Higher Education category: 3664 books
A Promising Reality
Reflections on Race, Gender, and Culture in Cuba
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
A Promising Reality: Reflections on Race, Gender, and Culture in Cuba is a compilation of the reflections of a group of chief diversity officers, faculty, and educators from the United States about Cuba. As part of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education delegation to Cuba...
by Ben Wildavsky
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
In The Great Brain Race, former U.S. News & World Report education editor Ben Wildavsky presents the first popular account of how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education--and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared. Every year, nearly...
Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn
A Comprehensive Guide for Teaching All Adults
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
The classic interdisciplinary reference on adult education, updated for today's learning environment
Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn provides adult educators with the information and strategies they need to guide non-traditional students toward positive educational outcomes. Providing a...
by Morris Bishop
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Cornell University is fortunate to have as its historian a man of Morris Bishop's talents and devotion. As an accurate record and a work of art possessing form and personality, his book at once conveys the unique character of the early university—reflected in its vigorous founder, its first scholarly...
Talent Development and the Global Economy
Perspectives from Special Interest Groups
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Talent has been identified as the only differentiator for an organization’s, nations’ or any region’s success in this uncertain, complex, competitive and global environment. Ulrich (2008) defined talent as the equation of 3Cs: Talent = Competence x Commitment x Contribution. Malaeb and Chanaron...
The Assault on Universities
A Manifesto for Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
With funding cuts well under way and many institutions already promising to charge the maximum 9,000 pounds yearly tuition fee, university education for the majority is under threat. This book exposes the true motives behind the government's programme and provides the analytical tools to fight it.*BR**BR*Widespread...
Homeschoolers' College Admissions Handbook
Preparing 12- to 18-Year-Olds for Success in the College of Their Choice
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Everything You Need to Prepare Your Homeschooler for College Success
The transition from homeschooling children to preparing them for success in college deserves both planning and preparation. As the parent of a homeschooler, you have many issues to consider besides academic excellence: fulfilling...
Keeping Faith at Princeton
A Brief History of Religious Pluralism at Princeton and Other Universities
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2012
In 1981, Frederick Houk Borsch returned to Princeton University, his alma mater, to serve as dean of the chapel at the Ivy League school. In Keeping Faith at Princeton, Borsch tells the story of Princeton's journey from its founding in 1746 as a college for Presbyterian ministers to the religiously...
When Ivory Towers Were Black
A Story about Race in America's Cities and Universities
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
When Ivory Towers Were Black lies at the potent intersection of race, urban development, and higher education. It tells the story of how an unparalleled cohort of ethnic minority students earned degrees from a world-class university. The story takes place in New York City at Columbia University’s...
The Enlightened College Applicant
A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Deluged with messages that range from “It’s Ivy League or bust” to “It doesn’t matter where you go,” college applicants and their families often find themselves lost, adrift in a sea of information overload. Finally—a worthy life preserver has arrived. The Enlightened College Applicant...
A New U
Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Every year, the cost of a four-year degree goes up, and the value goes down. But for many students, there’s a better answer.
So many things are getting faster and cheaper. Movies stream into your living room, without ticket or concession-stand costs. The world’s libraries are at your...
A History of the Indian University System
Emerging from the Shadows of the Past
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
This book provides an explanation of the nature of the Indian university system, including its specificities and its peculiarities as well as exploring how they developed. It offers a historical and institutional perspective by singling out the forces that have shaped the present Indian higher education...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
This volume examines the diverse ways in which universities and colleges around the world are partnering and collaborating with other institutions to fulfill their missions and visions. University partnerships not only include collaborations between universities but also include university-school...
The Malaise of Academic Scholarship
Why It Starts with the Doctoral Dissertation as a Baptism of Fire
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
“When you are in a hole, stop digging.” The wisdom of Will Rogers, American humorist, seems to be forgotten with respect to scholarly research in the arts, social sciences, business, and education. Why do doctoral candidates and professors produce scholarship that minimally advances knowledge...