Higher Education category: 3664 books
Ethnicity in College
Advancing Theory and Improving Diversity Practices on Campus
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
This book explores the importance, and construction, of ethnic identity among college students, and how ethnicity interfaces with students’ interactions on campus, and the communities in which they live.
Based on qualitative interviews with White, Latina/o, African American and Asian students,...
International Encounters
Higher Education and the International Student Experience
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
This book examines the diversity of international student experiences in the top four destination countries in the English-speaking world (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada). Bringing together scholars from the fields of education, sociology, communications, linguistics, international...
A Day in the Life of a Student Affairs Educator
Competencies and Case Studies for Early-Career Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
This book constitutes a collection of case studies that explore issues faced by new professionals in student affairs, with the scenarios designed to develop ACPA/NASPA Professional Competencies. These cases provide opportunities to create meaningful learning experiences for courses, training programs,...
Undisciplining Knowledge
Interdisciplinarity in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Interdisciplinarity—or the interrelationships among distinct fields, disciplines, or branches of knowledge in pursuit of new answers to pressing problems—is one of the most contested topics in higher education today. Some see it as a way to break down the silos of academic departments and foster...
Academia Obscura
The Hidden Silly Side of Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Academia Obscura has 129k Twitter followers.
The hardback edition (2017) sold over 5,000 copies.
This is a perfect gift book for anyone currently in higher education... or who has ever liked a cat video on the internet. for fans of the QI Book of General **Ignorance, Schott’s Original Miscellany, The Book of Lists, Randall Munroe.
The Capitalist University
The Transformations of Higher Education in the United States since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Can the ivory tower rise above capitalism? Or are the humanities and social sciences merely handmaids to the American imperial order? The Capitalist University surveys the history of higher education in the United States over the last century, revealing how campuses and classrooms have become battlegrounds...
DIY U
Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
The price of college tuition has increased more than any other major good or service for the last twenty years. Nine out of ten American high school seniors aspire to go to college, yet the United States has fallen from world leader to only the tenth most educated nation. Almost half of college students...
Town and Gown
The Fight for Social Justice, Urban Rebirth, and Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2011
Town and Gown is the story of the birth in the 1960s and survival through the 1970s of an inner city college, York College of the City University of New York, in Jamaica, Queens. Created as a liberal arts college to provide increased access to minority students, it was placed in a mainly minority...
Behind the Hedges
Big Money and Power Politics at the University of Georgia
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
In Behind the Hedges, journalist Rich Whitt focused his investigative lens on recent events at the University of Georgia, and in so doing examined the bigger story of "a sea change in how America supports its institutions of higher education." Through interviews with many key figures in...
by David Palfreyman, Paul Temple
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
What is a university? What is the University? How have universities evolved over the centuries? How might they change over the coming decades as the physical and organisational entity most identified with 'higher education' being delivered to over 250 million students? What will be the impact of digital-...
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...
Embracing Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Changing Campuses for the New Faculty Majority
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
The nature of the higher education faculty workforce is radically and fundamentally changing from primarily full-time tenured faculty to non-tenure track faculty. This new faculty majority faces common challenges, including short-term contracts, limited support on campus, and lack of a professional...
by John V. Lombardi
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Witty and insightful, How Universities Work is destined to be an essential handbook for anyone wanting to understand universities in the United States. John V. Lombardi gives readers an insider’s view of the academy, describing the structure, logic, dynamics, and operational styles of both public...
The Rising Costs of Higher Education: A Reference Handbook
A Reference Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Providing a clear, logical guide to an illogical topic, this book provides an easy-to-understand guide for anyone who wants to successfully navigate the labyrinth of going to college—and paying for the experience.