Higher Education category: 3664 books
Big Man on Campus
A University President Speaks Out on Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
An eye-opening and at times controversial insider's look at the current state of higher education in America, from one of the nation's most distinguished and down-to-earth university presidents.
At a time when daily news headlines scream of competitive college enrollments, skyrocketing tuition,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
This book presents the latest advances on the incorporation of sustainability in higher education. Different aspects such as the environmental, economic and social are here discussed. Several examples illustrating how sustainability in higher education is being pursued in different countries can be...
A Guide to Leadership and Management in Higher Education
Managing Across the Generations
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
A Guide to Leadership and Management in Higher Education shares an innovative approach to supervision, leadership, and management in the higher education workplace. Drawing from humanism and positive psychology, Fitch and Van Brunt weave together a compelling narrative for managing employees across...
A Larger Sense of Purpose
Higher Education and Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Universities were once largely insular institutions whose purview extended no further than the campus gates. Not anymore. Today's universities have evolved into multifaceted organizations with complex connections to government, business, and the community. This thought-provoking book by Harold Shapiro,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Higher education is increasingly important to the labor market success of individuals and the prosperity of nations, yet, as this book shows, public funding for higher education is declining. It presents innovative approaches to increasing funding for universities through closer ties with business and through privatization of universities.
by Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
While higher education is still far from universal in the United States, it plays an increasingly large role in shaping our collective understanding of what knowledge counts as legitimate and important. Therefore, understanding the college curriculum and how it is changed and shaped helps us to understand...
by DeAnna M. Laverick
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
This book portrays the various ways in which mentoring occurs in higher education. Targeting the stakeholders who benefit from mentoring, namely faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and their professional colleagues, this book supports those who are involved in the mentoring process. It synthesizes...
Survival of the Fittest
The Shifting Contours of Higher Education in China and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
This book will examine how universities in China and the US are responding to markets and increasing global competition. For both countries, a university education is seen as key to economic development. While China and the US have two very different political systems, they represent the two largest...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
The dominant global discourse in higher education now focuses on �world-class� universities � inevitably located predominantly in North America, Europe and, increasingly, East Asia. The rest of the world, including Africa, is left to play �catch-up�. But that discourse should focus rather on...
Declining by Degrees
Higher Education at Risk
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
What is actually happening on college campuses in the years between admission and graduation?
Not enough to keep America competitive, and not enough to provide our citizens with fulfilling lives.
When A Nation at Risk called attention to the problems of our public schools in 1983, that...
by Michael Wright
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Universities and Colleges with a Christian affiliation have in recent years sought to renew and redefine their identities and almost all have rearticulated their mission for the modern age after a long and serious process of reappraisal. This process has been accompanied by an ongoing discussion of the...
Inside the College Gates
How Class and Culture Matter in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
To date, scholars in higher education have examined the ways in which students' experiences in the classroom and the human capital they attain impact social class inequalities. In this book, Jenny Stuber argues that the experiential core of college life-the social and extra-curricular worlds of higher...
The New Digital Shoreline
How Web 2.0 and Millennials Are Revolutionizing Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
Two seismic forces beyond our control – the advent of Web 2.0 and the inexorable influx of tech-savvy Millennials on campus – are shaping what Roger McHaney calls “The New Digital Shoreline” of higher education. Failure to chart its contours, and adapt, poses a major threat to higher education...
The American-Style University at Large
Transplants, Outposts, and the Globalization of Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
The focus of research on the globalization of higher education has historically been on universities within the United States. More recently, the focus has shifted to the international scene, yet there remain few published works to document this phenomenon.
The American-Style University at Large:...