Education - Higher

Featuring chapters written by diverse voices within the academy, Incivility and Higher Education: The Costs of Bad Behavior addresses faculty members behaving badly and how unchecked incivility can lead to a variety of dire repercussions in higher education, including governance gridlocks, increased grievances, impacts...

A position paper by Benjamin A. Rogge and Pierre F. Goodrich leads off this fine collection advocating an educational system based strictly on private and voluntary institutions. Anne Husted Burleigh is a writer and a contributing editor for Crisis.Author: Anne Husted BurleighISBN-10: 0913966002ISBN-13: 9780913966006Publisher:...

Moving away from a traditional 'one size fits all' approach, this thesis guide encourages readers to find their own path to submission, demonstrating that the process of writing is as unique as the individual candidate. Author: Donna Starks, Margaret J. RobertsonISBN-10: 103234699XISBN-13: 9781032346991Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage:...

This book challenges pre-service and in-service educators to reflect critically on their assumptions and engage in praxis promoting racial and social equity. Grounded in policy contexts, historical understandings, and critical theories, this book describes innovative community-engaged approaches to resisting racism and promoting equity and...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Includes numerous case studies and findings on advanced applications in various functional areasCovers a broad range of rigorous OR/MS methods that can be applied in Higher Education managementFocuses on OR/MS applicationsAuthor: Zilla Sinuany-SternISBN-10: 3030740498ISBN-13: 9783030740498Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/10/2021Pages: 524Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.06lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w...

The HBCU Experience: The HBCU Royal University Queens Edition is a collection of stories written by prominent Queens throughout the world. Queens who are doing great things in their careers, businesses, and communities nationally and internationally. The Authors share their stories and experiences of...

This powerful, practical resource helps faculty create an inclusive dynamic in their classrooms, so that all students are set up to succeed. This book provides practical solutions to help faculty create an inclusive learning environment in which all students can thrive. .Author: Kathryn C....

Higher education is in a state of crisis College budgets are becoming a challenge to balance. Expenses are continually increasing in an environment of declining enrollments, endowments, and government support. The stop-gap solution for decades was to increase tuition--this is no longer viable. Students,...

Reframing Academic Leadership Reframing Academic Leadership is the go-to guide for deepening leadership commitment, capacity, and impact. Gallos and Bolman tease out the unique opportunities and challenges in academic leadership and present powerful ideas and tools to guide and assist college and university administrators...

In The Kindness of Strangers, Deni Elliott examines ethically questionable situations that have arisen in response to institutional dependency on external benefactors.Author: Deni ElliottISBN-10: 0742507114ISBN-13: 9780742507111Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/10/2005Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.96h x 6.06w x 0.59dAbout the AuthorDeni Elliott is...

This handbook presents a global overview of developments in education and policy change during the last decade. It provides an accessible, practical and comparative source of current research that examines the intersecting and diverse discourses of this important issue.Divided into two parts, the handbook...

This book presents thinking about and through transdisciplinary and professional development as an educative process. Rather than focusing on the delineation of the approaches offered, an analysis of these contributions points to commonality in those problems that benefit from a transdisciplinary perspective. The core...

This book provides an overview of training and teaching methods, as well as education strategies, for Additive Manufacturing (AM) and its application in different business sectors. It presents real-world applications and case studies to demonstrate the key practical and theoretical fundamentals of AM training,...

This book examines the Teaching Excellence Framework, and how this and various other educational policies create conditions for the exclusion of cross-border learners. As universities become increasingly globalised and seek to recruit international students, this volume explores how the TEF can shape attitudes towards...

This book explains the unique insights that child observation can bring to practice with children and families and helps the reader develop their own skills in this approach.The ability to observe and to process what is seen is crucial in social work with children...

Did you know . . . That awareness of a few key facts throughout high school will make your child's college application process much easier? That grades and behavior in all four years of high school affect your child's acceptance to college? That financial...

University start-ups are unique in the world of business and entrepreneurship, translating research conducted at and owned by universities into market-ready products--a complex process that requires a combination of scientific, technical, legal, business, and financial skills to be successful. Start-ups have the potential to...

This edited book considers the vital position of artistic research in the landscapes and ecosystems of new materialism(s) and post-humanism(s), in and for higher education. The book aims to satisfy an urgent desire for change in the ways we link artistic and critical research...

This book is essential for beginners as well as for college and university science students. The knowledge of electrochemistry is very essential and very useful in every walk of life. This subject generally falls under the branch of Physical Chemistry even though the topic...