American Heresies and Higher Education, Paperback

Defining the terms of academic capitalism in the new economy, this groundbreaking study offers essential insights into the trajectory of American h...

Reducere. The starting point for the enormous career of the Future Skills concept is the insight that current concepts of higher education do not meet the ur...

This practical guide enables post-secondary education professionals to support transgender applicants, students and staff. Providing an introductio...

Reducere. "Long, thin, and cool as hell" was how parasitologist Thomas Platt described the new genus and species of trematode (Baracktrema obamai) he named i...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Manuela (TU Dortmund University, Germany) Vida-MannlIllustration(s): 3 bw illusNumber of pages: 2...

This book focuses on the impacts of global and transnational trends in higher education policy in Albania and provides a window into the variable i...

This guide through the problem of racial inequity in America's universities includes narratives from Black faculty, as well as practical strategies...

There is no outside of history...California, 2002. Rohan is a freshman at Irvine College, a student in the painful shadow of 9/11. He dreams not of...

Over the last decade the implementation of the Bologna Process, an ambitious reform of European higher education systems, has attracted attention f...

Reducere. Prominent author and cultural critic Wendell Berry is well known for his contributions to agrarianism and environmentalism, but his commentary on e...

Reducere. How do well-meaning people help a community move beyond its past when confronted by those who hold ingrained stereotypes, profit from maintaining t...

DescriptionColleges and universities are among the most cherished--and controversial--institutions in the United States. In this updated edition of...

Explores the experiences of low-income single mothers who pursued higher education while on welfare after the 1996 welfare reforms. This research o...

DescriptionHigher education institutions have experienced a sharp increase in demand for accountability. To meet the growing demand by legislators,...

Examines both theoretical and pragmatic concerns in American higher education. Throughout, particular attention is paid to issues of equity and ade...

DescriptionIntersectionality is a term coined by Kimberl Crenshaw in 1989. A scholar of law, critical race theory, and Black feminist thought, Cren...

Reducere. Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education, designed to be used alongside John R. Thelin's A History of American Higher Educat...

DescriptionHigher education in the UK is in crisis. The idea of the public university is under assault, and both the future of the sector and its r...

Enriching and empowering teaching in universities, with a focus on transformational practice and education for social justice.Editor(s): Digby Warren

Take a broad, balanced look at the present and potential MOOC landscape in higher education. This special volume highlights current trends and issu...

Reducere. College can be a complex time for Latinas, who are traditionally expected to leave home when they get married. In her essay "Only Daughter, " autho...

A textbook for the reflective aspect of teaching in higher education contexts, with this new edition considering points of agency, identity, postco...

The Covid-19 pandemic significantly accelerated higher education's digitalization. This volume analyses the digital transformation, and its potenti...

This Element focuses on English-Medium instruction (EMI), an educational approach that is spreading widely and rapidly in higher education institut...

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Steven J. (Rutgers University-Newark) DinerNumber of pages: 225Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Ethan W. RisNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 27Cover type: Pa...

An essential introduction to critical pedagogy for all those working within higher education, re-examining the concept and exploring its practical ...

Workable evidence-informed strategies and interventions for higher education staff seeking to improve student mental health and well-being.

Reducere. Today's college students have more knowledge available to them than can be absorbed; mastery of a subject area creates siloes where nearly every co...

Higher Education sectors across the world have experienced a gradual process of marketisation. This book offers a new interpretation on why and how...

Publisher: Grove Books LtdAuthor(s): Mike HigtonNumber of pages: 28Collection: Ethics S.Publication date: 2006Dimensions: 149 x 211 x 7Cover type: ...

An essential text for all academics within higher education (HE) who have a personal tutoring role.Publisher: Critical Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Ben...

Provocative and wide-ranging, Global Perspectives on Higher Education considers how the international exchange of ideas, students, and scholars has...

Reducere. Higher Education has stayed the same for centuries. Look inside a classroom. Design-wise it's different. But the modus operandi is the same. Teache...

This book showcases transformative, theory-informed innovations in teaching and learning in higher education. It presents a brand new, unique persp...

DescriptionOver the past decade, a wave of Chinese international undergraduate students--mostly self-funded--has swept across American higher educa...

This A-Z guide is an essential resource to support those teaching in HE today to enhance their practice.

How to rebuild higher education from the ground up for the twenty-first century.Higher education is in crisis. It is too expensive, ineffective, an...

Reducere. In 1983, U.S. News and World Report started to rank colleges and universities, throwing them into competition with each other for students and prec...

A key organizing tool for casualized university faculty from longtime movement activistsPublisher: Pluto PressAuthor(s): Helena WorthenIllustration...

Who are universities for? argues for a large-scale shake up of how we organise higher education. It includes radical proposals for reform of the cu...

How can universities ensure that they are preparing their students for today's competitive job market? This text tackles argues the case for more s...

Moral Problems in Higher Education brings together key essays that explore ethical issues in academia. The editor and contributors - all noted phil...

Just as the pandemic will change American higher education, the choices we make now will change what college looks like for generations to come.Pub...

Gathers a range of first-person narratives from women of colour and examines the challenges they face not only at a systemic level, but also at a d...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Ethan W. RisNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 284 x 172 x 30Cover type: Ha...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This book addresses contemporary philosophical issues in higher education and how we can create socially just pedagogies and a socially just univer...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Robert UbellIllustration(s): 6 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of ...