Higher Education category: 3664 books
Higher Education in the Gulf States
Shaping Economies, Politi and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Nowhere in the world is university education expanding as rapidly as in the six-member state of the Gulf Cooperation Council. In two generations the region has gone from having the Middle East's least educated population to boasting a younger generation whose educational achievements are approaching...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
The use of race-based affirmative action in higher education has given rise to hundreds of books and law review articles, numerous court decisions, and several state initiatives to ban the practice. However, surprisingly little has been said, written or done to challenge a larger, longstanding "affirmative...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2004
Written to meet the need of teachers, lecturers and tutors at all stages in their career, this is the authoritative handbook for anyone wanting to and understanding the key issues, best practices and new developments in the world of engineering education and training.
The book is divided into sections...
The University We Need
Reforming American Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Though many people know that American universities now offer an inadequate and incoherent education from a leftist viewpoint that excludes moderate and conservative ideas, few people understand how much this matters, how it happened, how bad it is, or what can be done about it. In The University We...
by Mark William Roche
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
In a world where the value of a liberal arts education is no longer taken for granted, Mark William Roche lucidly and passionately argues for its essential importance. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience in higher education as a student, faculty member, and administrator, Roche deftly...
by Dolores A. Mize Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
The grown-up's guide to higher education. Adults make up 41% of students on campus today, but the truth is many enter college feeling lost, uncomfortable, and "too old" in the traditional class structure. This book provides information that is unique to the adult learning experience, including...
Re-visioning Community Colleges
Positioning for Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Re-visioning Community Collegestraces the development and generational evolution of community colleges, explores the past success and future capacity of community colleges as disruptive innovators, and analyzes this sector’s unique advantages and vulnerabilities. Ultimately, Sydow and Aflred presents...
by Michael Bérubé
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2007
"A sensitive, sensible, and compelling account of American education at its best."—Philadelphia Inquirer
Described as one of the "101 Most Dangerous Academics in America" by right-wing critic David Horowitz, Michael Bérubé has become a leading liberal voice in the ongoing...
American Universities Abroad
The Leadership of Independent Transnational Higher Education Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Across the globe, American-style and liberal arts universities are being established. From the first, the American University of Beirut, established in 1866, to the liberal arts institutions being established in Saudi Arabia, Ghana, and elsewhere in the twenty-first century, there is a clear sense...
Learning in Landscapes of Practice
Boundaries, identity, and knowledgeability in practice-based learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
If the body of knowledge of a profession is a living landscape of practice, then our personal experience of learning can be thought of as a journey through this landscape. Within Learning in Landscapes of Practice, this metaphor is further developed in order to start an important conversation about...
Ivy and Industry
Business and the Making of the American University, 1880–1980
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2004
Emphasizing how profoundly the American research university has been shaped by business and the humanities alike, Ivy and Industry is a vital contribution to debates about the corporatization of higher education in the United States. Christopher Newfield traces major trends in the intellectual and...
Contemplative Practices in Higher Education
Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Contemplative pedagogy is a way for instructors to:
empower students to integrate their own experience into the theoretical material they are being taught in order to deepen their understanding;
help students to develop sophisticated problem-solving skills;
support students’ sense of connection...
Case Studies for the New Professor
Surviving the Jungle of the Academy
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
For many academics preparing to enter into the world of teaching and scholarly work in higher education institutions, formal graduate education provides discipline specific content. However, there is a practical side of academic preparation that goes unaddressed. The overall objective of Case Studies...
by Daniel F. Chambliss
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Constrained by shrinking budgets, can colleges do more to improve the quality of education? And can students get more out of college without paying higher tuition? Daniel Chambliss and Christopher Takacs conclude that limited resources need not diminish the undergraduate experience. How College Works...