Education - Higher

In Following the Elephant, Bruno Nettl edits articles drawn from fifty years of the pioneering journal Ethnomusicology. The roster of acclaimed scholars hail from across generations, using other works in the collection as launching points for dialogues on the history and accomplishments of the...

Queering Gay and Lesbian Studies is a broadly interdisciplinary study that considers a key dilemma in gay and lesbian studies through the prism of identity and its discontents: the field studies has modeled itself on ethnic studies programs, perhaps to be intelligible to the...

"In Changing the Playbook, Howard P. Chudacoff delves into the background and what-ifs surrounding seven defining moments that redefined college sports. These changes involved fundamental issues--race and gender, profit and power--that reflected societal tensions and, in many cases, remain pertinent today: the failed 1950...

Featuring forthright testimonials by women who are or have been mothers as undergraduates, graduate students, academic staff, administrators, and professors, Mothers in Academia intimately portrays the experiences of women at various stages of motherhood while theoretically and empirically considering the conditions of working motherhood...

How the policies of elite colleges allow racially themed parties to continue by perpetuating the status quo. On a cold February evening, a group of students at Bowdoin College, an elite and historically white liberal arts college in Maine, gathered to drink tequila at...

Digital tools have long been a transformative part of academia, enhancing the classroom and changing the way we teach. Yet there is a way that academia may be able to benefit more from the digital revolution: by adopting the project management techniques used by...

We all know that good study habits, supportive parents, and engaged instructors are all keys to getting good grades in college. But as Janice M. McCabe shows in this illuminating study, there is one crucial factor determining a student's academic success that most of...

Writing, for most of us, is bound up with anxiety. It's even worse when it feels like your whole future--or at least where you'll spend the next four years in college--is on the line. It's easy to understand why so many high school seniors...

For many parents, sending their child off to college can be a disconcerting leap. After years spent helping with homework, attending parent-teacher conferences, and catching up after school, college life represents a world of unknowns. What really happens during that transitional first year of...

As state support and federal research funding dwindle, universities are increasingly viewing their intellectual property portfolios as lucrative sources of potential revenue. Nearly all research universities now have a technology transfer office to manage their intellectual property, but many are struggling to navigate this...

George Herbert Mead is a foundational figure in sociology, best known for his book Mind, Self, and Society, which was put together after his death from course notes taken by stenographers and students and from unpublished manuscripts. Mead, however, never taught a course primarily...

In higher education, the United States is the preeminent global leader, dominating the list of the world's top research universities. But there are signs that America's position of global leadership will face challenges in the future, as it has in other realms of international...

Calls for closer connections among disciplines can be heard throughout the world of scholarly research, from major universities to the National Institutes of Health. In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity. Challenging the belief that blurring...

In the sink-or-swim world of academia, a great graduate advising can be a lifesaver. But with university budgets shrinking and free time evaporating, advisors often need a mentor themselves to learn how to best support their advisees. Bruce M. Shore, an award-winning advisor with...

South Africa has made huge gains in ensuring universal enrolment for children at school, and in restructuring and recapitalising the FET college sector. However, some three million young people are not in education, employment or training and the country faces serious challenges in providing...

Learner-centered approaches to teaching, such as small group discussions, debates, role plays and project-based assignments, help students develop critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills. However, more traditional lecture-based approaches still predominate in classrooms in higher education institutions around the world. Faculty development programs can...

Contributors in this book present both a rationale as well as a theoretical framework for incorporating reflective and contemplative pedagogies to help students pause, deepen their awareness, think morer carefully, and work with complexity in sustainability-focused courses.Author: Marie EatonISBN-10: 1138190179ISBN-13: 9781138190177Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2016Pages:...

From both a theoretical and practical standpoint, racism is one of the most important topics that has engaged the attention of social scientists in North America in recent years. As societies become more ethnically diverse, people from different cultures are increasingly coming into contact...

Neoliberal education policies have privatised, marketised, decentralized, controlled and surveilled, managed according to the business and control principles of new public managerialism, attacked the rights and conditions of education workers, and resulted in a loss of democracy, critique and equality of access and outcome....

This study focuses on the national higher education policies and institutional strategies that foster or hinder individual Russian universities in applying newfound principles of autonomy. This new autonomy has become more dramatic with the decentralization of power, transition to the market economy, and severe...

Black male collegians are not a homogenous group, and this valuable collection focuses on the rarely acknowledged differences among them. Each chapter focuses on challenges unqiue to subcultures and how to recruit, support, and retain them. Author: Robert T. PalmerISBN-10: 0415893836ISBN-13: 9780415893831Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

E-portfolios are being used increasingly often, and will soon become integral to higher education. This book is an entry-level guide to developing an effective e-portfolio for a variety of uses, aimed at those who support students in their learning.Author: Lorraine Stefani,Robin Mason,Chris PeglerISBN-10: 0415412137ISBN-13:...

This is a book about the ethics of teaching in the context of higher education.Author: Bruce MacFarlaneISBN-10: 0415335086ISBN-13: 9780415335089Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/16/2003Pages: 192Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.46h x 6.32w x 0.65d

Secondary education for African Americans in Washington, DC, marked a defining moment in the history of a people less than a decade removed from chattel slavery and legally prohibited from learning. In 1862, when legislation passed creating a "colored" school system, an educational foundation...

Langston University is Oklahoma's only historically Black college and the westernmost four-year public HBCU in the United States. Founded in 1897 as the Colored Agricultural and Normal University (CANU), Langston's origin lies in the bold vision of a small group of Black pioneers determined...

This contributed volume uncovers the biases that prevent post-secondary institutions from serving low-income students and offers guidance for adopting policies and practices to help these students thrive.Author: Adrianna KezarISBN-10: 0415803217ISBN-13: 9780415803212Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2010Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

With the rapid development of Generative AI, teachers are experiencing a new pedagogical challenge-one that promises to forever change the way we approach teaching and learning. As a response to this unprecedented teaching context, Teaching and Generative AI: Pedagogical Possibilities and Productive Tensions provides...

This innovative book offers a creative overview of personal tutoring and academic advising in higher education. It responds to the growing need for student support that is more inclusive, supportive, and focused on the whole student, rather than just their academic progress.Offering a fresh...

This book revolutionises our understanding of academic and creative writing processes, exploring how Shut Up and Write sessions transform solitary writing into a powerful tool for community building, personal growth, and enhanced wellbeing. It is invaluable for anyone interested in innovative approaches to supporting...

This practical resource illustrates how to establish and nurture relationships with intention, paving the way for meaningful student, instructor, and content engagement.Torres expertly peels back the layers of disengagement prevalent in today's college classroom and demonstrates how in-person and online courses can form ecologies...

How do you excel at university? What do you need to do in order to exceed your own expectations when it comes to your academic performance? How do you make the most of your learning experience at university so that you can develop the...

Teacher Educators as Scholar Citizens: Activism and Resistance in Uncertain Times is a powerful exploration of the transformative potential of scholar activism in education. This book delves into how educators integrate activism into their teaching, research, and advocacy to challenge societal inequities and foster...

Students in higher education should be given tools to navigate the dissolution of geographical and cultural boundaries that has been brought on by media and technology. This project is based on three iterations of Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) that explored international immersions as a...

In a world where politics is evolving faster than ever, this book redefines how political science should be taught and learned. It explores innovative teaching methods like flipped classrooms, Socratic debates, and role-playing simulations while integrating cutting-edge tools like AI, data analytics, and digital...

The field of Homoeopathy is vast and complex, intersecting with various aspects of medical practice, legal frameworks, and regulatory environments. In the intricate world of healthcare, Homoeopathy holds a unique place, merging traditional wisdom with modern regulatory frameworks. This book, Homoeopathy: The Medicolegal Perspectives,...

This book is very useful for the students and scholars of English literature. By reading this book they will come to know a better insight of womanhood how Anita Desai represented. Author: V.ISBN-13: 9798886673647Publisher: Notion PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2022Pages: 76Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w...

This book, Corporate Accounting, has been carefully designed to meet the requirements of the NEP B.Com program prescribed by Assam and Gauhati University. It provides a comprehensive, structured, and student-friendly approach to understanding key concepts, ensuring clarity and academic rigor. The content has been...

Stepping into your first college classroom as an instructor can be both exciting and overwhelming. Whether you're an adjunct professor balancing multiple institutions or a graduate student teaching while finishing your degree, the transition from student to educator is a major leap. This guide...

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This collection is a unique exploration of the quality assurance landscape in higher education in the Commonwealth Caribbean. It celebrates the "coming of age" of the quality assurance movement in the region by tracing the main currents of development in internal and external quality...

In Critical Reflection on Research in Teaching and Learning, the editors bring together a collection of works that explore a wide range of concerns related to questions of researching teaching and learning in higher education and shine a light on the diversity of qualitative...

Proof is central to ny mathematics curriculum and indeed, all mathematical thinking. Now we are delighted to enhance the core texts with a guide to proof for students... and for their teachers too. Content from the core text has been significantly revised and updated...

Modeled on Fitzroy Dearborn's highly successful International Dictionary of Historic Places, the International Dictionary of University Histories provides basic information on 200 institutions--location, description, sources of further information--followed by an extensive 3000 to 5000 word essay on each university's history. Entries on each university...

Drama Education with Digital Technology explores the rapidly evolving intersections between drama, digital gaming, technology and teaching. It documents the praxis (practice and research) that move beyond anecdotal discussion of approaches and design. The contributors explore the realities of teaching an ancient aesthetic form...

The book looks through five generations of Chinese students since the May Fourth Movement in 1919, explains how their ideas, actions, and impact ran like a thread through many governments and institutions that have shaped modern China, and indicates where China came from and...

A multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary volume exploring the damage to the arts, arts' funding and education through the rhetoric, manipulation and auditing of value. The collection includes contributions from anthropology, the history of art, literature, education, musicology, political science, and philosophy. Author: Sam LadkinISBN-10: 1783484896ISBN-13:...

Written to advise how to get started in, and develop a career as, diversity consultants. This succinct cookbook provides the guidance to get you going and succeed.The cookbook metaphor reflects the delicate nature of diversity consulting where the little things can make a significant...

This book is about student success and how to support and improve it. It takes as its point of departure that we--as faculty, assessment directors, student affairs professionals, and staff--reflect together in a purposeful and informed way about how our teaching, curricula, the co-curriculum,...

Every year, more online or technology-enhanced learning experiences are added to the landscape of education, and the number of students taking online courses on residential campuses continues to grow.Author: David S. Stein,Constance E. WanstreetISBN-10: 1620365812ISBN-13: 9781620365816Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/20/2017Pages: 170Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 10.20h x...

Black Males in Postsecondary Institutions: Examining their Experiences in Diverse Institutional Contexts offers a comprehensive examination of the experiences of Black males in our nation's higher education institutions. In recognizing the role of institutions in fostering distinctive educational experiences, this volume systematically explores the...