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  • Yale & The Ivy League Cartel — How a College Lost its Soul and Became a Hedge Fund

    by Edwin S. Rockefeller ...
    The book reviews the development of "Old Yale" from its origin in 1701 to its death in the latter half of the 20th century, describes the Ivy League Cartel that prevents price competition among members and makes possible persistent price increases, and explains how the cartel has been preserved by skillful lawyering and political support of the academic establishment. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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

    $5.99 USD

  • A Guide To The SEND Code of Practice [Updated for 2016/17]

    by Douglas Silas ...
    "The guide that the Government should have written, but didn’t!"Now updated for 2016/17, this is the comprehensive guide to the Special Educational Needs & Disability Code of Practice 2014 and new SEN framework, which came into force in September 2014.From award-winning Douglas Silas, a solicitor specialising exclusively in special educational needs, it includes and links to all relevant ... Read more

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  • Learning Assessment Techniques

    A Handbook for College Faculty

    by Claire H. Major, Elizabeth F. Barkley ...
    50 Techniques for Engaging Students and Assessing Learning in College CoursesDo you want to:Know what and how well your students are learning?Promote active learning in ways that readily integrate assessment?Gather information that can help make grading more systematic and streamlined?Efficiently collect solid learning outcomes data for institutional assessment?Provide evidence of your teaching ... Read more

    $44.00 USD

  • Transitioning from a Theological College to a Christian University

    A Multi-Case Study in the East African Context

    by Semeon Mulatu ...
    Series series ICETE Series
    The decision for ministerial training institutions to become broader educational institutions that offer courses outside the traditional areas of theology is certainly not unique to a specific geographical context. While there are many examples of notable institutions making this transition in North America and Europe, very little reflection has been carried out in the global south. In this book, ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Best Practices for Faculty Search Committees

    How to Review Applications and Interview Candidates

    by Jeffrey L. Buller ...
    The essential guidebook for effective faculty hiring committeesBest Practices for Faculty Search Committees presents a clear, direct action plan for faculty and administration involved in hiring. Written by a veteran university administrator, this book lays out a step-by-step process for selecting the right candidate for the job. Practical guidance on application review, interviewing, and ... Read more

    $30.00 USD

  • Only Leave a Trace

    Meditations

    by Roger Epp ...
    “Make yourself big when you enter a room, when you meet a bear in the woods. Make yourself big. Meet the eyes.” Roger Epp’s poetic meditations about the best, the hardest, the loneliest times of leading a small university campus through significant change are depicted in a series of elegant yet understated prose pieces, alongside images by his life partner, Rhonda Harder Epp. Taking a candid look ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Reshaping Universities for Survival in the 21st Century: New Opportunities and Paradigms

    by Christina Chow ...
    Universities are viewed by many as institutions that should impart quality education to enrolled students and foster a learning environment, which, in turn, would benefit the accumulation of knowledge worldwide. Enhancing university education is at the top of most governmental agendas. In this knowledge-driven economy, every nation wants to have the world's top-ranked universities. Every parent ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • The Sustainable University

    Green Goals and New Challenges for Higher Education Leaders

    by James Martin, James E. Samels ...
    Colleges and universities are at the forefront of efforts to preserve the earth’s resources for future generations. Carbon neutrality, renewable energy sources, green building strategies, and related initiatives require informed and courageous leaders at all levels of higher education. James Martin and James E. Samels have worked closely with college and university presidents, provosts, and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Making the Unequal Metropolis

    School Desegregation and Its Limits

    by Ansley T. Erickson ...
    Series series Historical Studies of Urban America
    In a radically unequal United States, schools are often key sites in which injustice grows. Ansley T. Erickson's Making the Unequal Metropolis presents a broad, detailed, and damning argument about the inextricable interrelatedness of school policies and the persistence of metropolitan-scale inequality. While many accounts of education in urban and metropolitan contexts describe schools as the ... Read more

    $23.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Higher Education and Silicon Valley

    Connected but Conflicted

    by W. Richard Scott, Michael W. Kirst ...
    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 economic drivers in their regions, under increasing pressure to provide ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • Education and Sustainability

    Paradigms, Policies and Practices in Asia

    Edited by Patricia Burkhardt-Holm, Chew-Hung Chang, Md Saidul Islam, Youngho Chang, Michelle Merrill ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Asian Education
    This book provides an introduction to the state of sustainability education in Asia. It covers national policies, institutional policies and practices within Asian universities, sustainability considerations for teacher training at schools of education, and pedagogical practices for sustainability in higher education. With contributors from universities and NGOs in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, ... Read more

    $59.99 USD