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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Structural Challenges and the Future of Honors Education is the third volume in an edited series examining the proliferation of honors programs and colleges in American higher education. While honors education has become ubiquitous in American higher education, this transformation has happened without...
American State-Building in Afghanistan and Its Regional Consequences
Achieving Democratic Stability and Balancing China's Influence
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
The book calls for rethinking U.S. policy toward promoting Afghanistan as a regional economic hub in Southwest and Central Asia as it fits within the broader national security interest of the regional states. It argues for defining Afghanistan within the U.S. national security interests in Southwest...
Politics and Government in Israel
The Maturation of a Modern State
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
This balanced and comprehensive text explores Israeli government and politics, tracing the history of the state, and the social, religious, economic, and military environments of Israeli politics. Gregory Mahler explains political institutions and behavior in Israeli domestic politics, as well as...
The Adaptive School
A Sourcebook for Developing Collaborative Groups
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Expanded and updated, this edition of one of the most popular resources for school change now comes with ancillary materials containing 150 facilitation strategies. Placing inquiry at the center of effective change, The Adaptive School gives readers the tools they need to bring about genuine school...
Addressing the Needs of All Learners in the Era of Changing Standards
Helping Our Most Vulnerable Students Succeed through Teaching Flexibility, Innovation, and Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
The new standards were written to address the harsh realities for poor performance of American students across all grades levels, k-12. According to NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) data, more than 60% of our students in grades 4, 8, and 12 are not proficient readers and the United...
Leading the Campaign
Advancing Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
The ability to lead a campaign is essential to success for today's college or university president. And campaign experience at some level is generally now a prerequisite credential for presidential candidates, as well as deans and other academic leaders, on both public and private campuses. This book...
by John P. Bartkowski, Gary C. Bryner, John J. Callahan
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2003
In their introduction, the editors of New Ways of Doing Business assert that in retrospect, it will be apparent that today's government, that of the early years of the 21st century, "was undergoing its most significant transformation since the decade of the 1930's when direct government-delivered...
Successful Strategies for Pursuing National Board Certification
Version 3.0, Components 1 and 2
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
In 2014, The National Board began revising and streamlining the National Board Certification process. This new 3.0 version of the WHAT WORKS! Series, Strategies for Pursuing National Board Certification: Version 3.0, Components 1 and 2 reflects the revisions published to date. This updated publication...
by Robyn Blakeman
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2004
The Bare Bones of Advertising Print Design is an ideal handbook for beginning designers and students of advertising design/layout and desktop publishing. Robyn Blakeman dissects the creative process one piece at a time, giving a step-by-step guide to the use and design of advertising in both magazines...
Better Business Speech
Techniques and Shortcuts for Public Speaking at Work
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
In a business world where we are told that time is money, the real currency is communicating clearly at a poised and measured pace. Better Business Speech: Techniques, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Public Speaking at Work by Paul Geiger focuses on the challenges of being a strong communicator in a range...
Strategic Transformation of Higher Education
Challenges and Solutions in a Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Strategic Transformation of Higher Education examines the broken revenue-driven business model characteristic of higher education in an environment that demands greater access, more affordable tuition, accountable leaders, and faculty who deliver a consistently high quality of relevant education....
Why States Matter
An Introduction to State Politics
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
When it comes to voting, taxes, environmental regulations, social services, education, criminal justice, political parties, property rights, gun control, marriage and a whole host of other modern American issues, the state in which a citizen resides makes a difference. That idea—that the political...
The New Progressive Era
Toward a Fair and Deliberative Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 1999
A century ago, Americans launched a period of civic renewal and political reform. Today, amid deep dissatisfaction with our major institutions, there are signs that a new movement may revive the spirit of the original Progressive Era. Peter Levine draws inspiration from the great Progressive leader...
by Peter Christoff, Robyn Eckersley
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
This book by two leading scholars offers the first systematic analysis of the relationship between globalization and the environment from the early Modern period to the present. Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley develop a broad conceptual framework for understanding the globalization of environmental...