Educational administration and organization Books
Rowman & Littlefield Labor Relations in Education: Policies, Politics,
Book SynopsisCollective bargaining in the public schools of the nation has its legal roots in the industrial labor model fashioned in the 1930s out of labor strife between union organizers and private businesses. This industrial union labor model was transplanted almost wholesale into the public sector over fifty years ago when teachers, fire and police personnel were granted the legislative right to collectively bargain their wages, benefits, and terms and conditions of employment in most states. What impact has this industrial model had on public education and on the relationship between teachers and administrators? Labor Relations in Education explores unions and collective bargaining in the public schools of America. The history of the laws, the politics of the response to collective bargaining and unions, and the practices of bargaining and managing a contract are explored in this volume. Changes that may move labor relations into professional relations and away from the industrial labor union model and diminish the schism that exists between educators are discussed. A fully developed simulation is included to employ the practices and concepts discussed in the book.Trade ReviewBoth new and experienced education practitioners have something to gain by reading Labor Relations in Education. For those new to the collective bargaining experience, DeMitchell makes the process come alive. The use of an intense, well-developed bargaining simulation is DeMitchell's primary vehicle for achieving this goal. But in addition to bringing the bargaining table to the reader, DeMitchell pushes practitioners to think about the relationship between the collective bargaining process and achieving school reform. For any educator with the hope of using the bargaining process as a means to reforming his or her school district, I recommend you start with this book. -- Mark A. Paige, school law attorney, Drummond Woodsum Law Firm, Portsmouth, NHThis book is unique in the artful manner it combines the legal and political history of labor relations in education with practical advice for negotiating and managing labor contracts. Moreover, in each chapter DeMitchell quickly focuses the reader on the policies, laws, ideas, and history most essential to understanding this subject. His chapter about how teachers reconcile their professional status with union membership provides key insights into the complexity of union dynamics at the school and district level. If you read only one book on labor relations in the school environment, this should be the one. -- Mark Conrad, superintendent of schools, Nashua, NH, and former school business administratorSchool administrators who are either experts or novices at the bargaining table will eagerly embrace Todd DeMitchell's new book. It is a relevant and important contribution to one of the most essential and often vexing aspects of public school administration. Clearly written, devoid of jargon and legalese, Labor Relations in Education is filled with nuts and bolts information, timely advice, and personal tidbits from an author with unique experience on all sides of the table. DeMitchell uses an historical context to frame a contemporary discussion about the role teachers and unions play in creating change in public schools and the necessary partnership with school leaders that change requires. Using a case study simulation, DeMitchell demystifies the bargaining process and guides the reader through planning, preparation, bargaining, table talk, and settlement. -- Cecilia M. Di Bella, superintendent of schools, Sutton Public Schools, Massachusetts; former member, Association of School Business Officials EditoriThis book cogently teaches and prepares administrators for the nuances, rigors and challenges of collective bargaining. * School Administrator *Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Labor Relations in Education 3 The Legal Framework 4 Community & Conflict 5 Professionalism and Unionism 6 Reform and Labor Relations 7 Preparation and Practice: At the Table 8 The Future of Professional Relations 9 Glossary with Some Comments 10 Appendices
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University of Iowa Press A Life on the Middle West's Never-Ending Frontier
Book SynopsisUniversity of Iowa legend Willard L. “Sandy” Boyd is a proud middle westerner. His decades of service to the university began in 1954, when he arrived as a law professor. He later became president of the University of Iowa from 1969 to 1981, and led the school through times that were fraught not just for the university but for the country. During the intense polarization of the late sixties and early seventies, Sandy's compassion and steady leadership ensured that dissent on campus would be honored and would not stop the university's educational mission. He quickly became admired, not simply for his professional achievements but also for his personal integrity. His memoir, interspersed with personal wisdom gleaned over more than six decades of service and leadership, encapsulates Sandy's shrewd yet optimistic view of the public university as an institution. At every stage in his life—in the U.S. Navy during World War II, while practicing law or teaching, and in leadership positions at Chicago's Field Museum and the University of Iowa— Sandy relied on his principles of open disclosure, inclusiveness, and respect for differences to guide him on issues that matter. This chronicle of Sandy's experiences throughout his life shows us the evolution both of the University of Iowa and of the nation writ large. More importantly, this book gives us a lens through which to examine our present situation, whether debating free speech on campus, the role of the arts and humanities in civil society, or the importance of funding for educational and cultural institutions.
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PublicAffairs,U.S. True Gentlemen
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Pivotal Moments: How Educators Can Put All
Book SynopsisFor many students, making their way to higher education requires more than hard work and determination. Low-income minority students who overcome obstacles to achieve academic success have usually encountered at least one college-educated adult in their schooling who took the initiative to reach out to them and provide concrete academic guidance.In this book, sociologist Roberta Espinoza introduces the idea of “pivotal moments”—interventions that point the way toward college, particularly for students from working-class or ethnic minority backgrounds. These pivotal encounters and the relationships that spring from them can help students accumulate procedural knowledge about attending college (cultural capital) and interpersonal support (social capital).Pivotal Moments introduces a diverse group of students whose experiences highlight how teachers, counselors, academic outreach professionals, and professors can help students circumvent the barriers they encounter in attaining school success. It shows how the timing, duration, and impact of pivotal moments can redirect students’ educational trajectories. The book also translates the theory of pivotal moments into concrete practices that educators at all levels can use to intervene more effectively in the lives of working-class minority students.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Character Compass: How Powerful School Culture
Book SynopsisIn Character Compass, Scott Seider offers portraits of three high-performing urban schools in Boston, Massachusetts that have made character development central to their mission of supporting student success, yet define character in three very different ways. One school focuses on students’ moral character development, another emphasises civic character development, and the third prioritises performance character development. Drawing on surveys, interviews, field notes, and student achievement data, Character Compass highlights the unique effects of these distinct approaches to character development as well as the implications for parents, educators, and policymakers committed to fostering powerful school culture in their own school communities.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW: School Desegregation and Resegregation in Charlotte
Book SynopsisYesterday, Today, and Tomorrow provides a compelling analysis of the forces and choices that have shaped the trend toward the resegregation of public schools. By assembling a wide range of contributors - historians, sociologists, economists, and education scholars - the editors provide a comprehensive view of a community’s experience with desegregation and economic development. Here we see resegregation through the lens of Charlotte, North Carolina, once a national model of successfuldesegregation, and home of the landmark Swann desegregation case, which gave rise to school busing.This book recounts the last forty years of Charlotte’sdesegregation and resegregation, putting education reform in a political and economic context. Within a decade of the Swann case, the district had developed one of the nation’s most successful desegregation plans, measured by racial balance and improved academic outcomes for both black and white students. However, beginning in the 1990s, this plan was gradually dismantled. Today, the level of resegregation in Charlotte has almost returned to what it was prior to 1971. At the core of Charlotte’s story is the relationship between social structure and human agency, with an emphasis on how yesterday’s decisions and actions define today’s choices.Table of ContentsContentsMap of Mecklenburg County viiPreface ixCHAPTER 1Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Structure and Agency in the Resegregation of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 1 Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Stephen Samuel Smith, and Amy Hawn Nelson CHAPTER 2The Price of Success The Political Economy of Education, Desegregation, and Development in Charlotte 17 Stephen Samuel Smith CHAPTER 3A Spirit of Togetherness Desegregation and Community at West Charlotte High School 39 Pamela Grundy CHAPTER 4“Academic Genocide” on the West Side West Charlotte High School in the Post-Swann Era 53 Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Stephen Samuel Smith, Stephanie Southworth, and S. Lore´n Trull CHAPTER 5Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Context Racial and Economic Imbalance at the District and State Level, 1994–2012 69 Charles T. Clotfelter, Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob L. VigdorCHAPTER 6A Study in Contrasts Race, Politics, and School Assignment Policies in Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Wake County, North Carolina 85 Toby L. Parcel, Joshua A. Hendrix, and Andrew J. TaylorCHAPTER 7Residential Choice as School Choice The Impact of Unitary Status in Charlotte-Mecklenburg 101 David Liebowitz and Lindsay C. Page CHAPTER 8From Black and White to Technicolor Demographic Change in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 119 Michelle Plaisance, Elizabeth Morrell, and Paul McDaniel CHAPTER 9A Long Path to Success Integration and Community Engagement at Shamrock Gardens Elementary School 137 Amy Hawn Nelson CHAPTER 10The Law’s Delay Pursuing School Diversity and Equity in Leandro’s Shadow 157 Mark Dorosin and Luke Largess CHAPTER 11Obligation and Opportunity Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Face the Future 173 Stephen Samuel Smith, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, and Amy Hawn Nelson APPENDIX ATerminology 203 APPENDIX bList of Supplementary Materials 207Notes 209 Acknowledgments 241 About the Editors 243 About the Contributors 245 Index 249
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Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc Dancing at the Crossroads: Stories and Activities
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Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc Speak Peace: Words of Wisdom, Work, and Wonder
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Capstone Classroom Helping Your Child Succeed in Reading A Parent
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Trine Day Bullyocracy: How the Social Hierarchy Enables
Book SynopsisBestselling author Donald Jeffries turns his critical eye onto the topic of bullying to show how teachers, principals, and other school officials invariably side with the bullies in the most egregious cases, instead of protecting the victims. He also shows how many so-called anti-bullying activists and nearly all the professional “experts” excuse bullying and in fact laud sociopathic behavior in general. As Jeffries demonstrates, this curious phenomenon is due to the power and influence of the social hierarchy, and it revolves to a great extent around the enduring popularity of sports. Jeffries talked to parents who’d battled a system that logically should have been working for them, some of whom lost a child to bullycide, the term for children who kill themselves over bullying. His investigation into what has become one of the most talked about issues in America is as explosive and controversial as anything he has written.Trade ReviewFrom hostile high school hallways to the Oval Office, we've become a nation ruled by bullies, while those who are ostensibly there to protect us actively or passively enable them. In this trenchant expose, Donald Jeffries reveals how pervasive is the "bullyocracy" and suggests some of the social factors that can diminish its power." Michael Kimmel, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities"Donald Jeffries is one of our most talented and prolific writers who is never afraid to tackle the most difficult problems facing society today. Here he focuses on bullying in our education system with special insights into cyber-bullying that has emerged as a lethal form of persecution. High schools in many ways have become a jungle where bullies pounce on their weaker victims, many of whom carry the scars for years. Jeffries not only explores the issues involved but adroitly proposes solutions. His information is invaluable." Douglas Caddy, Author, and Member of the District of Columbia and Texas Bars"We have insight into the root cause of bullying, why it continues to occur, and its long term effects, so why do we still have a bullying epidemic? Teaching students, parents, and school officials about the negative effects of bullying early-on is only part of the solution. As a society and as individuals, we still allow bullies to rule the classroom, the boardroom, even the oval office. Don Jeffries's thoroughly researched book explains why and how this continues to occur. Like it or not, bullying affects us all. This is an important topic worth examining and a book that needs to be read." Jesse Ventura, former Independent Governor of Minnesota"Jeffries shows the enraging parallels between workplace and schoolyard bullies and how American institutions historically and consistently side with the aggressors, even when they advertise themselves as "zero tolerance" zones. This applies to victims who take their own lives as well, as the book eloquently points how even their experiences are often conveniently rewritten post-death in favor of their abusers. This book collects both tragic accounts of bullying as well as some of the more absurd steps of "zero tolerance" taken in a vain attempt to cover an institution's rear end instead of caring for the well-being of any tortured individual." Gina Tron, author of You're Fine
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Fonthill Media LLc The State Schools of Massachusetts
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Fonthill Media LLc Abandoned Detroit
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America Through Time Abandoned Schools of Tennessee
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University of Delaware Press The Biden School and the Engaged University of
Book SynopsisThis book reviews the history of the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration from 1961 to 2021. The focus is on the school’s accomplishments over its first sixty years, how they were achieved, and why they are significant. The analysis describes the challenges and opportunities that shaped the school’s development and its emergence as one of the nation’s leading public affairs schools. What began in 1961 as an experimental program supported by a single external grant emerged six decades later as one of the nation’s leading comprehensive schools of public affairs. That transformation unfolded during one of the most dynamic periods in the history of higher education when the public purpose of universities was expanded. The history of the Biden School is a story of institutional innovation, perseverance, adaptation, and resilience.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 000 Biden School Timeline 000 Introduction 000 PART I CREATING THE DELAWARE MODEL (1961-1996) Chapter One The Division of Urban Affairs 000 Chapter Two The College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy 000 Chapter Three Policy Partnerships and The Delaware Model 000 PART II BECOMING A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL (1997-2014) Chapter Four The School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy 000 Chapter Five The School of Public Policy and Administration 000 Chapter Six Shaping Public Policy 000 PART III PURSUING A NEW VISION (2015-2021) Chapter Seven Rising Expectations 000 Chapter Eight The Biden School 000 Chapter Nine Legacies and Possibilities 000 Selected Bibliography 000 Index 000
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University Press of Colorado Making Administrative Work Visible: Data-Driven
Book SynopsisMaking Administrative Work Visible brings together voices from graduate students, associated faculty, administrative staff, and tenured and tenure-track faculty at community colleges, regional state universities, liberal arts colleges, private colleges, and research-intensive institutions across the country to speak to the challenges, both named and unnamed, faced by those who do writing program administration work. These authors call explicit attention to this work and examine WPAs' lived labor experiences and research methodologies to truly understand the scope of lived WPA labor. The collection has three parts, each of which focuses on the most confounding challenges facing WPAs as well as the most compelling sites of their contributions to administration, labor in higher education, and the discipline's collective obligation to forwarding the goals of social justice and advocacy: Advocating through Representations of WPA Labor, Advocating by Accounting for Time and Labor, and Advocating in and through Complex Institutional Contexts. The chapters use data to share and track the work functions, job titles, grand narratives, program assessments, tenure and promotion, email practices, and more undertaken by WPAs in their administrative capacities. Chapters also surface narratives for future data and studies to be done by other scholars. By taking up and answering questions about the range of WPA workand the invisibility of much of that workMaking Administrative Work Visible creates avenues toward accounting for and acknowledging the complex activity systems in which WPAs lead the work of the university and advocate for data-driven strategies needed to sustain this foundational area of higher education. Contributors: Kamila Albert, Brooke Anderson, Sheila Carter-Tod, Amy Cicchino, Ana Cortés Lagos, Kristi Murray Costello, Jennifer Cunningham, Ryan Dippre, Kimberly Emmons, Genevieve García de Müeller, Jill Gladstein, Caleb González, Michael Healy, Lyra Hilliard, Kristine Johnson, Seth Kahn, Rita Malenczyk, Troy Mikanovich, Lilian Mina, Angela Mitchell, Greer Murphy, Kate Navickas, Michael Neal, Patti Poblete, Jan Rieman, Heather Robinson, Katelyn Stark, Mary Stewart, Natalie Stillman-Webb, Lizbett Tinoco, Lisa Tremain, Martha Wilson Schaffer
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Utah State University Press Writing Centers and Racial Justice: A Guidebook
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Utah State University Press Composition and Rhetoric in Contentious Times
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Author Solutions Inc Fearless Classrooms
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Capstone Press The Little Rock Nine Challenge Segregation:
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Capstone Press The Little Rock Nine Challenge Segregation:
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Capstone Press From Stem to Steam: Latino Perspectives
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group The Internal Coherence Framework: Creating the Conditions for Continuous Improvement in Schools
Book SynopsisThe Internal Coherence Framework presents a system of research-based practices for assessing and developing the conditions that support adult and student learning in schools.Internal coherence is defined as the ability of educators in a school or system to connect and align resources to carry out an improvement strategy, engage in collective learning, and use that learning to provide students with richer educational opportunities. The internal coherence framework featured in the book brings together three important domains of research: leadership for learning, organizational improvement, and instructional efficacy.School or system leaders who progress through this book with colleagues will develop a shared vision for ambitious teaching and learning anchored in the instructional core; organize the work of the leadership and teacher teams to advance this vision; and build psychologically safe team, school, and system cultures to support the risk taking and constructive challenges necessary to move schools or systems to the next level of performance.At the heart of the book is a survey and rubric that can help schools better understand their strengths and weaknesses and the kinds of supports they need to support student learning. The book blends theory and practice to bring tested wisdom to bear on critical issues of education leadership and professional learning.
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Bluewonder Creative, Inc. Building People: Social-Emotional Learning for
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Te Herenga Waka University Press Southern Transformation
Book SynopsisThere are two Aucklands. One is the educated, urbane beneficiary of social capital and educational investment. The other is apparently an educational wasteland, its dysfunctions threatening to sink Auckland’s economic future. To many, South Auckland is an intractable public policy problem—if only we could ‘fix’ the south, its inequalities would disappear and not only Auckland, but Aotearoa, would be richer and more comfortable for it. There is another side to South Auckland. It is home to both the well-established and the migrant. It delivered the first mayor to Auckland’s supercity, who sold a vision for transforming the south into an economic powerhouse—a vision now embedded in the city’s strategic plans. But will social and economic transformation actually be delivered? How? What role does education play in the current dynamic of South Auckland, and what will its future be? There is a difference between what public policymakers see and what those on the ground understand about education in Auckland. This book advocates a community-specific approach to educational success and transformation in our largest city. It explores the failures of free markets in education; the learning challenges in poor urban neighbourhoods; and calls for educational governance that harnesses collective effort and strategic investment for a different future.
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History Press Trinity Student Pranks A History of Mischief
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Common Reading Programs: Going Beyond the Book
Book SynopsisCommon reading programs are becoming a ubiquitous component of first-year experience initiatives. Sometimes controversial, these programs are designed to provide students an introduction to the intellectual expectations of college in an often-informal gathering of college faculty and peers. Yet, truly dynamic and successful programs move beyond book discussion groups to include students, faculty, staff, and the larger community in a wide range of social and intellectual activities. Laufgraben gathers examples from programs across the country to offer a concise and practical guide to planning, promoting, and assessing common reading initiatives.
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition The Role of the Library in the First College Year
Book SynopsisWhile the library is at the center of many campuses physically, it is often an overlooked and underused resource in improving the learning and success of first-year college students. In this new volume, librarians, classroom faculty, administrators, and higher education researchers come together to explore the potential of the library in shaping the student experience. Chapter authors explore structures and practices for helping students learn to navigate the college library; use the Internet effectively; and find, analyze, and incorporate information into their academic work - a critical foundation for college success. Thirteen case studies present detailed information on current practice from a variety of campus types.
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Shedding Light on Sophomores: An Exploration of
Book SynopsisEducators have long been concerned with retaining students and helping them succeed, but their focus has been primarily on first-year students. Recently, this focus has widened to include a frequently invisible population - second-year students. Shedding Light on Sophomores: An Exploration of the Second College Year turns our attention to this often-forgotten student population. This volume draws on campus-based and national research to describe the second college year and the initiatives designed to support it. Campus case studies offer a more detailed look at programs designed to help sophomores succeed, and a concluding chapter offers recommendations for the development of a range of initiatives in the second college year. Shedding Light on Sophomores offers a rich resource for any educator who cares about the status of second-year students and is committed to designing programs and services to support them.Trade Review“This relatively short monograph will be useful to institutions seeking a starting point for sophomore year initiatives as well as for those that are in the early stages of development. …the best practices contained in the chapters can be beneficial and adapted to a variety of colleges and universities.” — The Journal of College Orientation and Transition
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Graduate Students in Transition: Assisting
Book SynopsisOn many campuses, graduate students are a prized resource, supporting faculty research and the undergraduate instructional mission. Yet, attrition rates among master's and doctoral students are often alarmingly high. The 50th installment of The First-Year Experience Monograph Series describes the challenges associated with entry into graduate study and offers information about new initiatives and programs designed to ease their transition -- from unique orientations and mentoring structures to transition courses and graduate student centers. The monograph is written for educators concerned about master's or doctoral students and their road to success.Trade Review“Graduate Students in Transition is an ambitious book that has much to offer the administrator charged with insuring student persistence and degree completion. It is especially helpful in regards to master’s level students—particularly in the professional fields—where the classic systems of mentoring and apprenticeship are not long-standing.” —NACADA Journal
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition International Perspectives on the First-Year
Book SynopsisStudents around the globe have unique first-year experiences but struggle with many of the same challenges. This monograph focuses on their journeys and provides insights for educators interested in learning about how institutions across the globe provide supports to students dealing with first-year transition issues. Based on the successful Exploring the Evidence monograph series, Nutt and Calderon present the inaugural collection of international first-year initiatives, demonstrating the portability and adaptability of these strategies in a variety of institutional contexts. Cases from a dozen different countries touch on a wide range of topics, including: academic advising and support, early-warning systems for at-risk students, first-year seminars, learning communities, orientation or induction, peer mentoring, retention initiatives, self-regulated learning, and supplemental instruction.
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Organizing for Student Success: The University
Book SynopsisOrganizing for Student Success draws on data from more than 50 institutions to provide insight into how university colleges are organized, the initiatives they house, and the practices in place to ensure their effectiveness. Twenty case studies from 15 different campuses offer an in-depth understanding of institutional practice. Ultimately, university colleges are not only a structure for organizing educational experiences but also a catalyst for creating institutional change. An invaluable resource for first-year experience steering committees, general education reform committees, and other groups or administrators charged with reorganizing and revitalizing the delivery of undergraduate education.Trade Review“While the ideas and strategies discussed in this monograph may at first seem more relevant to the university setting, specific examples serve as lessons, provide warnings about pitfalls, and are easily transferable to the small college setting.” — NACADA Journal
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Students in Transition: Research and Practice in
Book SynopsisOffering a primer on action research methodologies and examples of practice, Students in Transition: Research and Practice in Career Development responds to a dual challenge facing career development educators - designing cutting-edge career development interventions and demonstrating their effectiveness. Overviews of quantitative and qualitative measures and career development instruments are presented to assist educators in documenting the outcomes of their programs and initiatives. The case studies in the final sections of the volume describe the delivery and evaluation of a wide range of career initiatives offered in diverse settings and spanning the transition from high school to college through the senior year. Career services professionals and educators at all types of institutions will find empirical evidence, research methodologies, and practical strategies to guide program design, implementation, and evaluation.Trade Review“The strength of this monograph is the selected case studies that represent a wide variety of colleges and universities and the positive outcomes gleaned from these career intervention programs…By using these approaches, staff members can assist students in understanding themselves and making better career decisions.” — Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Fulfilling the Promise of the Community College
Book SynopsisExamine the first-year student experience as so rarely seen from the community college perspective and increase the odds of the new-to-college students’ success. For three decades, U.S. higher education has paid increasing attention to the beginning college experience—to ensure that entering students make a successful transition to college. Yet, much of the extant research and practice literature focuses on the experience of first-year students entering four-year colleges and universities. Fulfilling the Promise of the Community College is an insightful publication that provides a thought-provoking, idea-inspiring look at the unique characteristics of the community college and its students. In addition, it explores the barriers to success these students face as well as strategies for ensuring that their higher education goals can be achieved. Authors describe successful adaptations of faculty development initiatives, first-year seminars, common reading programs, academic and career advising, learning communities, and STEM initiatives in the community college setting.Trade ReviewIn an effort to explain why the first year [of college] is so important, Fulfilling the Promise of the Community College: Increasing First-Year Student Engagement and Success provides readers with an overall look at strategies that have proven to be both effective and impactful. Each chapter is rooted in data and research that serves as evidence to the reader that the approaches included in this book have worked. . . . A helpful aspect of this book is its comprehensive approach to the subject. It covers everything from orientation to learning communities to academic advising. It challenges community college administrators to look critically at their infrastructure and determine if they really are success-oriented colleges. Sharing examples of successful strategies and challenges also strengthens this book. This balanced presentation shows the reality of what it takes to impact change. It also makes the book very practical. . . .As helpful as this book is to anyone who works at a community college or wants to support students entering community colleges, the strategies included are important and applicable in serving all students, all the time, not just in the first year. More information regarding strategies that work specifically for the first year, and why approaches during this year differ from approaches used in the second year and beyond would be a valuable addition to this book. In the end, Fulfilling the Promise of the Community College provides community college administrators, faculty, and staff with a comprehensive look into strategies that work to increase first-year student engagement and, ultimately, success. It validates the work that is currently happening at some institutions while also challenging others to do more and to scale up. Moving beyond access and focusing on student success, it exposes the need for data-driven decisions and for top-down, all-around support. It calls for community colleges to be intentional about student success. Colleges must define what success looks like and set goals to achieve it. This book reminds us that success does not, and should not, happen by chance; instead it should be purposefully designed and incorporated into the student experience from day one. * Community College Journal of Research and Practice *
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition The First Year Seminar Volume II: Instructor
Book SynopsisGuided by an understanding of adult development, the authors suggest strategies for designing and presenting a comprehensive faculty development program in support of the first-year seminar. Chapters focus on the organization of one-shot and ongoing development efforts, content for training programs, evaluation as a development activity, and strategies for recruiting and maintaining a dedicated instructor team. While focused on the first-year seminar, the volume offers useful insight for anyone charged with designing faculty development initiatives for first-year instructors.Trade Review“Their argument for the importance of teacher training in higher education … is incredibly timely and effective; it provides a solid foundation for advocates of faculty development to use in future research or to begin a conversation about this topic on their campuses.” — Journal of College Orientation and Transition
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Crafting and Conducting Research on Student
Book SynopsisDesigned for students and educational professionals researching students? movement into and through higher education, Crafting and Conducting Research on Student Transitions is a concise resource, describing both qualitative and quantitative methods. The authors walk readers through the process of selecting a topic, designing a study, and disseminating the research results on explorations of the college student experience from the first college year to beyond graduation. Ideal for use in graduate programs or professional writing groups and by educators who wish to contribute to this growing subspecialty of the higher education literature.Trade Review“The concepts covered in the book … would serve as a useful introduction to the basics of higher education research for a graduate-level introductory research course or a first-year doctoral seminar course.” — Journal of College Orientation and Transition
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition The First Year Seminar Volume IV: Using Peers in
Book SynopsisIn an effort to capitalize on some of the more positive aspects of peer influences, colleges and universities have created a wide range of peer-to-peer education, leadership, and mentoring roles—especially in the first college year. Yet, the use of peers in first-year seminar instruction is still far from commonplace. Latino and Ashcraft offer guidance on defining the role of peers as co-instructors; recruiting, selecting, and training peer educators; facilitating relationship building within the instructional team; and assessing the impact of peer leaders on the course, the students served, and the peers themselves. Sample training agendas and activities, course syllabi, and evaluations are included.
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition The Senior Year: Culminating Experiences and
Book SynopsisIncreasing pressures on colleges and universities to ensure degree completion and job placement as measures of success make it imperative that the path to graduation is clear and that seniors receive the support needed to earn a degree and make a successful transition to life beyond college. This new edited collection describes today’s college seniors and offers strategies for supporting them to graduation through high-impact educational initiatives. Contributors also address issues related to career development; workplace transitions; and opportunities for integration, reflection, closure, and ongoing engagement as students leave college. Educators charged with improving the end-of-college experience will find this an invaluable resource.Trade Review“This book is a great start for readers seeking a summary of student development theory and how it relates to today’s senior students. A useful text for advisors, capstone instructors, and student affairs professionals.” – NACADA Journal
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Writing in the Senior Capstone: Theory & Practice
Book SynopsisSurveys of employers continually highlight the need for better communication skills among recent college graduates. Yet, writing instruction in higher education serves far more than a transactional purpose. Writing facilitates learning, helps students gain skills in analysis and synthesis, and supports a range of other personal and intellectual developmental outcomes also important to employers. To that end, Writing in the Senior Capstone offers the rationale and practical guidance for infusing writing into culminating academic experiences for college seniors. Recognizing that writing-intensive capstones already exist on many campuses, the authors also offer a range of strategies and activities to support the development of independent senior projects, while honing students’ thinking, writing, and presentation skills. A valuable resource for any educator seeking to improve the writing and critical thinking skills of college seniors.Trade Review“Those teaching advanced majors will find in this book an array of focused writing assignments from many disciplines. They will feel compelled, as was I, to re-imagine and revise course plans as they read, recognizing in these assignments the very piece that was missing in last semester’s seminar.” —Susan Welsh, Writing Program Coordinator, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition College Students in Transition: An Annotated
Book SynopsisThe transition from high school to college is an important milestone, but it is only one of many steps in the journey through higher education. Interest in the many other transitions students make—through the sophomore year, from one institution to another, and out of college—has grown exponentially in the last decade. At the same time, educators recognize that each transition experience is unique, shaped by the individual student context. A new annotated bibliography helps researchers and practitioners navigate the emerging literature base on college student transitions beyond the first year, with special focus on adult learners, student veterans, and those studying in different cultures.Trade Review“’Swirling’ is the new normal it seems, but no comprehensive treatment exists of the various types of student transitions and how educators can help. Finally, we have a resource that marks the territory and points to information useful to both scholars and practitioners.” —George D. Kuh, Director, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition 2012-2013 National Survey of First-Year Seminars:
Book SynopsisFor a quarter century, the National Resource Center has been examining the prevalence, structure, and administration of first-year seminars on American college campuses. The 2012-2013 administration of the National Survey of First-Year Seminars was expanded to explore the connection between the seminar and other high-impact practices in the first college year, including learning communities, service-learning, common reading programs, undergraduate research, and writing instruction. Findings are disaggregated by institutional characteristics and seminar type so that readers may easily identify the course features with the greatest relevance for their own context.
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Paths to Learning: Teaching for Engagement in
Book SynopsisHigher education institutions are more diverse than ever before, as are the students they serve. Because of this great diversity, there is no silver bullet—one approach—that will work for teaching all students in all circumstances. This book offers a succinct description of several pedagogical paths available to faculty that can actively engage all students. In addition to providing the most recent information on learning and assessment, individual chapters tackle different approaches, including critical pedagogy, contemplative pedagogy, strengths-based teaching, and cooperative/collaborative learning. While the discussion is grounded in theory, authors present examples of applying these approaches in physical and virtual learning environments. Paths to Learning is a valuable overview of engaging pedagogies for educators seeking to sharpen their teaching skills, which in turn, will help students become more confident and successful learners.Trade Review“Whether a novice college instructor or an experienced professor, teaching face-to-face or online, at a community college or university, Paths to Learning is a handy source for acquainting, or re-acquainting, readers with theoretical approaches and current understandings on the importance of engagement in the learning process.”—Beverly L. Bower, Director, Bill J. Priest Center for Community College Education, University of North Texas
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Foundations for Critical Thinking
Book SynopsisFoundations for Critical Thinking explores the landscape of critical-thinking skill development and pedagogy through foundational chapters and institutional case studies involving a range of students in diverse settings. By establishing a link between active learning and improved critical thinking encourages all higher education professionals, in whatever context, to join the ongoing conversation regarding the state of today’s college students’ critical-thinking ability. Faculty will find strategies for developing successful teaching techniques to prepare students to face the challenges of a global economy and lead creative, productive, and fulfilling lives. Staff and administrators working with students in a variety of capacities will find insights for moving critical thinking development beyond the classroom.Trade Review“Critical thinking is one of the most popular catch phrases in higher education. This carefully crafted and insightful text will guide practitioners in not only understanding what is meant by critical thinking, but also in the design and implementation of meaningful learning experiences for their students.”—Brad Garner, Director of Faculty Enrichment, Center for Learning and Innovation at Indiana Wesleyan University
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Investigating Sophomore Student Success: The
Book SynopsisLess is known about the second college year compared to other transition points, and fewer high-impact initiatives and curricular programs tend to be offered to sophomores. To increase our knowledge of this important, but sometimes neglected, year on the collegiate journey, the National Survey of Sophomore-Year Initiatives and the Sophomore Experiences Survey. Researchers explored sophomore student characteristics, institutional efforts to support sophomores, and student perceptions of their learning and development. Divided into three sections, the report offers an overview of each survey instrument and an integrated discussion of findings and their implications for practice and ongoing research. The research report provides useful tools for institutions looking for benchmarks to create new sophomore-year programs or restructure existing initiatives.
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Welcoming Blue-Collar Scholars Into the Ivory
Book SynopsisWelcoming Blue-Collar Scholars Into the Ivory Tower is the first volume in a series designed to explore how institutional policies, practices, and cultures shape learning, development, and success for students who have been historically underserved or given limited consideration in the design of higher education contexts Using the theory of social reproduction as a lens, Krista Soria explores working-class students’ access to and experiences in the academic and social spaces of the campus. Chapters focusing on the classroom and social settings offer recommendations for transforming the learning environment to better support students from working-class backgrounds. Strategies for increasing access, including precollege support networks, and creating inclusive campuses are also addressed. This compact, accessible volume provides both the theoretical grounding and the practical strategies educators need to create a welcoming environment for this underserved population.Trade ReviewSoria focuses on the “What can we do?” question … By establishing the critical issues through a review of research literature, the reader is guided to learning about activities that have worked successfully with bluecollar students."" - Journal of College Student Development
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National Resource Center for The First Year Experience & Students in Transition Building Synergy for High-Impact Educational
Book SynopsisFirst-year seminars and learning communities are two of the most commonly offered high-impact practices on U.S. campuses. The goals of these initiatives are similar: helping students make connections to faculty and other students, improving academic performance, and increasing persistence and graduation. As such, it is not surprising that many institutions choose to embed first-year seminars in learning communities.A new volume explores the merger of these two high-impact practices. In particular, it offers insight into how institutions connect them and the impact of those combined structures on student learning and success. In addition to chapters highlighting strategies for designing, teaching in, and assessing combined programs, case studies offer practical insights into the structures of these programs in a variety of campus settings.Trade ReviewBuilding Synergy for High-Impact Educational Initiatives is a virtual 'how to' manual for designing, implementing, and assessing a combination of two powerful high-impact practices—first-year seminars and learning communities. Recognizing that context matters, Chism Schimdt and Graziano offer us the bonus of case studies, preserving the unique voice and character of both the writers and the programs surveyed.""—Jack Mino, Coordinator, Learning Community Program, Holyoke Community College.
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Bancroft Press Trembling in the Ivory Tower: Excesses in the
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Center for Responsive Schools Inc Solving Thorny Behavior Problems: How Teachers
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Brolly Books Wendy Straw's Nursery Rhymes Musical Songbook
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