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Higher Education Learning Outcomes Assessment
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
This book provides higher education teachers, leaders and policymakers with insights from research on assessing students’ learning outcomes. The book is founded in research, shaped by policy, and designed to be of enduring relevance to practice. Framed by a cycle of continuous quality improvement,...
Austerity Blues
Fighting for the Soul of Public Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Public higher education in the postwar era was a key economic and social driver in American life, making college available to millions of working men and women. Since the 1980s, however, government austerity policies and politics have severely reduced public investment in higher education, exacerbating...
The Kindness of Strangers
Philanthropy and Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2005
In The Kindness of Strangers, Deni Elliott examines ethically questionable situations that have arisen in response to institutional dependency on external benefactors. Major concerns analyzed include: The increased professionalism of fundraising and of donating, an increased willingness of institutions...
Creating a Positive School Culture
How Principals and Teachers Can Solve Problems Together
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2004
Based on more than 200 interviews, this practical guidebook provides strategies for solving staff problems, preventing conflicts, and enriching school climates.
Creating Instructional Capacity
A Framework for Creating Academic Press
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Great leaders build stronger foundations using Academic Press
School leaders who learn how to apply academic press within a supportive culture will build successful teams to meet today’s standards. This book unpacks essential elements of building instructional capacity or Academic Press...
by Ellie Lowder
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Whether employers are self-administering their 403(b) plans, or are using a Third Party Administrator (TPA), the in depth information in this book will provide a guide to the regulations, and the tools needed to correctly operate the plan. Busy School Business Officials can use this guide with payroll...
Fighting Academic Repression and Neoliberal Education
Resistance, Reclaiming, Organizing, and Black Lives Matter in Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Fighting Academic Repression and Neoliberal Education is a cutting-edge investigation of the alarming state of education today. This practical how-to handbook gives readers tactics and strategies to organize and challenge forces that threaten liberatory critical education. Drawn from scholars and...
by Chris Pengilly
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
In the second edition of this manual I have retained the basic information about the special requirements of running a medical office. I have added a good deal of practical information about making the most of the electronic medical record. I have gone into detail, with step-by-step guides, on how...
by Lionel Alvarez
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
If you live in a developing country with few opportunities for advancement, it is natural to develop a strong desire to move to a new country with more opportunities in order to make your life and those of your family members better. What's more, it is your right to act on this desire so that you...
The Pragmatist
Bill de Blasio's Quest to Save the Soul of New York
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
When Michael Bloomberg handed over the city to Bill de Blasio, New York and the country were experiencing record levels of income inequality. De Blasio was the first progressive elected to City Hall in twenty years. Invoking Fiorello La Guardia's name, he pledged to improve the lives of those marginalized...
Sex and God at Yale
Porn, Political Correctness, and a Good Education Gone Bad
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
To glimpse America's future, one needs to look no further than its college campuses. Of those institutions, none holds more clout than Yale University, the hallowed "cradle of presidents." In Sex and God at Yale, recent graduate Nathan Harden undresses perversity among the Ivy and ideology...
by Andrew Josey
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Note: This book is available in several languages: Brazilian Portuguese, English, Spanish, French.This is the official Open Group Pocket Guide for TOGAF Version 9.1 and is published in hard copy and electronic format by Van Haren Publishing on behalf of The Open Group. TOGAF®, an Open Group Standard,...
Berufsfelddidaktik der höheren Berufsbildung
Ein generischer Ansatz zur Entwicklung spezifischer Berufsfelddidaktiken
Language: German
Release Date: November 4, 2013
Die höhere Berufsbildung in der Schweiz zeichnet sich durch eine praxisorientierte Lehre aus. Seit der Einführung neuer Rahmenlehrpläne orientiert sich das berufliche
Lernen verstärkt an Arbeitsprozessen und Kompetenzen. Ein Bildungsgang an höheren Fachschulen soll folglich zur Entwicklung beruflicher...
Governor General and the Prime Ministers, The
The Making and Unmaking of Governments
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Since Canada may be faced with a period of minority governments, it has become increasingly important to understand the role of the Head-of-State, the Governor General, in facing the challenge of dysfunctionality. Edward McWhinney clearly lays out the present powers and responsibilities of the office,...