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This book unravels the origins, continuities, and discontinuities of Finnish higher education as part of European higher education from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It describes the emergence of universities in the Middle Ages and the Finnish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781792404092Author Deborah BlenkhornFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S...

This book examines transnational scapes and flows of higher education: arguing that the educational and political vision of a national, regional and global knowledge society needs to be perspectivized beyond its ethnocentric conditions and meanings...

Talking about Leaving Revisited discusses findings from a five-year study that explores the extent, nature, and contributory causes of field-switching both from and among "STEM" majors, and what enables persistence to graduation. The book...

This book is an in-depth study which examines the lives of fifty ambitious Latino/a high school seniors in the San Francisco East Bay Area, following their entrance into college and career pathways over several years. This book examines the social forces...

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With some of the most prestigious universities in America urging students to defer admissions so they can experience the world, the idea of the gap year has taken hold in America. Since its development in Britain nearly fifty years ago, taking time off...

Although difficult, change in academic structures is necessary today, especially in fast-changing fields today such as biology, computing, management, the social sciences, and others. This includes changes within existing organizations as well as...

This book highlights the importance of English academic vocabulary for success at university and explores written tasks as effective pedagogical tools to promote the acquisition of academic words. The book reviews germane and recent SLA,...

This volume brings together significant international research in technology education by focusing on contemporary postgraduate research, elaborating on the findings with the aim of making the content relevant to researchers, teachers and other potential...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789781564123Author Eugene O. IheomaFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Fourth Dimension Publishing Co Ltd ,NigeriaPublisher Fourth Dimension Publishing Co...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781991201188Author Tennyson MgutshiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Sun PressPublisher Sun PressWeight(grams) 170g

The mathematics curriculum - what mathematics is taught, to whom it is taught, and when it is taught - is the bedrock to understanding what mathematics students can, could, and should learn. Today's digital technology influences the mathematics...

This volume addresses the conceptions of actors and actorhood in higher education research. It explores the range of actors that are (or should be) recognized and theorized in higher education research, the processes that shape actorhood in the higher...

When Andrew Cuomo was forced to resign as governor of New York in August 2021, a commentator on CNN remarked that he had "not gotten his own memo" on sexual harassment that he had signed into law two years earlier. Misogyny in English Departments...

Looking across national contexts and drawing on ethnographic studies of schools in the UK and Australia, the book explores the implications of the contemporary education policy context and processes and practices inside schools for students as learners...

The Brother Code: What is the role of manhood and masculinity in the lives of African American males in college? How do manhood norms influence decisions within and beyond college? How might mothers and fathers differentially affect manhood and...

This book examines the globalization trends in higher education from an international political science perspective, using Nye's theory of soft power to explore the rationale behind it. It focuses on conceptualizing the Soft Power Conversion Model of...

This textbook/journal was created for students who are participating in short-term study abroad programs. Not all students are able to go abroad for a full semester, but they can still experience the thrill of exploring a new culture. This guide will...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506219929Author Andrew S RosenFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Kaplan PublishingPublisher Kaplan PublishingWeight(grams) 291g

Higher education and innovation policies are today seen as central elements in national economic competitiveness, increasingly measured by global rankings. The book analyses the evolution of indicator-based global knowledge governance, where various...

International students are often engaged not just in education, but in high stakes towards gaining permanent migration status. This book unpacks the consequences of this education-migration nexus, analyzing migration policies and providing a vivid...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889753445Author MS SFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 503g

This book examines the dominant discourses in higher education. From the moment academics enter higher education, they are met with binaries such as teaching vs. research, quantitative vs. qualitative research, and constructivists vs. positivists. When...

Community colleges serve as the open door to higher education for marginalized, place bound, and/or financially challenged students and communities. One of the key ways marginalization occurs in diverse geographies is through access limitations: access...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781349038305Author International Association of UniversitiesFormat PaperbackPage Count 610Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave...

This book investigates and discusses the phenomenon of internationalization of education policy and its consequences for national policymaking processes. By comparing educational outcomes and actors' reactions in different countries, it provides detailed...

This textbook is designed for non-native English speakers who need to write scientific and engineering research articles, technical reports, engineering thesis, academic books, and other technical documents in English. The author focuses on formal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789811516429Author Jian LiFormat PaperbackPage Count 155Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 155g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781490737010Author Ed D Christopher a Ulloa ChavesFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Trafford PublishingPublisher Trafford PublishingWeight(grams) 399g

This book presents a series of cultural situations that could occur within the first one-hundred days of a school year: responding to entrenched vocabularies and behaviors, addressing professional and instructional bad habits, enacting alternative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648024078Author Brian L FosterFormat HardbackPage Count 286Imprint Information Age PublishingPublisher Information Age PublishingWeight(grams) 156g

The fast-changing evolutionary process of global Higher Education systems systematically poses new challenges related to the appearance of innovative elements that lead academic governing bodies to question current managerial structures and methods. Due...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646127887Author Michael SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Math NotionPublisher Math NotionWeight(grams) 572g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781877398360Author Kay Morris MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) PressPublisher New Zealand...

As authors, we are convinced that the time has finally arrived in academe for an extensive, experience-based, firsthand, seamless examination of what we are calling crossover pedagogy. There is no book-length examination of facultystudent affairs...

This book considers the ethical basis of fundamental university policies with special emphasis on how issues of community and diversity influence education. The authors raise four central questions in this volume:> What should the aims of universities...

Effective use of technology in areas that include admissions, record keeping, billing, compliance, athletic administration, and more hold untold potential to transform higher education by introducing significant efficiencies and dramatic cost reductions...

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 respect, "How did you get to where you are today?" Chances are there were important...

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...