Education - Higher

We are all familiar with ROTC, West Point, and other institutions that train young men and women to be military officers. But few people know of the U.S. Army War College, where the Army's elite career officers go for advanced training in strategy, national...

Ninth in the Service-Learning in the Disciplines Series, this book discusses the pervasive use of service-learning in environmental studies programs and explains why it often is a required part of the environmental studies curriculum. Contributors from a wide range of college and university environmental...

Architecture should be the ideal field of study for applying to service learning since it requires mastery of theoretical concepts for direct application to human situations and needs. Though architecture has long fostered learning by doing, it is only recently that the field's hands-on...

Service-learning prepares business students to see new dimensions of relevance of their coursework. It provides structures for students to establish caring relationships with others that validate their humanity. Service-learning is an important way for management faculty to help their departments, schools, and universities to...

The fifth volume in a AAHE and Campus Compact's series on service-learning in the disciplines, this volume focuses on curriculum reform in accounting programs based on goals identified by accounting educators and describes specific implementations across the accounting curriculum. A practical guide with real...

This book explains who the current Japanese leaders are, their visions of a new world order and their convictions of morality and leadership. It does this by examining the ethical philosophies of the universities that have produced them and the dangers of nationalistic elitism.Author:...

By using multiple focus groups, Long describes the experiences and perceptions of librarians and student affairs professionals at several four-year, residential colleges and universities. This book is the perfect road map for librarians and student affairs professionals alike who are seeking partners for campus...

This book provides guidance on how to set up mentorship programmes in your institutions, and the skills of an effective mentor.Author: Sam Hopkins,Susan A. Brooks,Alison YeungISBN-10: 1526465116ISBN-13: 9781526465115Publisher: Sage Publications LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2020Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d

Work Your Career shows PhD students how to use the unique opportunities of doctoral programs to build successful career outcomes. The authors encourage students to consider both academic and non-academic career options from the outset, and to prepare for both concurrently. The book presents...

We offer in this book a collection of chapters that reflect a broad range of issues linking globalization to education in an accessible yet theoretically grounded and detailed form. The authors analyze phenomena on the global plane, in local spaces, and in the connections...

The University of Texas (UT) opened in 1883--38 years after Texas became a state and 7 years after the Texas Constitution called for the creation of a university of the first class. UT started off with 40 acres just north of Austin and with...

Internationalizing Teacher Education in the United States offers practical and theoretical explanations of teacher educators' vital role in the education of culturally diverse student populations in the US. It examines issues surrounding the internationalization of teacher education in the US, explains current barriers to...

In 2010, HB 2281--a law that bans ethnic studies in Arizona--was passed; in the same year, Texas whitewashed curriculum and textbook changes at the K-12 level. Since then, the nation has seen a rise in the legal and political war on Ethnic Studies, revisionist...

Employing history, social theory, and a detailed contemporary case study, Knowledge for Social Change argues for fundamentally reshaping research universities to function as democratic, civic, and community-engaged institutions dedicated to advancing learning and knowledge for social change. The authors focus on significant contributions to...

Violence against women on college campuses has remained underreported and often under addressed by both campus security and local law enforcement, as well as campus administrators. The researchers, practitioners, and activists who contribute to this pertinent volume Addressing Violence Against Women on College Campuses...

A short, sharp, and provocative book, "Blow Up the Humanities" has esteemed scholar Toby Miller declaring that there are two humanities in the United States. One is the venerable, powerful humanities of private universities; the other is the humanities of state schools, which focus...

* An authentic picture of culture among young adults of colourAuthor: Toby S. JenkinsISBN-10: 1439908303ISBN-13: 9781439908303Publisher: Temple University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/15/2013Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 04/01/2013

Faculty members who care about the institutions of higher education where they work are often at odds with university management. In his forceful book, "Under New Management," Randy Martin takes a novel, evenhanded approach to this gulf between professors, who feel a loss of...

"Higher Education and Democracy"ais a collection of essays written over the last ten years on how civic engagement in higher education works to achieve what authors John Saltmarsh and Edward Zlotkowsi consider to be the academic and civic purposes of higher education. These include...

Traces the controversial poet's thinking about teaching and learning throughout his career.Once described by T. S. Eliot as "first and foremost, a teacher and campaigner," Ezra Pound has received no shortage of critical attention. Super Schoolmaster suggests that Pound still has quite a bit...

Explores the effectiveness and value of meditation in a college classroom.How can we rethink teaching practices to include and engage the whole student? What would student experience look like if we integrated silence and feeling with empirical analysis? Tuning the Student Mind is the...

Analyzes twelve strategic planning efforts in higher education in eight countries in Asia and Africa.Drawing on over fifty years of on-the-ground experience, Fred M. Hayward's Transforming Higher Education in Asia and Africa analyzes change processes in higher education in eight Asian and African countries....

Brings relational sociology to bear on educational research.Relational sociology was conceived by theorists frustrated by what they viewed as an incomplete accounting of social reality. Torn between notions of structural rigidity, on the one hand, and rational choice individualism, on the other, relational sociologists...

Shows what kind of changes college faculty make to their teaching and why they make them.The image of college faculty members as abstracted, white-haired, tweed-jacketed professors, mumbling lectures from notes that were yellowed by twenty years of repeated use is still pervasive. In this...

Leading researchers and practitioners explore the frontiers of education from an integral perspective.The educational challenges being faced today are driving us toward a new step in the evolution of educational theory and practice. Educators are called to go beyond simply presenting alternatives, to integrating...

""Guide To The Study Of Mathematics For The B.A. And B.S. Examinations Of The University Of London (1879)"" by Arthur Lee Sparkes is a comprehensive guidebook that aims to assist students in preparing for the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.)...

Applied Calculus, Principles and Applications: Essentials for Students and Engineers is a comprehensive textbook written by Robert Gibbes Thomas and first published in 1919. The book provides a thorough introduction to the principles and applications of calculus, with a focus on practical, real-world examples...

The Idea of the University: A Reader, Volume 1 is a unique compilation of selected works of the major thinkers who have contributed to the discourse on the idea of the university in the German, English, American and French traditions, dating from the establishment...

A data-rich study of the difficult partnerships between the colleges, universities, and businesses of Silicon Valley.Universities and colleges often operate between two worlds: higher education and economic systems. With a mission rooted in research, teaching, and public service, institutions of higher learning are also...

America is in danger of losing its last great export--higher education.In addition to possessing the world's largest economies, China and the United States have extensive higher education systems comparable in size. By juxtaposing their long and distinctive educational traditions, Palace of Ashes offers compelling...

The Higher Education of Women is a book written by Emily Davies, a prominent British suffragist and women's education advocate, in 1866. The book is a comprehensive account of the history of women's education, the obstacles they faced in accessing higher education, and the...

The Encyclopedia of Law and Higher Education is a compendium of information that tells the story of law and higher education from a variety of perspectives. As many of the entries in this encyclopedia reflect, the editor and contributors have sought to place legal...

Success and career growth in academic life depend upon reaching and influencing the widest audience possible. To do so, scientists strive to develop personalized trust. They do so by establishing a large number of connections through networking and also through the strength of their...

A greater fluidity in social relations and hierarchies was experienced across Europe in the early modern period, a consequence of the major political and religious upheavals of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At the same time, the universities of Europe became increasingly orientated towards...

Drawing upon quantitative data gathered from the U.S. Census and U.S. Department of Education, as well as interviews with students from a variety of socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds, Low-Income Students and the Perpetuation of Inequality examines the question of who really benefits from public...

Reflective Teaching in Higher Education is the definitive textbook for reflective teachers in higher education. Informed by the latest research in this area, the book offers extensive support for those at the start of an academic career and career-long professionalism. Written by an international...

This book explores space, time and encounter in an interdisciplinary higher education classroom during a typical academic year, considering how they might present as protagonists of authenticity. In this ethnography, the author is both the researcher and the teacher, delivering highly interactive and student...

How has higher learning been shaped by people, ideas and knowledge? In a work that spans 2,500 years, 54 experts chart across the social and cultural dynamics of higher learning and education across the centuries. Exploring higher learning rather than universities, the variety of...

International service learning (ISL) programs are growing more popular with students looking to advance their skills and knowledge to become global citizens. While the benefits of these programs among students are well documented, little is known about the implications they have on host communities...

Transnational education seeks equivalence in standards and/or relevance of outcomes through the transfer of Western theories, concepts and methods. Utilising a critique-interpretative approach, Jing Qi argues that equivalence/relevance-oriented approaches to transnational education assume the legitimacy of the global knowledge hierarchy. Euro-American educational theories are...

This cutting-edge volume explores how institutions can better serve their students and illustrates HSIs' changing organizational dynamics, potentials, and contributions to American higher education.Author: Anne-Marie NunezISBN-10: 113881430XISBN-13: 9781138814301Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/27/2015Pages: 242Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.90d

Once the US was the only country in the world to offer a doctorate for studio artists, however the PhD in fine art disappeared after pressures established the MFA as the terminal degree for visual artists. Subsequently, the PhD in fine art emerged in...

This latest volume in the World Yearbook of Education Series focuses on educational elites and inequality, which is examined with a particular focus on the ways in which established and emergent groups located at the top of the social hierarchy and power structure reproduce,...

This contributed book explores what actually happens on campus as students from an increasingly wide range of backgrounds enroll and share space.Author: Elizabeth M. LeeISBN-10: 1138785547ISBN-13: 9781138785540Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/10/2015Pages: 204Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d

In Decision Making for Student Success, scholars from the fields of behavioral economics, education, and public policy explore contemporary research on decision-making and highlight behavioral insights that can improve postsecondary access and success.Author: Benjamin L. Castleman,Saul Schwartz,Sandy BaumISBN-10: 1138784974ISBN-13: 9781138784970Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/10/2015Pages: 192Format:...

Although emerging technologies are becoming popularised for teaching, learning and research, the relationship between their use and transformative effects on higher education remain largely unexplored. This edited collection seeks to fill this gap by providing a nuanced view, locating higher education pedagogical practices at...

There is an increasing pressure for leading universities to perform well in competitive global and national ranking systems. International Perspectives on Leadership in Higher Education studies the complexity involved in the development and upkeep of good higher education provision. Without taking anything about leadership,...

Understanding Power and Leadership in Higher Education gives college and university administrators the tools to understand the relationship between leadership, power, and influence within higher education.Author: Mark KretovicsISBN-10: 1138341762ISBN-13: 9781138341760Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/02/2019Pages: 234Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.70d

In a fast-changing, knowledge-intensive, democratic society, this book explores how higher education systems around the world can be developed to provide access, affordability, participation, and quality life-long learning for all.Author: Patrick BlessingerISBN-10: 113802094XISBN-13: 9781138020948Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/24/2015Pages: 250Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.30w x...

Training to Imagine is the definitive guide to using improvisational theater techniques to enhance creativity, teamwork, leadership, and growth in professional settings.Author: Kat KoppettISBN-10: 1032995238ISBN-13: 9781032995236Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2025Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d