Stylus Publishing imprint: 272 books

Why Aren't We There Yet?

Taking Personal Responsibility for Creating an Inclusive Campus

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Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012

While our campuses have evolved from being exclusionary and intolerant, and publicly espouse the objectives of being welcoming, accepting, affirming, and engaging, the data on admissions, retention, and graduation clearly indicate that these goals have not been achieved.The contributors to this book...

Understanding the Latinx Experience

Developmental and Contextual Influences

by Vasti Torres, Ebelia Hernández, Sylvia Martinez
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019

The Latino presence continues to grow in traditional population enclaves and has tripled in areas that are not traditionally associated with this pan-ethnic group. The dramatic growth of this population in the U.S. requires a considerably deeper understanding of individuals that share this...

Jump-Start Your Online Classroom

Mastering Five Challenges in Five Days

by David S. Stein, Constance E. Wanstreet
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017

Every year, more online or technology-enhanced learning experiences are added to the landscape of education, and the number of students taking online courses on residential campuses continues to grow. In addition, new instructional tools are creating environments that are mobile, interactive, and collaborative....

High-Impact Practices in Online Education

Research and Best Practices

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Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018

This volume offers the first comprehensive guide to how high-impact practices (HIPs) are being implemented in online environments and how they can be adjusted to meet the needs of online learners. This multi-disciplinary approach will assist faculty and administrators to effectively implement HIPs...

Managing Your Professional Identity Online

A Guide for Faculty, Staff, and Administrators

by Kathryn E. Linder
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018

In higher education, professional online identities have become increasingly important. A rightly worded tweet can cause an academic blog post to go viral. A wrongly worded tweet can get a professor fired. Regular news items in The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed provide evidence...

The Business of Innovating Online

Practical Tips and Advice From Industry Leaders

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Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2019

The Business of Innovating Online responds to a critical need for concrete narratives of innovation success that can serve as a foundation for administrators and leaders who are in need of practical guidance as they scale and grow their online learning organizations. Through specific examples...

The Nigger in You

Challenging Dysfunctional Language, Engaging Leadership Moments

by J. W. Wiley
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013

Embrace Leadership to Combat All Forms of Prejudice“Is there a ‘nigger’ in you?” If you have attempted to avoid and/or escape oppression, been made to feel as if you are a problem, been treated as “lesser than” or even like a criminal, all just because you are different in a given context,...

Specifications Grading

Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time

by Linda Nilson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015

Linda Nilson puts forward an innovative but practical and tested approach to grading--the specifications grading paradigm—which restructures assessments to streamline the grading process and greatly reduce grading time, empower students to choose the level of attainment they want to achieve, reduce...

Culture and Online Learning

Global Perspectives and Research

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Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015

Culture plays an overarching role that impacts investment, planning, design, development, delivery, and the learning outcomes of online education. This groundbreaking book remedies a dearth of empirical research on how digital cultures and teaching and learning cultures intersect, and offers grounded...

A Concise Guide to Improving Student Learning

Six Evidence-Based Principles and How to Apply Them

by Diane Cummings Persellin, Mary Blythe Daniels
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015

This concise guidebook is intended for faculty who are interested in engaging their students and developing deep and lasting learning, but do not have the time to immerse themselves in the scholarship of teaching and learning.Acknowledging the growing body of peer-reviewed literature on practices that...

Team-Based Learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Group Work that Works to Generate Critical Thinking and Engagement

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Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012

Team-Based Learning (TBL) is a unique, powerful, and proven form of small-group learning that is being increasingly adopted in higher education. Teachers who use TBL report high levels of engagement, critical thinking, and retention among their students. TBL has been used successfully in both small and...

Contingent Academic Labor

Evaluating Conditions to Improve Student Outcomes

by Daniel B. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017

Contingent Academic Labor is a concise guide that offers higher education professionals a way to measure the degree of equality taking place in work environments for non-tenure track faculty across institutional settings. It frames the relevant issues and examines the nationwide situation facing contingent...

Modeling Mentoring Across Race/Ethnicity and Gender

Practices to Cultivate the Next Generation of Diverse Faculty

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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015

“If you are a graduate student, faculty member, college or university administrator, or an aspiring academic, this book will speak to you! Mentoring Across Race/Ethnicity and Gender is insightful and informative and can help us to experience mentoring relationships in deeper and impactful ways to bridge...

Beyond the Asterisk

Understanding Native Students in Higher Education

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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

“Within this important and long overdue addition to the literature, higher education faculty and administrators have important new resources for helping shift the landscape of Native American college student experiences toward success. The importance of this particular new text cannot be understated....
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