Education - Higher

In today's political environment with the emphasis on testing, standards, and accountability, teachers can easily feel frustrated by the amount of time and resources left over for teaching-for guiding students not only in academics but also in character education. Educators can find themselves losing...

Offers a global exploration of formal and non-formal education provision to refugees and asylum seekers in refugee camps, and in schools and universities of host countries. This title draws on international research in numerous countries, including Thailand, North Korea, Lebenon, Africa, the USA and...

Collected speeches of a university presidentAuthor: Jeffrey Sean LehmanISBN-10: 1440448450ISBN-13: 9781440448454Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2008Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.43d

Among the oldest student publications in the United States, the Miscellany News traces its roots back to 1866. Beginning as a literary magazine and evolving into a contemporary newspaper, the paper has reported nearly 150 years of student experiences. The Miscellany has seen generations...

This book provides tools students can use to become successful and be distinguished in both their student years as well as after graduation. In this book, the first chapter focuses on the importance of developing a clearly defined vision for the future. If one...

Argues that institutional change must accommodate women's professional and personal life stages.Staging Women's Lives in Academia demonstrates how ostensibly personal decisions are shaped by institutions and advocates for ways that workplaces, not women, must be changed. Addressing life stages ranging from graduate school through...

Women professors of educational administration share their personal stories of being female firsts.Winner of the 2011 Critics' Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies Association These are the inspiring and illuminating stories of women professors who first broke into the exclusive, all-male academic...

The Conquest Of The United States By Spain: A Lecture Before The Phi Beta Kappa Society Of Yale University, 1899 (1899) is a historical book written by William Graham Sumner. The book is a detailed account of the Spanish conquest of the United States,...

The book ""History of Education in Texas"" written by John J. Lane was published in 1903. It is a comprehensive account of the evolution of education in the state of Texas from the early days of settlement to the beginning of the 20th century....

Friedrich Froebel's Education By Development: The Second Part Of The Pedagogics Of The Kindergarten is a book published in 1899 that explores the educational philosophy and methods of Friedrich Froebel, the founder of the kindergarten movement. The book is a continuation of Froebel's earlier...

A Manual Of Useful Studies For The Instruction Of Young Persons Of Both Sexes: In Families And Schools (1839) is a book written by the renowned American lexicographer Noah Webster. The book is a comprehensive guide for parents and educators on how to teach...

""How To Teach Silent Reading To Beginners"" is a book written by Emma Watkins and was originally published in 1922. The book is a guide for teachers who are looking to teach young students how to read silently. It offers practical advice and techniques...

""Studies In The Nature Of Truth"" is a collection of lectures delivered by J. Loewenberg before the Philosophical Union at the University of California in 1928-1929. The book delves into the nature of truth, exploring various philosophical theories and perspectives on the subject. Loewenberg...

Lectures on Education is a book written by Horace Mann, an American educational reformer and politician. The book is a collection of lectures given by Mann during his tenure as the Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education in the mid-19th century. The lectures...

In this increasingly homogenous society, the American Indian Studies Program Guide provides a framework for college educators and administrators to develop degree programs focusing on American Indian studies, with an eye toward creating future leaders for Indian communities. These degree programs are intended to...

The Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs') are Vestiges of Slavery and thus a slur and disgrace to our national image and interest. It creates a two tier educational system which hurts the blacks. These segregated colleges are producing a bi modal society and therefore...

Author: Earnestine Bennett-JohnsonISBN-10: 1414045778ISBN-13: 9781414045771Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/08/2004Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d

Women on Campus is a collection of compelling essays from the staff of Change, the foremost monthly magazine on American higher learning. This widely praised collec-tion of essays on the feminist struggle for greater participation in American academic life presents a portrait that was...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

The book ""Social Factors Which Affect Career Choice In Psychiatric Nursing"" is a comprehensive study conducted by Ann M. Douglas, which explores the various social factors that influence individuals to choose a career in psychiatric nursing. The book is published by the Catholic University...

This edited collection explores ethical global engagement in higher education internationalization. Chapter authors discuss the systemic inequities in who is served and for what purposes, while also providing new insights on what drives the why, what, and how of internationalization.Author: Melanie AgnewISBN-10: 1138654299ISBN-13: 9781138654297Publisher:...

This reissue (1996) provides an in-depth analysis of the development of the Chinese university during the twentieth century - a period of momentous social, economic, cultural and political change. It brings together reflections on the Chinese university and its role in the two great...

Rethinking Gendered Regulations and Resistances in Education highlights key debates on the theme of 'regulation and resistance', focusing on some of the most pressing contemporary issues in the field of gender and education today. It underlines the need for educational research to attend to...

First published in 2000, this volume is taking stock of equality issues in higher education as we move into the new millennium. It is clear that many positive developments in the 1970s and 1980s have been lost. However, the way forward is not just...

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,...

Are your finances on a wheel? Or do you feel your life is going around and round to nowhere? What about your financials saving? Are you working hard and saving money? however there is still yet any measurable asset? this book "Pay your-self" it...

In making major budget cuts at colleges and universities because of the world-wide recession, legislators and board members with business experience may not understand how to change campus programs wisely. Avoiding wrong decisions and long-term, unanticipated consequences requires structured, broad-based input and buy-in by...

In this second edition of "Just What The Ph.D. Ordered," the author goes even further in providing strategies to succeed in doctoral programs that will leave to educational success. He also gives practical information and guidance to help anyone have success in reaching personal...

Part one covers issues of discourse and change, exploring processes of discourse acquisition and production in a range of disciplinary contexts, along with the nexus between academic and professional discourses. Part two deals with broader issues of the participation and socialisation of students in...

In Beyond Alternative Teacher Education, John Watzke and his fellow contributors present a bold vision for teacher education that moves the dialogue into new realms of inquiry. Pairing teacher reflective narratives with scholarly chapters, the volume presents the case for programs of teacher formation...

Self-Help Workbook designed to help students and parents find an affordable college and how to stay there once inside the door.Author: Henry O. Adkins MpaISBN-10: 096726054XISBN-13: 9780967260549Publisher: Cheudi PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2009Pages: 170Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.36d

This collection of essays and other materials grows from a series of interdisciplinary projects involving more than 150 faculty and a significant number of students from Mercer University's 11 colleges and schools between 2005 and 2010. The book explores the relevance to contemporary education...

The American system of higher education includes over 5,000 degree granting institutions, ranging from small for-profit technical training schools up to the nation's elite liberal arts colleges and research universities. Over 20 million students are enrolled, with federal, state, and local governments spending almost...

To offer testimonio is inherently political, a vehicle that counters the hegemony of the state and illuminates the repression and denial of human rights. Claiming Home, Shaping Community shares testimonios from and about the lives of Mexican-origin people who left the rural, agricultural Imperial...

This book details the process of developing agreements between high schools and colleges in the United States to allow students to earn both high school and college credit while at high school. The author explains issues including: legal constraints; processes for curriculum alignment; funding...

In the US, the university administration runs its own office of "insti- tional research" in order to base its decisions on systematic information. Furthermore, higher education research can rely on a relatively stable academic basis if study programmes on higher education exist. Again, this...

Incorporates memoir in the context of philosophical and political theory and argument.Presenting essays rich with her own personal experiences, philosopher Linda A. Bell examines not only her own life but also problems arising from ways that living affects thinking. She reflects on her own...

Offers the definitive study of United States-Japan educational exchange relationship.Born out of a bilateral project between distinguished scholars in Japan and the United States, Transnational Competence provides a definitive and comprehensive study of the status of relations between these two countries in an educational...

Contrary to popular opinion, college and university faculty often experience a greater amount of stress than professionals in many other occupations. Faculty Stress takes a comprehensive look at faculty stress, its causes, and its consequences. This unique book explores the wide range of factors...

How does one become a professional? This interdisciplinary collection offers new insights into that fundamental question. Employing a wide variety of approaches and methodologies, the original and thematically linked essays discuss such problematic issues as the most appropriate site for professional education, the proper...

A largely unseen phenomenon is shaping the direction of higher education today: the growth of leadership programs. These programs are hidden ladders that help the talented move up toward university presidencies. Their number and importance are rapidly increasing, and they will more and more...

This work takes a critical look at the adjustment problems as experienced by African students at public universities in America and provides these students with information to assist in the smooth transition into the American academic community.Author: Apollos Bitrus GoyolISBN-10: 0761829830ISBN-13: 9780761829836Publisher: University Press...

The Moral University examines the ways that universities act morally toward students, faculty, their communities and the nation. It considers the effectiveness of moral reasoning courses in the curriculum and the growth of leadership courses. The book deals with the myriad ways in which...

We are in the middle of a fundamental transformation of the global order which is challenging the supremacy of the USA, and to a certain extent of Europe, in economic and also in normative terms. The financial crisis has further accentuated this shift in...

Virtual worlds are places where humans interact, and as such they can be environments for research and learning. However, they are complex and mutable in ways that more controlled and traditional environments are not. Although computer-mediated, virtual worlds are multifaceted social systems like the...

South Korea's Education Exodus analyzes Early Study Abroad in relation to the neoliberalization of South Korean education and labor. With chapters based on demographic and survey data, discourse analysis, and ethnography in destinations such as Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States, the...

Few people have as much experience helping students cope with college life as Douglas Stone, a long-time Harvard residential adviser and coauthor of Difficult Conversations, and Elizabeth Tippett, recent Harvard graduate and founding director of the university's peer mediation program. In Real College, they...

From Crime Scene to Community: A Journey to Rehabilitation is a powerful new book for readers who believe a person's worst moment does not have to be the final word. Through the story of Daniel, this book walks step by step through the hard...

Master the world of science without the stress.Chemistry is often seen as a daunting subject filled with complex formulas and abstract theories. Easy Chemistry changes that narrative, offering a clear, jargon-free path to understanding the building blocks of our universe. Whether you are a...