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This book explores the question of how and to what extent the ongoing neoliberal transformation of higher education exerts influence on the university and academic everyday life in different societies. By listening to, observing, and comparing the...

This book outlines a range of innovative methods to gather student feedback, and explores the complex relation between student engagement, student satisfaction, and student success. Drawing on results from a set of numerous case-studies carried out at a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783836418508Author Ann PegoraroFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 322g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925261516Author Margaret CargillFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint University of Adelaide PressPublisher University of Adelaide PressWeight(grams) 178g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389974638Author S Anitha DeviFormat HardbackPage Count 324Imprint BS PublicationsPublisher BS PublicationsWeight(grams) 771g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912040667Author Jo VaneveryFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Jo Vanevery, Academic Career GuidePublisher Jo Vanevery, Academic Career...

Through innovative analysis of theory and practice, this book offers refreshing critical perspectives on service-learning in higher education. It constructs a theoretical paradigm for service-learning which extends to critical pedagogy, and investigates...

A collection of eight essays by scholars who have published extensively within the disability studies literature, and who have helped build the field to its current state. Includes contributions from Robert Bogdan, Doug Biklen, Susan Schweik, and more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789360133740Author Abhishek GujralFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Abhishek GujralPublisher Abhishek GujralWeight(grams) 200g

This edited collection presents a compilation of personal essays on the role of public higher education in the lives of fourteen social scientists who are graduates of the Graduate Center, the doctoral granting institution at the City University of New...

This book argues for renewed understandings of academic activism, understandings that conceive of the ideas, arguments and scholarship of the academe as embedded within the practices of what the academy does. It examines why and how a renewed notion of...

This volume presents the major outcomes of the third edition of the Future of Higher Education - Bologna Process Researchers Conference (FOHE-BPRC 3) which was held on 27-29 November 2017. It acknowledges the importance of a continued dialogue between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789857016Author Kehdinga George FomunyamFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpen

The book draws on the 2007 Changing Academic Profession international survey in order to document the personal characteristics, career trajectories, sense of identity/commitment and job satisfaction of academics in 14 countries with different levels of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987865507Author Robert YuanFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Winter Island PressPublisher Winter Island PressWeight(grams) 295g

This book aims to provide insight into the complexities confronting higher education today and to highlight tangible opportunities that exist to address such issues. We are in a constant state of flux and higher education needs to respond in more...

Change and Continuity in American Colleges and Universities explores major ideas which have shaped the history and development of higher education in North America and considers how these inform contemporary innovations in the sector. Chapters address...

This book discusses mass higher education development in East Asian countries by means of three main issues: the strategy for higher education development; the way professors and students in the region are experiencing the rapid developments; and the...

Co-published with More first-generation students are attending college than ever before, and policy makers agree that increasing their participation in higher education is a matter of priority. Despite this, there is no agreed definition about the term,...

This book examines twenty-five years of the Australian framework for student equity in higher education, A Fair Chance for All. Divided into two sections, the book reflects on the legacy of equity policy in higher education, the effectiveness of current...

This stimulating collection is the first to take on the issue of form and what it means to the future of scholarly writing. A wide range of distinguished scholars from fields including law, literature, and anthropology shed light on the ways scholars can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889750352Author Mudasir BashirFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 195g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646127931Author Michael SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Math NotionPublisher Math NotionWeight(grams) 503g

This book is about international students from Asia studying at American universities in the age of globalization. It explores significant questions, such as: Why do they want to study in America? How do they make their college choices? To what extent do...

This book examines both the theory and applications of marketing higher education in a global environment. Universities and colleges face new challenges in student recruitment and international competition. This book is designed to offer new insights...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781792406829Author William T. HostonFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789326195553Author Arihant ExpertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Arihant Publications India LimitedPublisher Arihant Publications India Limited

This open access book offers a unique and refreshing view on working with social theory in higher education. Using engaging first-person accounts coupled with critical intellectual analysis, the authors demonstrate how theory is grappled with as part of...

A resource for planning, reimagining, and participating in the digital transformation of graduate study in the humanities How are the humanities adapting to the rise of digital technologies, and what are some of the tried and tested ways that...

In a context in which explicit attention to the curriculum has been sidelined in universities’ strategy, this book makes an argument for why curriculum matters, both in understanding the effects of unbundled online learning and more broadly. It takes up...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735901008Author Courtney NgaiFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Glitter Cannon PressPublisher Glitter Cannon PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839697319Author Michael S. FirstenbergFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpenWeight(grams) 180g

Humorous, accessible, and anecdotal, Good College Writing: A How-To Guide helps students develop the foundational writing skills required to produce effective sentences, paragraphs, and essays in a clear and concise manner. Each chapter of the text...

The aim of this set of books is to combine the best of current academic research into the use of Communities of Practice in education with "hands on" practitioner experience in order to provide teachers and academics with a convenient source of guidance...

This book provides a more overarching, inclusive, appraisal of "human flourishing," especially as it applies to the larger society and higher education. In an increasingly fractured world, it is imperative that both internal (individual) attributes of...

This book tackles the phenomenon of limited learning on campuses by approaching it from the point of view of the author, an educator who writes about the experience of being, simultaneously, a college student and a college professor. The author lays out...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789350123546Author Rph Editorial BoardFormat PaperbackPage Count 578Imprint Ramesh Publishing HousePublisher Ramesh Publishing House

This book provides a framework for investigating faculty development in the Chinese higher education system, and proposes a faculty development model, which is subsequently applied to assess the conceptual, practical and strategic dimensions of Chinese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783746699Author Chris RowellFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Open Book PublishersPublisher Open Book PublishersWeight(grams) 753gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

This is the first book to critically analyze the future of higher education systems in the four BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - and the USA, analyzing academic salaries, contracts and working conditions and how national policy will...