Stylus Publishing: 272 books
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Multidisciplinary Perspectives Through Service Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
This concluding volume in the series presents the work of faculty who have been moved to make sustainability the focus of their work, and to use service learning as one method of teaching sustainability to their students. The opening section of this book offers models for opening students to the awareness...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
"[This] is simply the type of book you sit down and read the whole book enjoying each chapter and then get up. What is especially nice about this book is that it balances the humdrum of academic discipline with practical experience describing how to teach sustainability in a realistic manner to individuals...
Are You Smart Enough?
How Colleges' Obsession with Smartness Shortchanges Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
This book explores the many ways in which the obsession with “being smart” distorts the life of a typical college or university, and how this obsession leads to a higher education that shortchanges the majority of students, and by extension, our society’s need for an educated population. The author...
The Art of Effective Facilitation
Reflections From Social Justice Educators
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
How can I apply learning and social justice theory to become a better facilitator?Should I prepare differently for workshops around specific identities?How do I effectively respond when things aren’t going as planned?This book is intended for the increasing number of faculty and student affairs administrators...
Research on Student Civic Outcomes in Service Learning
Conceptual Frameworks and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
At this time of a renewed call for colleges and universities to create campus cultures that support and develop students’ understanding and commitment to civic participation, what is known about the design of service learning courses and their effectiveness to achieve this goal? This volume presents...
Becoming World Wise
A Guide to Global Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
“Richard Slimbach has skillfully taken on a gargantuan task in writing a comprehensive guide to global learning. His broad reach to students, volunteers and other global travelers is held together by a search for the common good defined as ‘the healing of a broken world.’ The resulting pedagogy...
Building Cultural Competence
Innovative Activities and Models
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
BESTSELLER“A new book of training activities is always welcome, but this volume offers something more: a thoughtful, careful analysis of how to design and execute relevant cultural training. You get the toolkit, in short, as well as guidance from some of the master builders.”? Craig Sorti, author,...
Facilitating Seven Ways of Learning
A Resource for More Purposeful, Effective, and Enjoyable College Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
“As faculty, we expect students to learn a wide variety of concepts, processes, and applications. This book not only explains that research, but also gives concrete examples and a solid rationale for each learning approach. This is the perfect book for groups and reading circles of experienced teachers....
Fostering Habits of Mind in Today's Students
A New Approach to Developmental Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Students need more than just academic skills for success in college and career, and the lack of an explicit instructional focus on the “soft skills” critical to postsecondary success poses a challenge for many students who enter college, especially the underprepared. Based upon a multi-campus, cross-disciplinary...
Leading Academic Change
Vision, Strategy, Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Written by a sitting college president who has presided over transformative change at a state university, this book takes on the big questions and issues of change and change management, what needs to be done and how to do it. Writing in a highly accessible style, the author recommends changes for...
Leadership Theory and the Community College
Applying Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
This book presents leaders and aspiring leaders in community colleges with a theoretical and practical framework for analyzing their leadership styles, and determining the dimensions of leadership they need to improve in order to strengthen their capacity to resolve complex issues and effectively...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
In addressing the unique issues related to the delivery of student services in the community college setting, this book fills a longstanding need to provide practitioners with a contextual framework for their work. Starting by providing the historical context to the development of student affairs in...
Preparing Your Campus for Veterans' Success
An Integrated Approach to Facilitating The Transition and Persistence of Our Military Students
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
“This book is a must read for all educators, counselors, higher education administrators, and community leaders. It is a playbook for solutions that will enable our veterans to achieve their capacity for greatness and empower them towards graduation. It teaches us the ways that education leaders can...
Successful STEM Mentoring Initiatives for Underrepresented Students
A Research-Based Guide for Faculty and Administrators
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Successful STEM Mentoring Initiatives for Underrepresented College Students is a step-by-step, research-based guide for higher education faculty and administrators who are charged with designing mentoring programs to recruit and retain students from underrepresented groups. Written by an acknowledged...