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Designing, creating, and leading new degree programs can be an arduous and unpredictable task for any college or university faculty member. Faculty, typically trained within a specific discipline and who are charged with creating new degree programs, are...

Few resources exist for individuals who wish to subscribe to a practical, applied learning approach to higher education administration. To that end, the book's vignettes: 1) reflect the diversity of issues, roles, contexts and situations postsecondary...

Featuring chapters by a diverse group of feminist psychologists and social scientists, Feminist Scholars on the Road to Tenure: The Personal Is Professional provides readers with real-world insights and effective strategies for achieving tenure and...

This research anthology is the third volume in a series sponsored by the Special Interest Group -Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG-REAPA) of the American Educational Research Association and National Association for Asian and...

Presents a discussion of concepts and definitions of interdisciplinarity and collaboration, and introduces a model of Interdisciplinary Collaboration. Examines how the Interdisciplinary Collaboration model and concepts make sense in academic...

A Guidebook for Students in Higher Education who are American, International, or Studying Abroad.A wizard waves his wand, a magician produces a rabbit, a fairy godmother casts her spells; the magic of mentoring comes from connections! Ask a person you...

In this volume, contributors discuss both the theoretical and practical applications of an embodied knowledge perspective, using the field of education as an exemplar. It should be noted that while the theorists whose writings are discussed in these...

For many academics preparing to enter into the world of teaching and scholarly work in higher education institutions, formal graduate education provides discipline specific content. However, there is a practical side of academic preparation that goes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887301242Author Sarah E MontgomeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Information Age PublishingPublisher Information Age PublishingWeight(grams) 218g

Killing the Model Minority Stereotype comprehensively explores the complex permutations of the Asian model minority myth, exposing the ways in which stereotypes of Asian/Americans operate in the service of racism. Chapters include counter-narratives,...

The seven chapters address long-standing concerns from first-hand perspectives regarding women of color faculty in the academy, the marginalization of women of color scholars in the academy and the benefits of mentoring support. Discussion of such are...

With the goal of improving efforts and initiatives to promote college completion, this book offers an engaging, in-depth analysis of the cultural journeys of rural, poor and working-class college students. By examining select student stories through the...

Little research has been conducted to identify aspects of effective social transformation leadership in American college and university leadership. The authors of this book argue that while much less has been done at predominantly White institutions to...

The primary purpose of this book is to invite educators to (re)think what it means to critically conceptualize knowledge about the world. In other words, imagining curriculum in a critical way means decolonizing mainstream knowledge about global...

This book will expand the horizon of higher education, helping students, faculty and administrators to return to their roots and be in touch with their whole being. This book stresses that learning is much more than just accumulating knowledge and skills...

Prairie Power is a superb collection of oral histories from the 1960s focused on former student radicals at the University of Missouri, the University of Kansas, and Southern Illinois University. Robbie Lieberman presents a view of Midwestern New Left...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887308623Author Mila TuliFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Information Age PublishingPublisher Information Age PublishingWeight(grams) 422g

A volume in International Advances in Education: Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice Series Editors: Elinor L. Brown, University of Kentucky, Rhonda Craven, University of Western Sydney, and George McLean, Catholic Universities of America...

There is a void in the literature on how to conduct research in the finance and economics of higher education. Students, professors, and practitioners have no concise document that examines the field, provides history, definitions of terms, sources of...

The authors of this volume collectively demonstrate the importance of critical service-learning in this historic moment as we participate in, and witness ongoing struggles for justice around the world. The contributors of this volume offer guidance to...

This book describes the organizational processes and changes coupled with leadership changes over three distinct eras from 1995-2015. It illustrates the challenges the college faced, and the actions taken to resolve issues and make changes. The...

Historically we have constructed our classrooms with the assumption that learning is a dry, staid affair best conducted in quiet tones and ruled by an unemotional consideration of the facts. The field of education, however, is beginning to awaken to the...

This Handbook provides windows into worldwide research endeavors, including countries not usually widely known in international education studies. The goal of this compendium is to foster the understanding of research and education from different...

Love, Justice, and Education by William H. Schubert brings to life key ideas in the work of John Dewey and their relevance for the world today. He does this by imagining continuation of highly evocative article that Dewey published in the ""New...

This work captures the voices of TFA novices who offer candid accounts of their experiences in Becoming Teach For America Teachers. Previously unanswered questions are addressed: Why do recent college graduates apply to Teach For America? How are they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648026799Author Selma KoocFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Information Age PublishingPublisher Information Age PublishingWeight(grams) 481g

Featuring storytelling as a central theme, this book examines the role of narrative inquiry in social processes of establishing teacher knowledge and identity to provide new insights into the role of storytelling in education’s teaching and learning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952271465Author Michelle D MillerFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint West Virginia University PressPublisher West Virginia University PressWeight(grams)...

How can public university systems leverage their scale to increase intercampus collaboration and better educational outcomes?American public higher education systems include the largest and most impactful colleges and universities in the nation,...

Pressure to share research findings in the form of academic publications has meant that doctoral candidates are encouraged to develop skills that will help them engage with the competitive publication market. Doctoral Study and Getting Published...

CONTENTS: The President' Message, William Veal. The Editor's Notes: Exploring Ways We View the World: Personal, Professional, Relational, Political ..., Barbara Slater Stern. PART I. Musings on the Margins: Curriculum and Teaching in an Age of School...

With a focus on practical, implementable strategies to enhance learning experiences, the extensively updated sixth edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit is an essential guide for those new to teaching in Higher Education, as well as a companion to improve...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887303628Author Sejal Parikh FoxxFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Information Age PublishingPublisher Information Age Publishing

This series provides a scholarly forum for interdisciplinary research on the financing of public, private, and higher education in the United States and abroad. The series is committed to disseminating high quality empirical studies, policy analyses, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487585693Author Charles Bruce SissonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487572273Author Claude BissellFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 431g

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the teaching of an eclectic range of family law topics and the unique opportunities and challenges of teaching family law in different jurisdictions from a varied international perspective.Written by leading...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035341658Author Jim MacNamaraFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Edward Elgar PublishingPublisher Edward Elgar Publishing

A collection of evidence-based insights and intersectional teaching strategies to inspire transformative student learning and interrupt stereotypes about what a professor looks like.Picture a Professor is a collection of evidence-based insights and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798991797467Author Susan M Magras-EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Magras Literary EntertainmentPublisher Magras Literary...