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  • Student Activism in the Academy

    Its Struggles and Promise

    Edited by Joseph L. DeVitis, Pietro Sasso ...
    Series series Culture and Society in Higher Education
    Student Activism in the Academy: Its Struggles and Promise is a wide-ranging, provocative survey of student activism in America’s colleges and universities that critically analyzes the contentious problems and progress of a movement that has stirred public reaction in and out of academe. Its fundamental purpose is to engage diverse publics in both reasoned and passionate reflection and soul ... Read more

    $50.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Post-Truth’s Assault on America’s Schools and Colleges

    Edited by Joseph L. DeVitis ...
    Series series Identity & Practice in Higher Education-Student Affairs
    Post-Truth’s Assault on America’s Schools and Colleges presents a wide-ranging analysis of the psychological, historical, philosophical, and socio-political perspectives on how the post-truth age has become a serious peril to American life and polity in general, and to our schools and colleges in particular. Confirmation bias, religious and political fanaticism (e.g., White Christian nationalism), ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Human Flourishing and Higher Education

    Edited by Joseph L. DeVitis, Pietro A. Sasso ...
    Series series Identity & Practice in Higher Education-Student Affairs
    This book provides a more overarching, inclusive, appraisal of “human flourishing,” especially as it applies to the larger society and higher education. In an increasingly fractured world, it is imperative that both internal (individual) attributes of that notion be juxtaposed with external (social, economic, and political) factors that may either enhance or constrain development toward a more ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

  • The Future of American Higher Education

    How Today's Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate

    Edited by Joseph L. DeVitis ...
    "This impressive anthology presents the reader with an introduction to a gallery of public intellectuals through the critical eyes of a wide array of contributing writers from various academic fields. Both the latter and the public intellectuals themselves are responding to the state of American higher education. Importantly, most of them (there are a few public intellectuals in the book who cling ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Higher Education and Society

    Edited by Joseph L. DeVitis, Pietro A. Sasso ...
    Higher education and society are becoming increasingly intertwined. Both act as a transmitter of culture, yet many colleges and universities also ideally seek to create a more perfectible society and more enlightened, engaged citizens. When the connections between social structures and post-secondary education are closely entangled, the university’s aims can take on a contentious struggle for ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Popular Educational Classics

    A Reader

    Edited by Joseph L. DeVitis ...
    The last half century has created deep tensions in how we analyze educational and social change. Educators, policymakers, and concerned citizens have had to cope with competing belief systems in evaluating and acting upon school policies and practices. This illuminating book untangles many of the roots of those persistent debates that have divided the nation for so long. It offers readers a ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Colleges at the Crossroads

    Taking Sides on Contested Issues

    Edited by Joseph L. DeVitis, Pietro A. Sasso ...
    Series Book 517 - Counterpoints
    Focusing on crucial issues in higher education, this book challenges readers to go beyond taken-for-granted assumptions about America’s colleges and universities and instead critically examine important questions facing them in today’s troubled world. Each chapter presents divergent perspectives, that is, "pro" and "con" views, in the hope of stimulating reasoned dialogue among students, faculty, ... Read more

    $65.09 USD

  • Making College Better

    Views from the Top

    Edited by Joseph L. DeVitis ...
    Series Book 68 - Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society
    Today’s colleges and universities are facing mounting criticism from both internal and external interest groups and constituencies. While strident calls for reform accelerate, resources for higher education have weakened. Thus, demands to improve college education abound amidst hard times. This timely book, Making College Better: Views from the Top, offers more rational and practical responses to ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Today’s College Students

    A Reader

    Edited by Pietro A. Sasso, Joseph L. DeVitis ...
    Series Book 57 - Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society
    America’s undergraduates truly represent a mind-boggling diversity. Today’s College Students: A Reader looks at a wide variety of student groups and identities, which sets it apart from other texts on contemporary college students that do not cover such a broad spectrum. The editors and contributors also invite students, their instructors, and other college/university practitioners to be mindful ... Read more

    $57.09 USD

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