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“cl dews”

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  • This Fine Place So Far from Home

    Voices of Academics from the Working Class

    by C.L. Dews ...
    These autobiographical and analytical essays by a diverse group of professors and graduate students from working-class families reveal an academic world in which "blue-collar work is invisible." Describing conflict and frustration, the contributors expose a divisive middle-class bias in the university setting. Many talk openly about how little they understood about the hierarchy and processes of ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • The Gatekeepers

    Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College

    by Jacques Steinberg ...
    In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given an unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country. The Gatekeepers follows a diverse group of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Higher Education in the Digital Age

    Updated Edition

    by William G. Bowen ...
    Series series The William G. Bowen Series
    How online learning could help control the exploding cost of higher educationTwo of the most visible and important trends in higher education today are its exploding costs and the rapid expansion of online learning. Could the growth in online courses slow the rising cost of college and help solve the crisis of affordability? In this short and incisive book, William G. Bowen, one of the foremost ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • College Student Retention

    Formula for Student Success

    by Alexander W. Astin, Joseph B. Berger, Erin W. Bibo, Kurt R. Burkum, Alberto F. Cabrera, Gloria Crisp, Ann Gansemer-Topf, Steven M. LaNasa, Susan Lyons, Liliana Mina, Lonnie Morrison0, Thomas G. Mortenson1, Leticia Oseguera2, Geraldo Blanco Ramírez3, Daniel W. Salter4, John H. Schuh5, Loretta Silverman6, Vincent Tinto7, Amaury Nora8, Alan Seidman9 ...
    Series series The ACE Series on Higher Education
    Although access to higher education is virtually universally available, college student retention stills remains a vexing and puzzling problem for educators and legislators.In College Student Retention: Formula for Student Success, second edition, Alan Seidman deals with this problematic issue by examining a number of areas critical to the retention of students, including the history, the theories ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • How College Works

    by Daniel F. Chambliss ...
    Constrained by shrinking budgets, can colleges do more to improve the quality of education? And can students get more out of college without paying higher tuition? Daniel Chambliss and Christopher Takacs conclude that limited resources need not diminish the undergraduate experience. How College Works reveals the decisive role that personal relationships play in determining a student's success, and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Grant Writing

    Practical Strategies for Scholars and Professionals

    by Rekha S. Rajan, Daniel R. Tomal ...
    Series series The Concordia University Leadership Series
    A first of its kind, this book provides you everything you need to know about successfully navigating the grant writing process including understanding the language of grant writing, finding grants, preparing the proposal, completing the application, preparing budgets, organizing information and timelines, revising and editing the proposal, including the assessment and evaluation, and building ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Leading the Modern University

    York University’s Presidents on Continuity and Change, 1974-2014

    Edited by Lorna R. Marsden ...
    Founded in 1959, York University is now the second largest university in Ontario and third largest university in Canada. However, starting in 1970s the success of the university was far from guaranteed.Leading the Modern University documents the challenges and solutions that five successive university presidents (H. Ian Macdonald, Harry Arthurs, Susan Mann, Lorna Marsden, and Mamdouh Shoukri) ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • The Provost's Handbook

    The Role of the Chief Academic Officer

    by James Martin, James E. Samels ...
    A go-to resource to help provosts, deans, presidents, and trustees effectively meet the challenges of leading a college or university.As the chief academic officer, the provost plays the central role in the contemporary university or college. He or she leads the faculty and serves as their key representative to the administration while simultaneously acting as the administration's spokesperson to ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

  • The Essential Academic Dean or Provost

    A Comprehensive Desk Reference

    by Jeffrey L. Buller ...
    Series series Jossey-Bass Resources for Department Chairs
    The go-to reference for academic leaders seeking practical answers to everyday challengesThe Essential Academic Dean or Provost explains the "how" of academic leadership, providing a practical, comprehensive, reality-based reference for almost any problem, challenge, or opportunity. This updated second edition includes new chapters on the difference between leadership and management in higher ... Read more

    $57.00 USD

  • Managing Diversity Flashpoints in Higher Education

    by Joseph E. Garcia ...
    Covering a timely topic, which is more and more frequently in the news, this book offers vignettes that will sharpen the reader's ability to recognize and respond to difficult situations sparked by identity differences among faculty, staff, and students in college and university settings. The authors provide a systematic guide to addressing interpersonal conflicts that arise out of issues of ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Serving the New Majority Student

    Working from Within to Transform the Institution

    Edited by Eric Malm, Marguerite Weber ...
    Much of higher education was originally designed to meet the needs of full time 18-22 year-old students who enter directly from high school. However, the New Majority of our students are older, likely to swirl among institutions, and have significant adult responsibilities outside of the classroom. The New Majority Student: Working from Within to Transform Higher Education is a call to transform ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Innovations in Higher Education

    Igniting the Spark for Success

    by Linda L. Baer, David Bonsall, Jeff Bonsall, Patricia A. Breen, Michael Bunch, Michael R. Chipps, Rosanna Stoll Diaz, Scott Epstein, Barbara A. Farley, Eugene Finnegan, Marilyn Hansmann, Rachel Harris, Darren Henderson, Adam Honea, John Holzhüter, Dionne Jones-Malone, Joseph Kovach, Henry J. Lindborg, Daniel Lowry, James H. McCormick, Christine Miller, Cinch L. Munson, Michael J. Offerman, William Pepicello, Nancy S. Perryman, Jeff Rabey, Lee Rasch, Jeffrey Seybert, David Sill, Patricia A. Stockert, Barbara Taylor, Linda M. Thor, Russell J. Watson, Dave Weber, Betsy O. Barefoot, John N. Gardner ...
    Series series The ACE Series on Higher Education
    Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad of success stories are being forged among educational institutions, supporting industries, and ... Read more

    $67.99 USD