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by Mel Ainscow, Tony Booth, Alan Dyson
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
While many books explore the possibilities for developing inclusive practices in schools, and ‘inclusion’ is widely regarded as a desirable goal, much of the literature on the subject has been narrowly concerned with the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs. This book however, takes...
Addicted to Reform
A 12-Step Program to Rescue Public Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
The prize-winning PBS correspondent's provocative antidote to America’s misguided approaches to K-12 school reform
During an illustrious four-decade career at NPR and PBS, John Merrow—winner of the George Polk Award, the Peabody Award, and the McGraw Prize—reported from every state in...
Secrets from the Operating Room
My Experiences, Observations, and Reflections as a Surgical Salesman
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Every year, one out of every ten people will need to have a surgical procedure. The majority of those needing surgery know nothing about the operating room or surgery. In Secrets from the Operating Room, author Curtis M. Chaudoin provides objective information and strategies to help improve the state...
Cleaning Up
How Hospital Outsourcing Is Hurting Workers and Endangering Patients
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
To cut costs and maximize profits, hospitals in the United States and many other countries are outsourcing such tasks as cleaning and food preparation to private contractors. In Cleaning Up, the first book to examine this transformation in the healthcare industry, Dan Zuberi looks at the consequences...
The Best Medicine
A Physician’s Guide to Effective Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
This volume provides a theoretical framework for visionary leadership as well as specific management techniques to achieve success. The authors focus on maintaining a consistent set of behavioral characteristics for both the leader and the organization as a whole. The text is written in a conversational...
After The Error
Speaking Out About Patient Safety to Save Lives
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Medical errors kill 24,000 Canadians each year, adversely affect hundreds of thousands, and cost close to two billion dollars. Victims of medical errors and their families who speak out often do so at considerable emotional, psychological, and financial expense. But their willingness to share their...
Successful Classroom Management
Real-World, Time-Tested Techniques for the Most Important Skill Set Every Teacher Needs
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Lead, Inspire, and Change Your Students' Lives
Each year, tens of thousands of new teachers head out for their first teaching job, ready to fulfill a lifetime dream. However, most teachers have nothing to prepare them for or support them on one of the most important parts of their job: how...
Locus of Authority
The Evolution of Faculty Roles in the Governance of Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Do higher education institutions have what it takes to reform effectively from within? Locus of Authority argues that every issue facing today's colleges and universities, from stagnant degree completion rates to worrisome cost increases, is exacerbated by a century-old system of governance that desperately...
Higher Education in the Digital Age
Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2015
Two of the most visible and important trends in higher education today are its exploding costs and the rapid expansion of online learning. Could the growth in online courses slow the rising cost of college and help solve the crisis of affordability? In this short and incisive book, William G. Bowen,...
Lesson Plan
An Agenda for Change in American Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
American higher education faces some serious problems—but they are not the ones most people think. In this brief and accessible book, two leading experts show that many so-called crises—from the idea that typical students are drowning in debt to the belief that tuition increases are being driven...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Princeton University, leading educators and commentators participated in a symposium jointly sponsored by Princeton and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Universities and Their Leadership is a collection of original essays from presenters at the Princeton...
The Shaping of American Higher Education
Emergence and Growth of the Contemporary System
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
THE SHAPING OF AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION
SECOND EDITION
When the first edition of The Shaping of American Higher Education was published it was lauded for its historical perspective and in-depth coverage of current events that provided an authoritative, comprehensive account of??the...
The Faculty Lounges
And Other Reasons Why You Won't Get the College Education You Pay For
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Veteran journalist Naomi Shaefer Riley contends that tenure—the jobs-for-life entitlement that comes with a university position—is at the heart of so many problems with higher education today. She explores how tenure—with the job security, mediocre salaries, and low levels of accountability...
Universities in the Marketplace
The Commercialization of Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2009
Is everything in a university for sale if the price is right? In this book, one of America's leading educators cautions that the answer is all too often "yes." Taking the first comprehensive look at the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, Derek Bok probes the efforts...