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“michael s roth”

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  • On Tyranny

    Including the Strauss-Kojève Correspondence

    by Leo Strauss ...
    An analysis of the classic Greek dialogue about absolute rule and the impassioned commentary it inspired between two philosophers.On Tyranny is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue Hiero, or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. Included are a translation of the dialogue from its original Greek, ... Read more

    $23.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Student

    A Short History

    by Michael S. Roth ...
    From the president of Wesleyan University, an illuminating history of the student, spanning from antiquity to ZoomIn this sweeping book, Michael S. Roth narrates a vivid and dynamic history of students, exploring some of the principal models for learning that have developed in very different contexts, from the sixth century BCE to the present.Beginning with the followers of Confucius, Socrates, ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Safe Enough Spaces

    A Pragmatist's Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness on College Campuses

    by Michael S. Roth ...
    From the president of Wesleyan University, a compassionate and provocative manifesto on the crises confronting higher educationIn this bracing book, Michael S. Roth stakes out a pragmatist path through the thicket of issues facing colleges today to carry out the mission of higher education. With great empathy, candor, subtlety, and insight, Roth offers a sane approach to the noisy debates ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Beyond the University

    Why Liberal Education Matters

    by Michael S. Roth ...
    Contentious debates over the benefits—or drawbacks—of a liberal education are as old as America itself. From Benjamin Franklin to the Internet pundits, critics of higher education have attacked its irrelevance and elitism—often calling for more vocational instruction. Thomas Jefferson, by contrast, believed that nurturing a student’s capacity for lifelong learning was useful for science and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Memory, Trauma, and History

    Essays on Living with the Past

    by Michael S. Roth ...
    In these essays, Michael S. Roth uses psychoanalysis to build a richer understanding of history, and then takes a more expansive conception of history to decode the cultural construction of memory. He first examines the development in nineteenth-century France of medical criteria for diagnosing memory disorders, which signal fundamental changes in the understanding of present and past. He next ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Redesigning Liberal Education

    Innovative Design for a Twenty-First-Century Undergraduate Education

    Edited by William Moner, Phillip Motley, Rebecca Pope-Ruark ...
    Redesigning liberal education requires both pragmatic approaches to discover what works and radical visions of what is possible.The future of liberal education in the United States, in its current form, is fraught but full of possibility. Today's institutions are struggling to maintain viability, sustain revenue, and assert value in the face of rising costs. But we should not abandon the model of ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Student, The

    by Michael S. Roth ...
    Narrated by Eric Meyers ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 4 min

    From the president of Wesleyan University, an illuminating history of the student, spanning from antiquity to ZoomIn this sweeping book, Michael S. Roth narrates a vivid and dynamic history of students, exploring some of the principal models for learning that have developed in very different contexts, from the sixth century BCE to the present.Beginning with the followers of Confucius, Socrates, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses

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    “Dee Fink challenges our conventional assumptions and practices and offers an insightful approach to expanding our learning goals, making higher education more meaningful. This is a gem of a book that every college teacher should read.”—Ken Bain, author, What the Best College Students DoSince the original publication of L. Dee Fink’s Creating Significant Learning Experiences, higher education has ... Read more

    $37.00 USD

  • The Tyranny of Merit

    What's Become of the Common Good?

    by Michael J. Sandel ...
    A Times Literary Supplement’s Book of the Year 2020A New Statesman's Best Book of 2020A Bloomberg's Best Book of 2020A Guardian Best Book About Ideas of 2020The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of the common good?These are dangerous tim... ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Women and Educational Leadership

    by Margaret Grogan, Charol Shakeshaft ...
    Series Book 10 - Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education
    This groundbreaking book presents a new way of looking at leadership that is anchored in research on women leaders in education. The authors examine how successful women in education lead and offer suggestions and ideas for developing and honing these exemplary leadership practices.Women and Educational Leadership shows how the qualities that characterize women's approaches to leadership differ ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated

    The Collapse and Revival of American Community

    by Robert D. Putnam ...
    Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work -- but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone*,* which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious achievement."Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans' changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Exploring Leadership

    For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference

    by Susan R. Komives, Nance Lucas, Timothy R. McMahon ...
    This third edition is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the bestselling text for undergraduate leadership courses. This book is designed for college students to help them understand that they are capable of being effective leaders and guide them in developing their leadership potential. The Relational Leadership Model (RLM) continues as the major focus in this edition, and the book ... Read more

    $58.00 USD

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