University Education, Hardcover

In 1998, soon after assuming the presidency of Tulane University, Scott Cowen was confronted with a setback. Despite an undefeated football season ...

Too many universities remain wedded to outmoded ways of teaching science in spite of extensive research showing that there are much more effective ...

American higher education is under attack today as never before. A growing right-wing narrative portrays academia as corrupt, irrelevant, costly, a...

How do the benefits of higher education compare with its costs, and how does this comparison vary across individuals and institutions? These questi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Charles DornAre colleges and universities in a period of unprecedented disruption? Is a bachelor's degree still worth the i...

DescriptionDuring times of rapid social and religious change, leadership rooted in tradition and committed to the future is the foundation upon whi...

Reducere. Texas Southern University is often said to have been "conceived in sin." Located in Houston, the school was established in 1947 as an "emergency" s...

After the first Euro-American settlers arrived in Seattle in the 1850s, the surrounding old-growth forests were rapidly harvested for lumber, causi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Manufactured by: Cambridge University PressDeveloped by the University of Cambridge School Classics Project, this bestselling Latin...

Contributor(s): Author: Vincent TintoEven as the number of students attending college has more than doubled in the past forty years, it is still th...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat happens when your gender doesn't fit neatly into the categories of male or female? Even mundane interactions like filling out a for...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sigal R. Ben-PorathFrom the University of California, Berkeley, to Middlebury College, institutions of higher learning incr...

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

In tracing the origins of the modern human-rights movement, historians typically point to two periods: the 1940s, in which decade the Universal Dec...

International perspectives about literacy and deaf students is an uncharted intellectual landscape. Much of the literacy research in deaf education...

Reducere. The Education of Little Tree tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and half-Cherokee grandfather in the Ap...

Reducere. DescriptionGerald Vizenor's Native Provenance challenges readers to consider the subtle ironies at the heart of Native American culture and oral tr...

DescriptionAs anyone who has read Chaucer's Canterbury Tales knows, Middle English literature is rife with sexually explicit language and situation...

The MMPI-2 is the most widely used personality test in the U.S. and around the world. It is employed in mental health settings, medical centers, an...

DescriptionNow in its third edition, Health and Physical Education: Preparing Educators for the Future continues to provide a comprehensive overvie...

Reducere. American public universities were founded in a civic tradition that differentiated them from their European predecessors--steering away from the pu...

The NRSV is widely used in academic circles as well as churches. It takes full advantage of recent scholarship and employs gender-inclusive languag...

A quiet revolution is sweeping across US colleges and universities as schools rethink how students learn both inside and outside the classroom. Tec...

Reducere. A conservative college professor's compelling defense of liberal education Not so long ago, conservative intellectuals such as William F. Buckley J...

A lively and engaging guide to vital habits of mind that can help you think more deeply, write more effectively, and learn more joyfullyHow to Thin...

In An Education in Judgment, philosopher D. N. Rodowick makes the definitive case for a philosophical humanistic education aimed at the cultivation...

DescriptionExploring language, culture and education among immigrants in the United States, this volume discusses the range of experiences in raisi...

DescriptionTrans Kids is a trenchant ethnographic and interview-based study of the first generation of families affirming and facilitating gender n...

What single factor makes for an excellent college education? As it turns out, it's pretty simple: human relationships. Decades of research demonstr...

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...

For too many students, today's PhD is a bridge to nowhere. Imagine an entering cohort of eight doctoral students. By current statistics, four of th...

Reducere. An inspiring account of teachers in ordinary circumstances doing extraordinary things, showing us how to transform educationWhat School Could Be of...

DescriptionIn Trans Exploits Jian Neo Chen explores the cultural practices created by trans and gender nonconforming artists and activists of color...

DescriptionHigher education is broken, and we haven't been able to fix it. Even in the face of great and growing dysfunction, it seems resistant to...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education addresses key issues and challenges faced by teacher education students and assists them to underst...

Children have posed a longstanding dilemma for liberalism. The authority of adults over children has always been difficult to square with liberalis...

DescriptionThe Dakota Sioux Experience at Flandreau and Pipestone Indian Schools illuminates the relationship between the Dakota Sioux community an...

John Dewey was America's greatest public philosopher. A prolific and influential writer for both scholarly and general audiences, he stands out for...

Reducere. There is a constant drumbeat of commentary claiming that STEM subjects--science, technology, engineering, and math--are far more valuable in today'...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Amanda E. LewisAuthor: John B. DiamondOn the surface, Riverview High School looks like the post-racial ideal. Serving an en...

DescriptionAn expertly written Spanish B course now updated for first examination 2020, providing students with thought-provoking materials to help...

The continuing importance of data analytics is not lost on higher education leaders, who face a multitude of challenges, including increasing opera...

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

Reducere. An up-close look at the education arms race of after-school learning, academic competitions, and the perceived failure of even our best schools to ...

DescriptionHow Latinx kids and their undocumented parents struggle in the informal street food economy Street food markets have become wildly popul...

Reducere. As a child growing up in rural Oklahoma, Donald Fixico often heard "hvmakimata"--"that's what they used to say"--a phrase Mvskoke Creeks and Semino...

Equipping teachers and learners to succeed in Global Politics from day 1, this student Course Book has been developed directly with the IB. Helping...

Reducere. Open inquiry and engagement with a diverse range of views are long-cherished and central tenets of higher education and are pivotal to innovation a...

Reducere. A critical edition of the book that paved the way for the democratization of American higher education If you have ever attended a town meeting or ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: North American Cambridge Classics ProjecThe North American Cambridge Latin Course is a well-established four-part Latin pro...

DescriptionUnfair Labor? is the first book to explore the economic impact of Native Americans who participated in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposi...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Life of the Indigenous Mind David Mart nez examines the early activism, life, and writings of Vine Deloria Jr. (1933-2005), the most ...

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

Reducere. DescriptionThe land-grant ideal at the foundation of many institutions of higher learning promotes the sharing of higher education, science, and te...