Pedagogy in Higher Education — International Perspectives offers a bold and timely response. Bringing together...

In this book, Carrie B. Kisker illustrates how community colleges can utilize design thinking to identify and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities, and experiment with the internal changes necessary to optimize outcomes for stakeholders. Kisker...

In What Universities Can Be, the high-profile educator Robert J. Sternberg writes thoughtfully about the direction of higher education in this country and its potential to achieve future excellence. Sternberg presents, for the first time, his concept of...

In E-Crit, Marcel O'Gorman takes an ambitious and provocative look at how university scholarship, pedagogy, and curricula might be transformed to suit a digital culture. Arguing that universities were founded on the logic of print culture, O'Gorman sets...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942719410Author Sandra RinconFormat PaperbackPage Count 185Imprint NAFSA - Association of International EducatorsPublisher NAFSA - Association of...

Brings together scholars and higher education system leaders to highlight concrete examples of system change and realignment to advance student success.Long an afterthought of the American higher education ecosystem, multi-campus systems have become more...

A trenchant critique of failure and opportunism across the political spectrum, American Idyll argues that social mobility, once a revered hallmark of American society, has ebbed, as higher education has become a mechanistic process for efficient sorting...

The essays in Nuances of Blackness in the Canadian Academy make visible the submerged stories of Black life in academia. They offer fresh historical, social, and cultural insights into what it means to teach, learn, research, and work while Black. In...

He explores the motives, goals, and social and religious ideas that were behind the creation of this important institution of higher education, explaining the reasons Trinity was founded, the role it played in Canadian society, and the way its founding...

College tuition and student debt levels have been rising at an alarming pace for at least two decades. These trends, coupled with an economy weakened by a major recession, have raised serious questions about whether we are headed for a major crisis, with...

Despite a pronounced shift away from Eurocentrism in Spanish and Hispanic studies departments in US universities, many implicit and explicit vestiges of coloniality remain firmly in place. While certain national and linguistic expressions are privileged,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798337320816Author Stephen John MurgatroydFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Information Science ReferencePublisher Information Science Reference

With six teachers, no books, and thirty-two students, Old Main opened its doors to the first pupils of the University of Arizona in 1891. A rugged beacon among the cacti, the campus emerged from a forty-acre donation from two gamblers and a saloonkeeper...

First comparative historical analysis of the organizational growth of black colleges.A quarter of black Americans earn college degrees from black colleges, yet questions about the necessity of black colleges abound. In the Face of Inequality dissects the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820449944Author Lucila VargasFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783848728299Author Florian KohstallFormat PaperbackPage Count 223Imprint Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftPublisher Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftWeight(grams) 367g

Now completely revised! An essential guide on how AI is revolutionizing the future of learning and how educators can adapt to this new era of human thinking.Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its...

University systems need visionary leadership like never before.Public university systems-state-wide networks of universities-educate over 75 percent of public four-year college students. These systems have a tremendous impact on research, workforce...

Small college professors from across the United States explain why liberal arts institutions remain the gold standard for higher education.The fevered controversy over America's educational future isn't simply academic; those who have proposed sweeping...

“Interacting with colleges can be confusing and frustrating. We learned the hard way through trial and error over the years. This Guide has great strategies for developing effective collaborations from the outset so that resources are leveraged for...

Music holds amazing power over us. While it permeates and gives rhythm to our lives, most of us take it for granted and rarely consider its impact and potential. Training with a Beat is a lively introduction to understanding that force, and applying it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798337375199Author Mustafa KayyaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Information Science ReferencePublisher IGI Global

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798337335179Author Avril A.N. EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Information Science ReferencePublisher IGI Global

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Community organisers testify about what service learning is and should beCommunity organisers testify about what service learning is and should beAbout the AuthorRandy Stoecker is a Professor in the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology at...

An analysis and guide on when institutions should take stances on public issues.Universities and colleges face increasing pressure to speak out on today's most contentious political, moral, and social issues. But when should an institution of higher...

This book takes a critical and historical perspective in parsing the current state of play for refugee and immigrant students in Germany, addressing federal, state, and institutional innovations as well as gaps in service.Drawing from...

As a formal educational instrument, mentorship has received increasing academic and professional interest over the last several decades. Formal or informal mentorship programs are seen as an innovative means of supporting organizational goals and...

This work explores in detail how innovative academic activism can transform our everyday workplaces in contexts of considerable adversity. Personal essays by prominent scholars provide critical reflections on their institution-building triumphs and...

Looking at both English Medium Instruction (EMI) and multimodality in higher education, this edited volume bridges the gap between the two contexts by offering various new insights into fundamentals in multilingual education, EMI discourse and current...

Can an algorithm edit a journal? Can a library exist without books? Can students build and manage their own learning management platforms? Can a conference be held without a program? Can Twitter replace a scholarly society?As recently as the mid-2000s,...

Oral communication is key to students' classroom success and a skill that is highly valued in both academic and professional contexts, yet there are few resources for developing courses on oral academic communication. This edited collection gathers TESOL...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817350666Author The University of Alabama PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint The University of Alabama PressPublisher The University of Alabama...

How to reckon with no-confidence votes and rebuild trust in higher ed leadership.Faculty votes of no confidence in college presidents have become a defining feature of leadership turmoil in American higher education. Often dismissed as merely symbolic,...

Focusing on the history of women's higher education in the 20th century American South, this text examines the national and regional influences that have made this educational experience unique.Book InformationISBN 9780817309947Author Amy Thompson...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591281566Author Larry StephensonFormat PaperbackImprint Canon PressPublisher Canon PressWeight(grams) 522g

A book about the challenges and uncertainties facing today's university, a chronicle of recent and current changes in higher education in the world. There are many questions today that are sufficiently open to doubt and profoundly related to new...

This book takes an in-depth look at the study of Japan in contemporary Britain, highlighting the many strengths but also pointing out some weaknesses, while at the same time offering a valuable historical record of the origins and development of Japanese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781792461934Author Kate SanchezFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.

The first of a three-volume set, A History of the University of Wales. It was with a sense of pride and conviction that the founding fathers of the University of Wales created a national institution "in and for Wales" in 1893. This volume celebrates the...