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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931968188Author John A. FlowerFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint The University of Akron PressPublisher The University of Akron PressWeight(grams) 538g

Reimagining higher education around the world: lessons from the creation of eight new colleges and universities in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North AmericaHigher education is perpetually in crisis, buffeted by increasing costs and a perceived...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578866543Author Robert Greene BSN CPAN, RNFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Contrapoint PublishingPublisher Contrapoint PublishingDimensions(mm)...

Dictatorships destroy intellectual freedom, yet universities need it. How, then, can universities function under dictatorships? Are they more a support or a danger for the system? In this volume, leading experts from five countries explore the many...

Mit einer umfassenden Einführung und einem ausführlichen Kommentar wertet Zilong Guo die dem attischen Redner Aischines zugeschriebenen Briefe neu aus. Diese Briefe verdienen einen Platz in der griechischen Literaturgeschichte ob ihrer Synthese von...

Assessing the trajectory of China's higher education system amid competing domestic priorities and global ambitions.By 2025, China had twice as many college students as the United States, four times as many STEM graduates, and double the number of STEM...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780774822091Author Susan G. DrummondFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint University of British Columbia PressPublisher University of British Columbia...

American Trojan is the captivating story of a refugee who lost everything and then rebuilt it all, an immigrant who defied the odds and achieved the American Dream; a visionary technologist who transformed the University of Southern California into one...

We have long been encouraged to look to education, especially higher education, for the solution to social problems, particularly as a way out of poverty for the talented and the hard working. But in its appointed role as the path to upward mobility that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780472613007Author University Of MichiganFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint The University of Michigan PressPublisher The University of Michigan Press

In 1880, forty-three women walked into the president's office at the University of Kentucky (UK) and signed the student register, becoming the first female students at a public college in the commonwealth. But gaining admittance was only the beginning...

The first scholarly treatment of private education outside the United States.Book InformationISBN 9780472063680Author Roger L. GeigerFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint The University of Michigan PressPublisher The University of Michigan...

Drawing on the largest survey of doctoral students ever conducted, Three Magic Letters provides a compelling portrait of the graduate school experience and identifies key issues affecting the success and failure of doctoral students. Michael T. Nettles...

Can civic engagement rescue the humanities from a prolonged identity crisis? How can the practices and methods, the conventions and innovations of humanities teaching and scholarship yield knowledge that contributes to the public good? These are just two...

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Public Higher Education in California offers a comprehensive analysis of the development, challenges, and transformations of California's higher education system, particularly in the context of rapid expansion and societal upheaval. Published as part of...

What is a university's true purpose? In The Concept of a University, the author embarks on a compelling exploration of what makes these institutions unique, challenging the common assumption that they exist solely to fulfill societal or economic needs...

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In this thought-provoking volume, editors Rebecca M. Taylor and Ashley Floyd Kuntz invite readers to explore the many facets of on-campus ethical dilemmas and the careful, nuanced decision-making processes required to address them. Taylor and Kuntz...

The University of Toronto is Canada’s leading university and one of Canada’s most important cultural and scientific institutions. In this history of the University from its origin as King’s College in 1827 to the present, Martin Friedland brings...

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...

Teacher Education in a Transnational World brings together specialists from various disciplines and scholars with policy-making and high-level government and administrative experience to discuss the historical, sociological, and philosophical issues...

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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...