Education - Higher

The contemporary rethinking and relearning of history and racism has sparked creative approaches for teaching the histories and representations of marginalized communities. Cristina Stanciu and Gary Totten edit a collection that illuminates these ideas for a variety of fields, areas of education, and institutional...

Ten Steps to Complex Learning presents a path from an educational problem to a solution in a way that students, design practitioners, and researchers can understand and easily use. Students in the fields of instructional design and the learning sciences can use this book...

Co-Creating Digital Curricula in Higher Education is a step-by-step guide to the collaborative design of online and blended curricula in higher education using systematic yet flexible frameworks. While instructors charged with developing and delivering curricula in the remote era may lack formal credentials in...

A richly detailed account of the growth and development of one of the world's oldest and most revered universities. Chronicles the founding and building of its many colleges and halls, as well as the lives and legacies of their benefactors.This work has been selected...

Chronicling a Crisis is a powerful primary source collection compiled during the peak of the COVID pandemic between spring 2020 and spring 2021. This upstate New York college was the only school in the state that had to send home all its students twice...

This is an obstetrics and gynecology review book designed to help medical students do well on the USMLE/COMLEX, shelf exams, and rotations. It is also a good preparation for those students who want to enter into an obstetrics and gynecology residency program. This book...

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,...

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,...

1 Learning Analytics as a Breakthrough in Educational Improvement.- 2 LA to Improve the Learner's Performance.- 3 LA to Improve the Teacher's Performance.- 4 Dashboards for a Better Application of LA.- 5 Mobile LA in Digital Devices.- 6 Physical Sensors and LA in the...

They Lied about Tobacco being Good. They Lied about Asbestos, and put it in Public Schools. They Lied about Mercury Fillings, which Europeans Outlawed. They Lied about Opioids, and are still Using them. They Lied about Vaccines, and are still Using them. They Lied...

They were expected to be wives and mothers. Instead, they challenged the traditional domestic roles of the time to gain a higher education for themselves and to carve out new careers and independent lifestyles. As teachers, they went on to influence the pathways of...

In 2018, Palestinians mark the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, when over 750,000 people were uprooted and forced to flee their homes in the early days of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Even today, the bitterness and trauma of the Nakba remains raw, and it has...

A mere two years after achieving independence, South Sudan in 2013 descended into violent civil war, refuting US government claims that the country's succession was a major foreign policy success and would end endemic conflict. Worse was to follow when the international community declared...

This volume fills a significant gap in the scholarship on social studies education by providing thoughtful reflections on research methods in the field. It is not a "how to" guide but an exploration of key issues related to the design and implementation of empirical...

This book of Demons is brought to you by Bible Researcher, Demonologist, Paranormal investigator, and Master of Horror Timothy Mark. This book is extremely dangerous and meant only as a educational tool. It is highly recommended that you read this book with extreme caution...

This is a book about leadership for college and university administrators, written by a professor of higher education who has also had a long administrative career.Author: James R. DavisISBN-10: 144221046XISBN-13: 9781442210462Publisher: Rlpg/GalleysLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/16/2011Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d

A Handbook of Elementary Sewing is a comprehensive guide to sewing techniques and skills, written by Etta Proctor Flagg and published in 1915. The book aims to provide beginners with a thorough understanding of sewing basics, including how to select and use materials, how...

REACHING YOUR POTENTIAL takes a holistic approach to helping students take control of their lives and improve their self-belief. The text is organized around the four areas of emotional, intellectual, physical and social potentials. Through a process of learning and self-examination, students discover their...

The image of the university is tarnished: this book examines how recent philosophies of education, new readings of its economics, new technologies affecting research and access, and contemporary novelists' representations of university life all describe a global university that has given up on its...

Now passing its 225th anniversary, it remains an educational beacon for Kentucky and the South.Author: John D. WrightISBN-10: 081319167XISBN-13: 9780813191676Publisher: University Press of KentuckyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2006Pages: 464Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.53lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.10w x 1.35d

Clark Kerr, one of the nation's foremost educators and commentators on the educational scene, examines emerging problems that he predicts will influence the near future of higher education. These include the quality of undergraduate education; ethics, both as a subject and as practiced by...

Columbia College Chicago was founded in 1890 as the Columbia School of Oratory.It was a coeducational institution with teaching methods of physical culture, expression, elocution, public reading, and dramatic action. From the 1930s onward, the college focused on the growing fields of radio, television,...

The College Student Counseling Treatment Planner provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payors, and state and federal review agencies. Saves you hours of time-consuming paperwork, yet offers...

Written primarily for students in higher education and student affairs graduate programs, Introduction to American Higher Education is a groundbreaking textbook that combines classic scholarship pertaining to colleges and universities with the most cutting-edge perspectives in the field.　 The book is divided into five...

@text: Everyone knows that education is important, we are confronted daily by discussion of it in the media and by politicians, but how much do we really know about education? Education: The Basics is a lively and engaging introduction to education as an academic...

This book provides an evidence-based approach to sustainable self-care, anchoring these strategies in individual academic workers' core personal values. It teaches readers how to use their values to leverage self-care strategies into a workable, individualized, and effective map to wellness.Working in the demanding environment...

The first book to intervene in debates on computation in the digital humanities Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, Computational Humanities redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to nuanced discourse centered around theories of knowledge...

What is your level of understanding of the many moral, ideological, and political issues that student affairs educators regularly encounter? What are the theoretical perspectives you might choose and why? How do your responses compare with those of colleagues?Author: Peter M. MagoldaISBN-10: 1579225845ISBN-13: 9781579225841Publisher:...

This one-of-a-kind, "how-to" guide is designed to help Indigenous Students and Students of Color (ISOC) thrive in postsecondary education. It spotlights the personal and cultural capital ISOCs bring with them on their postsecondary educational journey. This book helps students identify, strengthen, and use these...

Thousands of students compete each year for a relatively small number of nationally competitive awards. Though receiving an award is not in itself an end goal, it can help launch a talented and dedicated student on a career path where they address important social...

This book touches on the many facets of HSIs, painting an organic mosaic of institutions in position to advance Latino postsecondary progress, both chronicling the contemporary challenges that these institutions face while also looking to their future.Author: Jesse Perez MendezISBN-10: 1620361442ISBN-13: 9781620361443Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Explores the nature of academic enterprises, including why they work the way they do and where such enterprises are headed, with the goal of gaining insights into where change can and will happen This book looks at universities from a whole-enterprise perspective. It explores...

This book explores higher education leadership during times of extreme pressures and limited, changing information. Organized around different functional units in higher education institutions, chapters describe the ways in which campus communities were affected by and responded to the early pandemic crisis. By unpacking...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

This book bridges the divide. It argues that unrealistic expectations lead to both unproductive research and impossible standards for "evidence-based" policy and practice, and it offers promising ways for evidence to contribute to improvement.Author: Paul E. LingenfelterISBN-10: 1579227511ISBN-13: 9781579227517Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/17/2015Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight:...

The achievement of academic excellence is inherently competitive. Deliberate government policies, globalisation and changes in communication technologies mean that competitiveness in the academic world is sharper than ever before. At the centre of this is the seeking of prestige, at all levels from the...

Failing and the possibility of failing are everyday experiences in higher education, yet rarely discussed. This text explores failure from different vantage points: its social and political context; its implications for teachers and learners; and the practices and procedures of the assessment, support and...

This open access book maps the role of challenge-based learning (CBL) in the transformation of higher education pedagogy, towards being sector-informed as well as student-driven. CBL democratises the process of learning by repositioning students as drivers, who are empowered to make decisions on course...

This edited book focuses on English for Academic Purposes (EAP) within the English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) context in Asia, with a specific emphasis on the impact of EAP at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in China. Celebrating over 15 years of EAP...

This volume provides a comprehensive and evenhanded overview of the escalating college affordability crisis in the United States. It explains how higher education became so expensive and explores the implications of high college loan debt for students and American society.The 21st Century Turning Point...

How To Do a Dissertation in Record Time with Government Data: A Primer is written to help students in the social sciences and education do their dissertations in as few as four years from start to finish. Its purpose is to show doctoral students...

Over the course of two years, Jennifer Doyle filed multiple harassment complaints with her campus's Title IX office and one with the Department of Labor. Her experiences with these complaints and how they subsequently impacted her life have led to this book, Shadow of...

Author: Gretchen DykstraISBN-10: 1985900696ISBN-13: 9781985900691Publisher: University Press of KentuckyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/24/2024Pages: 200Format: Paperback

Author: Gretchen DykstraISBN-10: 1985900688ISBN-13: 9781985900684Publisher: University Press of KentuckyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/24/2024Pages: 200Format: Hardcover

An essential guide to dialogue in the college classroom and beyond Try to Love the Questions gives college students a framework for understanding and practicing dialogue across difference in and out of the classroom. This invaluable guide explores the challenges facing students as they...

Debunking the Grit Narrative in Higher Education examines pressing structural issues currently impacting African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latinx, and Native American students accessing college and succeeding in U.S. postsecondary environments. Author: Angela M. LocksISBN-10: 1032365234ISBN-13: 9781032365237Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/20/2023Pages: 262Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.22lbsSize:...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...