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  • Handbook of Research on Opening Pathways for Marginalized Individuals in Higher Education

    Edited by Stephanie P. Huffman, Denise D. Cunningham, Marjorie Shavers, Reesha Adamson ...
    In recent years, gaps in college opportunities have contributed to diminished social mobility and are influenced by disparities in collegiate experiences. An integral part of the mission of colleges and universities is to advance student achievement and prepare students for a global society by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. In order to provide equal educational ... Read more

    $229.49 USD

  • African American Young Girls and Women in PreK12 Schools and Beyond

    Informing Research, Policy, and Practice

    Edited by Renae D. Mayes, Marjorie C. Shavers, James L. Moore III ...
    Series Book 8 - Advances in Race and Ethnicity in Education
    African American Young Girls and Women in PreK12 Schools and Beyond presents a comprehensive viewpoint on preK-12 schooling for African American females. Including theoretical, conceptual, and research based chapters, this volume offers readers compelling evidence of the educational challenges and successes for this student population.The expert authors in this collection provide rich perspectives ... Read more

    $100.89 USD

  • Mentoring While White

    Culturally Responsive Practices for Sustaining the Lives of Black College Students

    by Bettie Ray Butler, Abiola Farinde-Wu, Melissa Winchell, Edwin Obilo Achola, Mekiael Auguste, Daniel E. Becton, Jamiylah Butler, Isaac M. Carter0, Delando L. Crooks1, Erinn F. Floyd2, Donna Y. Ford3, Horace R. Hall4, Troy Harden5, Cleveland Hayes6, Tiffany N. Hughes7, Herby B. Jolimeau8, Christelle Lauture9, Brian D. Lozenski0, Lisa R. Merriweather1, Richard J. Reddick2, Marjorie C. Shavers3, Christine Sleeter4, Terrell L. Strayhorn5, M. Yvonne Taylor6, Torie Weiston-Serdan7, Jemimah L. Young8, Alyssa Hadley Dunn9, Timothy J. Lensmire0 ...
    Mentoring While White: Culturally Responsive Practices for Sustaining the Lives of Black College Students provides a provocative and illuminating account of the mentoring experiences of Black college and university students based on their racialized and marginalized identities. Bettie Ray Butler, Abiola Farinde-Wu, and Melissa Winchell bring together a diverse group of well-respected leading and ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

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  • Walking the Road

    Race, Diversity and Social Justice in Teacher Education

    by Marilyn Cochran-Smith ...
    Series series Multicultural Education Series
    Mapping the way to reconceptualizing teacher education today, Marilyn Cochran-Smith guides the reader through the conflicting visions and ideologies surrounding the education of teachers for a diverse democratic society.“Our profession is at a critical crossroad. . . .We must accept Cochran–Smith’s challenge to speak loudly and articulately for social justice and democracy. Could our society face ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Promoting Social Justice through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

    by Alyssa Dunn, David Alm, Athina Chartelain, Maxine Atkinson, Nicole Battaglia, Carole Bennett, Brian Stevens, Patricia E. Calderwood, Jennifer Campbell, Tiffany Chenneville, Sarah D. Croft, Brooke D'Aloisio, James M. DeVita, Emma Sheeran, Erin E. Peters-Burton, Susan L. Filler, Melissa Garno, Lisa Garoutte, Phillis L. George, Daniel J. Glisczinski, Scott T. Grether, Tiffany Hoyt, Jo An Zimmermann, Diane Kayongo-Male, Giuseppina Kysar Mattietti, Robert Lake, Alejandro Leguizamo, Lonell Moeller, Yongmei Lu, Gloria P. Martinez-Ramos, Mary R. Moeller, MaryJo Benton Lee, Jacquelyn Dosch McDonald, Karen S. Meaney, Anja Mueller, Kent Rittschof, Sabrina N. Ross, Scott D. Farver, Stephanie Burrell Storms, Alma D. Stevenson, Thomas M. Grund, Annemarie Vaccaro, Cathy Willermet ...
    Series series Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
    How can education become a transformative experience for all learners and teachers? The contributors to this volume contend that the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) can provide a strong foundation for the role of education in promoting social justice. The collection features contributions by an array of educators and scholars, highlighting the various ways that learners and teachers ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education

    Edited by Tonette S. Rocco, M Cecil Smith, Robert C. Mizzi, Lisa R. Merriweather, Joshua D. Hawley ...
    Co-published with Colleges and universities are increasingly becoming significant sites for adult education scholarship—in large part due to demographic shifts. With fewer U.S. high school graduates on the horizon, higher education institutions will need to attract “non-traditional” (i.e., older) adult learners to remain viable, both financially and politically. There is a need to develop a better ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • An Inclusive Academy

    Achieving Diversity and Excellence

    by Abigail J. Stewart, Virginia Valian ...
    How colleges and universities can live up to their ideals of diversity, and why inclusivity and excellence go hand in hand.Most colleges and universities embrace the ideals of diversity and inclusion, but many fall short, especially in the hiring, retention, and advancement of faculty who would more fully represent our diverse world—in particular women and people of color. In this book, Abigail ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Profession and Practice of Adult Education

    An Introduction

    by Sharan B. Merriam, Ralph G. Brockett ...
    The Profession and Practice of Adult Education is a timely book and an excellent introduction to the field. Drawing from an extensive volume of literature, it provides comprehensive coverage and a clear guide. Graduate students will benefit from it and practitioners will be kept abreast of changes that are occurring.—Peter Jarvis, professor of continuing education and senior research professor, ... Read more

    $40.00 USD

  • In Pursuit of Impact

    Trauma- and Resilience-Informed Policy Development

    by Nadia Ferrara ...
    In Pursuit of Impact pushes researchers and policymakers to reflect, rethink, and reconnect with their purpose to support the greater good by developing meaningful public policies. Through a multidisciplinary lens, Nadia Ferrara, draws on research, clinical, and policy experience to show how we can engage in learning, and building more effective relationships to better support the development of ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • The Culturally Inclusive Educator

    Preparing for a Multicultural World

    by Dena R. Samuels ...
    The Culturally Inclusive Educator asks educators to consider what they can do differently to create a welcoming, inclusive, and exciting environment for the 21st century. Based on the author’s national research and consulting work, this book examines the discrepancy between the current educational cultural climate and the need for educators and their institutions to prepare for a growing ... Read more

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  • The Education Doctorate (Ed.D.)

    Issues of Access, Diversity, Social Justice, and Community Leadership

    Edited by Virginia Stead ...
    Series Book 5 - Equity in Higher Education Theory, Policy, and Praxis
    This first-of-its-kind text explores the Ed.D. program as a crucible for equitable higher education and community leadership. It was inspired in part by the Carnegie Project on the Educational Doctorate (CPED) and, more broadly, by widespread international interest in the power of the Ed.D. as a force for positive social change. The book’s range of cultural contexts and educational perspectives ... Read more

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  • Transformative Social Work

    Practices for Academic Settings

    Edited by Jan Fook, Danielle Jatlow ...
    Transformative approaches to social work have been popular for some time. Most discussions of this perspective, however, focus on actual practice with clients or service users, not educational contexts. In addition, there is often a lack of clarity about what “transformative” really means, both in theory and in practice.This book brings together a range of contributors to reconsider transformative ... Read more

    $31.49 USD