Good University: WHAT UNIVERSITIES ACTHB: What Universities Actually Do and Why Its Time for Radical Change, Hardcover - Raewyn Connell

DescriptionIn the fall of 2018, 19.9 million US students will attend college. Over the next decade, the US Department of Education expects that num...

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Universities play an indispensable role within modern democracies. But this role is often overlooked or too narrowly conceived, even by universitie...

Contributor(s): Author: Robert J. SternbergIn What Universities Can Be, the high-profile educator Robert J. Sternberg writes thoughtfully about the...

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For all the love and attention we give dogs, much of what they do remains mysterious. Just think about different behaviors you see at a dog park: W...

Reducere. From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change. Yet gre...

DescriptionWe are dizzy trying to keep up with the constant flood of newness across every aspect of our lives. And it's clear that some of our bigg...

DescriptionThe totalising effect of consumerism, well-being and satisfaction is a discourse which may negate the value of struggle and mastery of c...

PROSEIn The Great Brain Race, former U.S. News & World Report education editor Ben Wildavsky presents the first popular account of how internationa...

An exploration of the psychological effects - the pleasures, benefits and disbenefits - of computer games.

DescriptionHow can we re-envision the university? Too many examples of what passes for educational innovation today--MOOCs especially--focus on tra...

Reducere. A vivid, eye-opening view of why birds behave the way they do Birds are intelligent, sociable creatures that exhibit a wide array of behaviors--fro...

Reducere. This is a self-help book inviting the reader to examine their own life and how personal and social myths impact and limit their choices. By underst...

For all the love and attention we give dogs, much of what they do remains mysterious. Just think about different behaviors you see at a dog park: W...

DescriptionThe question of what living is for--of what one should care about and why--is the most important question a person can ask. Yet under th...

Reducere. The moment is right for critical reflection on what has been assumed to be a core part of schooling. In Ungrading, fifteen educators write about th...

Blending memoir, self-help and science, and offering practical help, Tim Clare asks us to rethink anxietyPublisher: Canongate Books LtdAuthor(s): T...

Reducere. Grandmas can do lots of things, like teach you how to dance, show you some magic tricks, and play games with you. But what do they do best? The ans...

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author Bob Goff, the creator of the popular Dream Big conferences, a wildly inspiring yet utterly practical bluepri...

DescriptionFrom the bestselling author of The Radical Leap and Greater Than Yourself comes the first book to directly address love as a hard-core b...

Best-selling author Melissa Caughey knows that backyard chickens are like any favorite pet -- fun to spend time with and fascinating to observe. He...

Reducere. Why too much work and too little time is hurting workers and companies--and how a proven workplace redesign can benefit employees and the bottom li...

Based on the authors' multiyear, multisite surveys, Cheating in College quantifies and analyzes student cheating to demonstrate why academic integr...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Regi CampbellWhat Radical Husbands Do is a book written by a man for men. It gives people things to DO not to BE. No 'psych...

DescriptionHispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)--not-for-profit, degree-granting colleges and universities that enroll at least 25% or more Latinx ...

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...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Allison JeglaIllustration(s): 4 b/w illus. 5 tables.Number of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimen...

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