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Arcadia Publishing Inc. State University of New York College at Oneonta
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Arcadia Publishing (SC) 160 Years of Samford University For God for
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Arcadia Publishing Auburn Plainsmen Tigers and War Eagles College
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Arcadia Publishing Wake Forest University College History Series
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Arcadia Publishing Lewis University Campus History
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Arcadia Publishing University of Massachusetts Amherst Campus
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Arcadia Publishing Lasalle University Campus History
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Arcadia Publishing St Lawrence University Campus History
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Arcadia Publishing Towson University Campus History
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Arcadia Publishing Virginia Commonwealth University Campus History
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Arcadia Publishing William Carey College The First 100 Years Campus
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Arcadia Publishing Inc. The College of William Mary Campus History
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Arcadia Publishing Gettysburg College Campus History
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Arcadia Publishing Campbellsville University Campus History
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Arcadia Publishing San Francisco State University Campus History
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Arcadia Publishing Western Illinois University Campus History
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Arcadia Publishing Westbrook College Campus Campus History
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Arcadia Publishing Milligan College Campus History
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Arcadia Publishing Colby College A Venture of Faith Images of
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Pluto Press The Capitalist University
Book SynopsisUnique and accessible history of higher education in the US which reveals its intimate relationship with American capitalismTrade Review'The Capitalist University is a tour de force -- a welcome successor to Thorstein Veblen's classic The Higher Education in America. Heller carefully explains how the university system is used to shape students and society as a whole to reinforce and expand the influence of capitalism. Nonetheless, Heller shows how some scholars were still able to generate valuable critical knowledge' -- Michael Perelman, Professor of Economics at California State University, author of The Invention of Capitalism: Classical Political Economy and the Secret History of Primitive Accumulation; Manufacturing Discontent: The Trap of Individualism in a Corporate Society; and Railroading Economics: The Cre'Informed and comprehensive' -- Review 31'Should be read by anyone who is concerned with the transformation of universities into factories of commodified learning' -- Counterfire'Thought-provoking and inspiring' -- Americana: E-Journal of American Studies in Hungary'Well worth a read: the survey of ideas across a range of disciplines is most impressive' -- History of EducationTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Birth of the Corporate University 2. The Humanities and Social Sciences in The Cold War (1945-60) 3. The Sixties 4. The Retreat from History (1980-2008) 5. The Neoliberal University Notes Bibliography Index
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MN - University of British Columbia Press Queering Social Work Education
Book SynopsisThe first book of its kind in North America, this collection of original works promises to transform the future of social work education by equipping scholars and students with a new appreciation of queer strengths and experiences.Table of ContentsPreface / Susan Hillock and Nick J. MuléIntroduction / Susan HillockPart 1: From Absence to Presence – Queers Positioning Themselves in Social Work1 A Queer History / Susan Hillock2 Broadening Theoretical Horizons: Liberating Queer in Social Work Academe / Nick J. Mulé3 Queer and Trans Collisions in the Classroom: A Call to Throw Open Theoretical Doors in Social Work Education / Jake Pyne4 Social Work, the Academy, and Queer Communities: Heteronormativity and Exclusion / Susan HillockPart 2: Coming Out and the Academic Closet – Rainbow Narratives5 Feminist and Queer Rights: The Lived and Living Experience of Queer Social Work Faculty / Norma Jean Profitt and Brenda Richard6 Constructing Alternatives: Reflections on Heterosexism in Social Work Education / Karolyn Martin and Robyn Lippett7 Coming Out with God in Social Work? Narrative of a Queer Religious Woman in Academe / Maryam Khan8 Challenging Transmisogyny: From the Classroom to Social Work Practice / Jade PichettePart 3: The Queering Project – Gender and Sexual Diversity in Social Work Education9 Oh Canada: LGBTQ Students and Campus Climates in Canadian Social Work Programs / Shelley L. Craig, Lauren B. McInroy, and Christopher Doiron10 Opening Theory: Polyamorous Ethics as a Queering Inquiry in the Social Work Classroom / Becky Idems11 Social Work Education: Exploring Pitfalls and Promises in Teaching about Black Queer Older Adults / Delores V. Mullings12 Queering Space in Social Work: How Simcoe County Has Moved from Queerful to Queerious / Jan Yorke, Ligaya Byrch, Marlene Ham, Matthew Craggs, and Tanya ShuteConclusion / Nick J. MuléIndex
£999.99
MN - University of British Columbia Press Postsecondary Education in British Columbia
Book SynopsisPostsecondary Education in British Columbia is a thoughtful critical analysis of the role of social justice, human capital, and the market in the development of institutions and public policy in BC education since 1960.Trade ReviewCowin’s work serves as an exemplary contribution to Canadian higher education literature. -- Tamara Leary * Canadian Journal of Higher Education *[...]the author impressively balances breadth and depth across substantive content and theoretical analyses. -- Theresa Shanahan * Historical Studies in Education *Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Setting the Stage3 Policy Rationales4 Clear Intentions (1960–79)5 Assumptions Challenged (1980–99)6 Cynicism (2000–15)7 ConclusionNotes ReferencesIndex
£999.99
State University of New York Press Understanding MinorityServing Institutions
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Johns Hopkins University Press The New Academic Generation A Profession in
Book SynopsisThe challenges posed by this new academic generation, they conclude, will be one of the defining issues for American colleges and universities for years to come.Trade ReviewThe wealth of data provided in this book will be fascinating for anyone who is interested in the changing composition of US faculty. Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPreface and AcknowledgmentsPart I: Context: The Faculty at a CrossroadsChapter 1. A Faculty Perspective Chapter 2. Two Notable DevelopmentsChapter 3. In SummaryPart II: Taking the Measure of a New Academic GenerationChapter 4. Studying the Professoriate: A Historical NoteChapter 5. Scope of Inquiry Chapter 6. Identifying the New Academic GenerationChapter 7. The Seven-Year SortChapter 8. The 1993 National Study of Postsecondary FacultyChapter 9. Data Analysis ProceduresPart III: Demographic Contours of the New Academic GenerationChapter 10. The New-Faculty Cohort: Its Size and Venues Chapter 11. Demographics and BackgroundChapter 12. In SummaryPart IV: The Preparation and Careers of the New Academic GenerationChapter 13. Educational BackgroundChapter 14. Career ExperienceChapter 15. In SummaryPart V: The New Academic Generation at WorkChapter 16. Distribution of Faculty EffortChapter 17. The Work WeekChapter 18. Teaching StrategiesChapter 19. Involvement in Research and PublicationChapter 20. Concurrent EmploymentChapter 21. In SummaryPart VI: The Attitudes and Values of the New Academic GenerationChapter 22. Faculty Roles and Rewards Chapter 23. Instructional DutiesChapter 24. The Campus EnvironmentChapter 25. Campus Facilities and ResourcesChapter 26. In SummaryPart VII: The New Academic Generation and the Future of American Higher EducationChapter 27. Summary of Intercohort ComparisonsChapter 28. Implications for the Future Faculty and Their WorkChapter 29. In ConclusionAppendix A: Extended TablesAppendix B: Selected Comparisons of New- and Senior-Faculty CohortsAppendix C: 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty: Faculty QuestionnaireNotesReferences Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Responsive University Restructuring for High
Book SynopsisThe Responsive University provides practical, real-world solutions for achieving high performance in colleges and universities.Trade ReviewThe book's forward-thinking recommendations should provide useful guideposts as readers assess the challenges and constraints facing their own universities. -- Elaine El-Khawas Studies in Higher Education This book may startle some people... Definitely food for thought. Virginia Quarterly Review The deliberately challenging essays provide both compelling arguments and practical discussions of the implications of these arguments... Like Tierney's other works... this volume is well edited, well written, and challenging. Choice This book is about getting out of the box. It is about rethinking fundamental assumptions of higher education. To survive and thrive in the next century, colleges and universities will have to be responsive in the eyes of those being served. Future Survey Their critical, balanced guide to the for-profit sector presents a welcome antidote to the ill-informed hysteria that has greeted its arrival on both sides of the pond. -- Geoffrey Alderman Times Higher Education Supplement Of interest to scholars and students in education and social sciences, this text would also revitalize the entire university community's conversations on removing barriers for student access and outcomes. Recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction. On The Road To Recovery And Renewal: Reinventing AcademeChapter 1. Listening to The People We ServeChapter 2. Tenure Is Dead. Long Live TenureChapter 3. Forming New Social PartnershipsChapter 4. The Implications Of The Changed Environment For Governance In Higher EducationChapter 5. Achieving High Performance: The Policy DimensionConclusion. The Responsive University In The Twenty-First CenturyContributors Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press In Defense of American Higher Education
Book SynopsisIt will be of interest to anyone concerned about the future of American higher education.Trade ReviewBelongs on any academic bookshelf that seeks to balance the wave of criticism now so prevalent in the field. University Business A confident overview of the current condition of today's universities. Researchers, policymakers, and graduate students will appreciate the opportunity to react to some of the best minds in the field of higher education as they examine the state of the American university and predict its future direction. -- Brandyn Payne Peabody Journal of Education The value of this thoughtful collection of essays is more in its enduring than its timely concerns. The legacy of American higher education, we are reminded, is one of resilience, promise, and, to be sure, excellence despite the many challenges it faces in the near and longer terms. -- Matthew Miller Planning for Higher Education 2003 The contributions are informative and gather together scholars and evidence from many areas. -- Leonard L. Baird Teachers College Record 2003 Comprehensive and informative to both academic and non-academic readers. -- Elise Langan Higher Education Policy 2006Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part One - The University in SocietyChapter 1: The American Academic Model in Comparative Perspective - Philip G. Altbach Chapter Two: Higher Education as a Mature Industry - Arthur Levine Chapter Three: The "Crisis" Crisis in Higher Education: Is that a Wolf or a Pussycat at the Academy's Door? - Robert Birnbaum and Frank Shushok Jr. Chapter Four: Built to Serve: The Enduring Legacy of Public Higher Education - Patricia J. Gumport Chapter 5: The Mass Higher Education to Universal Access: The American Advantage - Martin Trow Chapter 6: Higher Education and Those "Out of Control Costs" - D. Bruce Johnstone Part Two - Within the Academy Chapter 7: The Liberal Arts and the Role of Elite Higher Education - Nannerl O. Keohane Chapter 8: The Technological Revolution: Reflections on the Proper Role of Technology in Higher Education - Jack M. Wilson Chapter 9: Academic Change and Presidential Leadership - Richard M. Freeland Chapter 10: Graduate Education and Research - Jules B. Lapidus Chapter 11: College Students Today: Why We Can't Leave Serendipity To Chance - George D. Kuh Chapter 12: Governance: The Remarkable Ambiguity - George Keller Chapter 13: Understanding the American Academic Profession - Martin J. Finkelstein List of Contributors Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Higher Education Law
Book SynopsisIn each of these areas, he expands his discussion of cases and decisions to set out his own views both on the current status of the law and how it is likely to evolve.Trade ReviewHigher Education Law: The Faculty... describ[es] clearly, for both lawyers and non-lawyers, the central legal principles governing the activities of faculty and the routine academic affairs of colleges and universities. The major sections of the book cover the law relating to faculty as scholars, teachers, institutional citizens, public citizens, and employees. This book achieves the preventive law goals both of assisting faculty and administrators to avoid legal problems and of helping them to understand when they need legal counsel... The chapter on scholarship provides an excellent overview of the law regarding both the ownership and exploitation of faculty work, including copyrights and patents and the dissemination of and access to scholarly work. The chapter on faculty as employees includes a lengthy overview of nondiscrimination law that clearly explains a complex and layered area of law. This section should, in particular, be mandatory reading for all graduate students, professors, and administrators. -- Neil W. Hamilton Academe Welcome, useful and readable. -- David Palfreyman Education and the Law 2003 An interesting, informative, and very useful book that works both as a teaching tool and as a guide to understanding the legal land mines that are part and parcel of what we as faculty believe we do. -- Benjamin Baez Journal of Higher Education 2004Table of ContentsContents: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Lay of the LandChapter 3: Faculty ScholarshipChapter 4: Faculty in the ClassroomChapter 5: Faculty as Institutional CItizensChapter 6: Faculty as Public CitizensChapter 7: Faculty as EmployeesChapter 8: Final Thoughts on Faculty and the Law
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Johns Hopkins University Press Catholic Womens Colleges in America
Book SynopsisRedmont, Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley; Cynthia Russett, Yale University; Tracy Schier, Boston College.Trade ReviewA richly documented and provocatively analyzed work. -- Fernanda Perrone History of Education Quarterly Kudos to Schier and Russet for providing this book as a catalyst and charging scholars to continue work they have begun. Anyone interested in the history of higher education should read it as a first step in understanding a group of colleges that has been invisible and ignored. Anyone interested in women's issues should read it for its story of female initiative on a grand scale. -- Sylvia Simmons Connection This is a valuable book. I consider myself well-informed about US Catholic women's colleges in the twentieth century, but I learned a great deal from it... A much-needed supplement to the standard histories of Catholic education. -- Regina Bannan Equal wRites Outstanding... This excellent anthology should be included in future research and teaching for historians of education, American Catholicism, and American women. -- Carol K. Coburn Journal of American History A much needed exploration of these unique institutions. -- Sandra Yocum Mize Religious Studies Review This book will be welcome by all interested in an inclusionary history of American Catholic life. -- Margaret Mary Reher American Catholic Studies Renn boldly engages the complexities of women's lives globally, giving careful attention to the intersections of gender, culture, economics, and education... Women's Colleges and Universities in a Global Context is a rich resource for researchers and students interested in women's issues and the role of higher education in transforming the climate for women's equity across the world... With this book, Renn has further confirmed her well-deserved reputation as a preeminent scholar of higher education both within the US and internationally. Journal of College Student DevelopmentTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Faith, Knowledge, and Gender -Jill Ker Conway 2 Colleges of Religious Women's Congregations: The Spiritual Heritage - Monika K. Hellwig 3 American Catholic Colleges for Women: Historical Origins - Kathleen A. Mahoney 4 The Colleges in Context - Thomas M. Landy 5 Faculties and What They Taught - Karen Kennelly 6 The Philadelphia Story: Life at Immaculata, Rosemont, and Chestnut Hill - David R. Contosta 7 Sisterhoods and Catholic Higher Education, 1890-1960 - Mary J. Oates 8 Live Minds, Yearning Spirits: The Alumnae of Colleges and Universities Founded by Women Religious - Jane C. Redmont 9 Making It: Stories of Persistence and Success - Dorothy M. Brown and Carol Hurd Green 10 The Way We Are: The Present Relationship of Religious Congregations of Women to the Colleges They Founded - Melanie M. Morey Conclusion: Into the Future - Jeanne Knoerle and Tracy Schier Appendix A. American Colleges and Universities Founded by Women Religious for the Education of Lay Students - Thomas M. Landy Appendix B. Colleges Founded by Women Religious for Educating Sisters - Thomas M. Landy Notes Contributors Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Political University Policy Politics and
Book SynopsisIn candid and wide-ranging discussions with Rosenzweig, the former presidents examine the complex political process on which the modern research university depends-and through which the modern university president must lead constituents.Trade ReviewInformative observation by a former Stanford administrator and president of the Association of American Universities... recommended for general readers, upper-division undergraduates, faculty, and professionals. Choice Rosenzweig combines unabashed admiration for American research universities, honesty about their real-world shortcomings, keen appreciation for academic quality, and apprehension bordering on congenital pessimism about looming threats to their continued effectiveness. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: After the War Chapter 2: Washington, 1983: The National Agenda Chapter 3: The Rules of Change I: Matters of Policy and Politics Chapter 4: The Rules of Change II: Matters of Principle Chapter 5: Facing the Future: The Capacity to Govern Chapter 6: Facing the Future II: The Decade Ahead Chapter 7: The Challenge to Leadership Afterword to the Paperback Edition Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Student Movements for Multiculturalism
Book SynopsisBeginning with the premise that a comprehensive understanding of American life must confront the issue of race, the author explores efforts by students and others to address racism and racial inequality in higher education.Trade ReviewThe book's clarity and succinctness increase its accessibility to both researchers and practitioners... Yamane successfully argues the need for a multicultural curriculum by attempting to bridge the arguments of those for and against such a requirement [and] pushes the reader to not be satisfied with the current marginalization of the multicultural curricular requirement as only one or two courses of a student's general education requirement. -- Elaine W. Kuo Journal of College Student Development This account of recent higher education history is a study in the power of students to affect their education. -- Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti University Business
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Rise of American Research Universities
Book SynopsisBefore the Second World War, few universities in the United States could compete as research institutions with their European counterparts. Since 1945, however, America's top research universities are the best in the world.Trade Review[The authors] argue that ratings based on reputation reflect yesterday's reality and understate the quality of some universities while overstating others. Miami Herald Provides a historical perspective on the annual snapshots by such periodicals as U.S. News and World Report... Fluid, concise, [and] compelling. Journal of American History An important contribution to our understanding of what actually happened during that amazing period in the history of higher education that began with World War II. Issues in Science and Technology A serious contribution to our knowledge of American research universities. Students and researchers of American higher education will want to read this book, as will public policy makers and administrators. Journal of College Student DevelopmentTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Origins of the American Research UniversityChapter 2. The Revolution in Federal Science PolicyChapter 3. Comparing Universities in the Golden Decade of the 1960sChapter 4. The Stagnant Decade Revisited: Research Universities Adjust to the 1970sChapter 5. The Golden Age Redux: Federal Funding and Academic Research in the 1980s Chapter 6. The Public Research UniversitiesChapter 7. The Private Research Universities and Rising Institutions ConclusionAppendix A: Institutional Data for 203 Research UniversitiesAppendix B: Per Capita Scores for 203 Research UniversitiesNote on Method and SourcesNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Old Main Small Colleges in TwentyFirst Century
Book SynopsisOld Main is an essential book for anyone who shares Schuman's conviction that small colleges occupy a central place in American higher education.Trade ReviewThis is not a conventional study of small colleges... In the tradition of a true liberal arts scholar, he invites thoughtful dialogue, challenges academic tradition, and persuades readers to explore alternatives. Hancock Record 2005 Interesting reading. The extensive information Schuman provides gives us a picture of contemporary American small colleges. -- Peter A. Lamal Journal of Higher Education 2006 Researchers, faculty, and administrators interested in small colleges will find suggestions for further research and discussion about the many challenges that small colleges face today. -- Lois Calian Trautvetter Review of Higher Education 2006 An important book for small-college people... Paints a rich picture of the exceptional things small colleges can do. -- Charles Blaich Academe 2006 Schuman is an ardent proponent of small colleges, and his devotion and passion are apparent in every chapter of this work. The work is also brilliantly written and thoroughly convincing. After reading this work, the reader will possess a new found appreciation for these institutions of higher education and an understanding of their vital role. -- Matthew Church Education Review 2006Table of Contents1. Introduction: A Lawyer from Plummer2. Go West, Young Man: Graduation at Centenary College, 19003. Colleges of Character: Old Main . . . in Maine4. People at Small Colleges: Basketball, Rock and Roll, and a Quaker College5. Colleges of Community: Less than Positive6. The Integrated Campus: Yav7. Blurring the Boundaries: A Conversation8. Small College Futures: OlyaEpilogue: Small Is Different: A Guide for the PerplexedAppendix A: Interview QuestionsAppendix B: Twelve CollegesNotesInterview
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Johns Hopkins University Press Life on the Tenure Track Lessons from the First
Book SynopsisEngaging and accessible, Life on the Tenure Track will delight and enlighten faculty, graduate students, and administrators alike.Trade ReviewLang is a wonderfully engaging writer... he's obviously deeply committed to the craft of teaching and the craft of writing. -- Dr. Erica Dreifus Adjunct Advocate 2005 Faculty at all levels will recognize their own experiences somewhere in this short, perceptive, and ultimately entertaining account of academic life. -- Rebecca Manley Academic Matters 2006 Lang demonstrates that there are many largely universal survival struggles and self-doubts which are shared in common by most of us embarking on a new career in the academy. -- Alan E. Bayer Journal of Higher Education 2006 Offers a lively report on how it looks and feels to shoot the academic rapids today. -- Mary Taylor Huber Change 2007 I would not be surprised if [ Life on the Tenure Track] became one of the texts distributed by teaching and learning centers to new assistant professors at orientation workshops. It would serve them well. -- Patricia Donahue College English 2007 An interesting and accessible narrative. -- Mark Hulsether Teaching Theology and Religion 2007Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPrologue: Before (and After) the BeginningAugust: BeginningSeptember: TeachingOctober: WritingNovember: ServingDecember: GradingJanuary (and a Bit of February): HiringFebruary: LivingMarch: RelatingApril: Figuring It Out, Parts One & TwoMay: HousecleaningJune: Settling In (Or Just Settling?)July: AffirmingEpilogue: August Redux, Beginning AgainResources for First-Year Faculty: A Brief Annotated Selection
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Johns Hopkins University Press Sociology of Higher Education
Book SynopsisFeaturing extensive reviews of the literature, this volume will be invaluable for scholars and students of sociology and higher education.Trade ReviewThe book is outstanding in two respects: it presents a comprehensive state of the field, and it explores the role of sociological research in guiding higher education practice... Summing Up: Essential. Choice 2008 Unique in its genre... provides an analytical survey of the work accomplished in the sociology of higher education since the inception of this subfield, as well as suggesting directions for future research. -- Anne Friederike Delouis Reflecting Education 2008Table of ContentsPrefacePart I: Points of Departure1. Development of the Sociology of Higher Education2. Sociology of Higher Education: An Evolving FieldPart II: Four Domains3. The Study of Inequality4. The Study of College Impact5. The Study of the Academic Profession6. The Study of Colleges and Universities as OrganizationsPart III: Emerging Lines of Inquiry7. Higher Education as an Institution8. Sociological Studies of Academic Departments9. The Sociology of Diversity10. Sociological Frameworks for Higher EducationPart IV: Looking Ahead11. A Note on Pursuing Things That Work12. Reflections on a Hybrid Field: Growth and Prospects for the Sociology of Higher EducationContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press American Higher Education Transformed 19402005
Book SynopsisWilson Smith and Thomas Bender have assembled an essential reference for policymakers, administrators, and all those interested in the history and sociology of higher education.Trade ReviewA thoughtfully produced, thought-provoking resource that will be of interest to anyone concerned with policy and administration in American higher education. Book News 2008 Wilson Smith and Thomas Bender offer a judicious selection of documents that highlight important transitions, ideas, and episodes from the last six decades of higher learning in the United States. Harvard Educational Review 2008 Wilson Smith and Thomas Bender's documentary history will undoubtedly serve as an extremely valuable enchiridion of a transformative period in American higher education. -- Benjamin A. Johnson and Bruce A. Kimball Journal of Higher Education 2011Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I. The TerrainThe Harvard Reprt on General EducationScienceFaith and ModernityThe Newman ReportThe HumanitiesThe MultiversityConnectingPrimacy of American Higher EducationHorizonsPart II. Expanding and ReshapingTruman Commission ReportThe Challenge of ExpansionThe Origin of Admissions TestingCalifornia's Master PlanCommunity CollegesDiversification of Higher Education: WomenDiversification of Higher Education: Latino AmericansLifelong LearningThe Soul of the UniversityPart III. Liberal ArtsRetrospect and ProspectThe Humanities in WartimesRevising the CurriculaThe Mind of the UniversityTeaching the ConnectionThe Arts and Sciences in DeclinePart IV. Graduate StudiesGraduate Surveys and ProspectsImporving the Status of Acadmeic WomenConsequences of DemocratizationRethinking the Ph.D.Future FacultyPart V. Disciplines and InterdisciplinarityThe Work of DisciplinesArea StudiesBlack StudiesWomen's StudiesInterdisciplinarityPart VI. Academic ProfessionThe Intellectual MigrationAt Work in the AcademyWorking in Univerisities/Working in BusinessTeachers as Labor and ManagementProtocols and EthicsPart VII. Conflicts on and Beyond CampusWhat Should the University Do?Campus Free SpeechA Learning CommunityThe Franklin AffairInquiriesAcademic Commitment in Crisis TimePart VIII. Government, Foundations, CorporationsGovernmentFoundationsCorporationsPart IX. The Coutrs and Equal Educational OpportunityToward Racial EqualityAffirmative ActionAffirmative Action AttackedPart X. Academic FreedomSetting the StandardCoices of the Supreme CourtVoices from ProfessorsPart XI. Rights of StudentsDirected by the Court and the CongressPart XII. Academic AdministrationsManagementPresidents Consider Their JobsRuth Simmons Comes to Smith CollegeGreatness Retold
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Johns Hopkins University Press On Higher Education
Book SynopsisAt once a monumental achievement and testament to an extraordinary career, On Higher Education is an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners of higher education.Trade ReviewIt provides a solid foundation in higher education both here in the United States and internationally. The breadth and depth of the essays are highly compelling, and in fact, this book could easily be used in a course on institutional governance, organizational change, or higher education in general... Clark's essays, hard work, and intellectual curiosity [are] a lesson for all of us. -- Marybeth Gasman Journal of College Student Development 2009 The perfect read for those interested in higher education, and especially for those interested in the evolution of the field. -- John Aubrey Douglass Contemporary Sociology 2009 Burton R. Clark provides not only a grounded understanding of the inner life of higher education organizations but also a grounded understanding of his personal academic journey and of the 'absorbing errand' that has comprised his highly successful and distinguished professional career. -- Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner Review of Higher Education 2010Table of ContentsForeword, by Patricia J. GumportIntroductionPart One: Fashioning an Analytical ModeIntroduction to Chapter 11. Organizational Adaptation and Precarious ValuesIntroduction to Chapters 2 and 32. The "Cooling-Out" Function in Higher Education3. The "Cooling-Out" Function RevisitedIntroduction to Chapters 4 and 54. The Organizational Saga in Higher Education5. Belief and Loyalty in College OrganizationPart Two: Probing the American National SystemIntroduction to Chapter 66. College Image and Student SelectionIntroduction to Chapter 77. The Clark-Trow Typology of Student CulturesIntroduction to Chapter 88. Organizational Adaptation to ProfessionalsIntroduction to Chapter 99. Interorganizational Patterns in EducationIntroduction to Chapter 1010. The Wesleyan Story: The Importance of Moral CapitalIntroduction to Chapter 1111. Development of the Sociology of Higher EducationPart Three: Cultivating Cross-National InsightIntroduction to Chapter 1212. Italy: A Case Study of System FailureIntroduction to Chapter 1313. Order and Disorder in Higher EducationIntroduction to Chapter 1414. Coping with Conflicting Values: An International ViewIntroduction to Chapter 1515. The Case for Bottom-Heavy FederalismIntroduction to Chapter 1616. Useful Disciplinary Perspectives in Probing Higher EducationIntroduction to Chapter 1717. The High School and the University: What Went Wrong in America, Part 2Introduction to Chapter 1818. Differentiation and Integration of the Academic ProfessionIntroduction to Chapter 1919. The Logic of the ProfessionIntroduction to Chapter 2020. The Absorbing ErrandIntroduction to Chapter 2121. The Academic Life: Small Worlds, Different WorldsIntroduction to Chapter 2222. Schools of Education: The Academic-Professional SeesawIntroduction to Chapter 2323. Is California the Model for OECD Futures?Introduction to Chapter 2424. The Problem of Complexity in Modern Higher EducationIntroduction to Chapter 2525. The Modern Integration of Research Activities with Teaching and LearningIntroduction to Chapter 2626. Substantive Growth and Innovative Organization: New Categories for Higher Education ResearchIntroduction to Chapter 2727. Small Worlds, Different Worlds: The Uniquenesses and Troubles ofAmerican Academic ProfessionsIntroduction to Chapter 2828. University Transformation for the Twenty-First CenturyIntroduction to Chapter 2929. The Insulated Americans: Five Lessons from AbroadPart Four: Revealing the Armature of University ChangeIntroduction to Chapter 3030. Delineating the Character of the Entrepreneurial UniversityIntroduction to Chapter 3131. Genetic Entrepreneurialism among American UniversitiesIntroduction to Chapter 3232. Overcoming the Disconnect between Researchers andPractitionersIntroduction to Chapter 3333. The Advantages of Case Study Narratives in UnderstandingContinuity and Change in UniversitiesEpilogueAcknowledgmentsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Milton S. Eisenhower Educational Statesman
Book SynopsisThe final section of the book depicts a spirited octogenarian whose contributions to American life continued even after more than a decade of official retirement.Table of ContentsPreface1. "We'll All Help Push!": Return to Johns Hopkins2. "Opportunity Is All About You- Reach Out and Take It": Storybook Childhood in Abilene3. "I Would Lose All Nervousness": Kansas State, Ramsay Lodge, and Marriage4. "Love Life of the Bullfrog": Washington Bureaucrat5. "The Greatest Possible Speed Is Imperative": Washington Administrator6. "Our Concern Is with the Education of Men and Women Determined to Be Free": Return to Kansas State7. "Unsophisticated, Unspoiled, Eager to Learn": The Students at Kansas State8. "To Change the Character of the Institution": Penn State9. "Days of Tension and Hysteria": Deans, Faculty- and Civil Liberties at Penn State10. "How Much I Have Valued Your Counsel": A Brother in the White House11. "Milton Eisenhower Is Not a Loner": Helen's Death and the Decision to Leave Penn State12. "There Is Nothing Else Like It Anyplace": The Johns Hopkins University13. "The Whole Thing Is One Massive Personal Equation": Assistants and Faculty at Johns Hopkins14. "When the Light Is On": The Students at Johns Hopkins15. "Goddammit, If I Had Moved to Palm Springs, This Wouldn't Be Happening!": Retirement and Return16. "Democracy Contains the Seeds of Its Own Destruction": On the State of the Union17. "A Smile on His Face, a Twinkle in His Eyes, and a Forward-looking Attitude": In RetirementAppendix A: Inaugural Address, Kansas State College, September 20, 1943Appendix B: The Presidency: Can Anyone Do the Job?Appendix C: Eisenhower to Senator Charles McC. Mathias, October 12 and November 9, 1979Appendix D: Violent Crime: An OverviewAppendix E: Commencement Address, The Johns Hopkins University, June 13, 1967NotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Questioning the Premedical Paradigm Enhancing
Book SynopsisThis historical and cultural analysis of premedical education in the United States is the crucial first step in questioning the appropriateness of continuing a hundred-year-old, empirically dubious pedagogical model for the twenty-first century.Trade Review"As this provocative and timely volume documents, the science and math prerequisites for medical school admission triggered by Flexner's report have long since outlived their salience. What's worse, they are serving to dissuade countless students with precisely the backgrounds, temperament, and commitment we seek in our physicians from pursuing their dream." - Jordan J. Cohen, M.D., George Washington University and President Emeritus, Association of American Medical Colleges"Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Who Drops Out of Premed, and Why?2. The Historical Origins of Premedical Education in the United States, 1873– 19053. A National Standard for Premedical Education4. Premedical Education and the Prediction of Professional Performance5. Noncognitive Factors That Predict Professional Performance6. Efforts to Increase the Diversity of the Medical Profession7. Nontraditional Programs of Medical Education and Their Success in Training Qualified Physicians8. Reassessing the Premedical Paradigm9. Another Way to Structure Premedical EducationNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The American Academic Profession Transformation
Book SynopsisA comprehensive analysis of the significant questions facing this crucial profession, The American Academic Profession will be welcomed by students and scholars as well as by administrators and policy makers concerned with the future of the academy.Trade ReviewVery highly recommended. Choice The five sections in The American Academic Profession provide a wide range of insights about changes in the faculty role at research universities. -- Todd Lundberg & Clifton F. Conrad Teachers College RecordTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. The Professoriate's Perilous PathPart I: Structural and Cognitive ChangeChapter 1. Optimizing Research and Teaching: The Bifurcation of Faculty Roles at Research UniversitiesChapter 2. Focus on the Classroom: Movements to Reform College Teaching and Learning, 1980– 2008Chapter 3. Whose Educational Space? Negotiating Professional Jurisdiction in the High-Tech AcademyChapter 4. American Academe and the Knowledge-Politics ProblemPart II: Socialization and DevianceChapter 5. The Socialization of Future Faculty in a Changing Context: Traditions, Challenges, and PossibilitiesChapter 6. Professionalism in Graduate Teaching and MentoringPart III: Experience of the Academic CareerChapter 7. Scholarly Learning and the Academic Profession in a Time of ChangeChapter 8. Anomie in the American Academic ProfessionPart IV: Autonomy and RegulationChapter 9. Academic Freedom, Professional Autonomy, and the StateChapter 10. Codes of Commerce: The Uses of Business Rhetoric in the American Academy, 1960– 2000Chapter 11. The Meaning of Regulation in a Changing Academic ProfessionPart V: Contemporary and Historical ViewsChapter 12. Professional Control in the Complex University: Maintaining the Faculty RoleChapter 13. All That Glittered Was Not Gold: Rethinking American Higher Education's Golden Age, 1945– 1970Contributors Index
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SPCK AFTER WHITENESS
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Beacon Press The Tyranny of the Meritocracy Democratizing
Book SynopsisA fresh and bold argument for revamping our standards of “merit” and a clear blueprint for creating collaborative education models that strengthen our democracy rather than privileging individual elitesStanding on the foundations of America’s promise of equal opportunity, our universities purport to serve as engines of social mobility and practitioners of democracy. But as acclaimed scholar and pioneering civil rights advocate Lani Guinier argues, the merit systems that dictate the admissions practices of these institutions are functioning to select and privilege elite individuals rather than create learning communities geared to advance democratic societies. Having studied and taught at schools such as Harvard University, Yale Law School, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Guinier has spent years examining the experiences of ethnic minorities and of women at the nation’s top institutions of higher education, and here she lays bare the
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Southern Illinois University Press TeachingWriting in Third Spaces The Studio Model
Book SynopsisExamines a dynamic approach to teaching composition that reimagines not only the physical space in which writing and learning occurs but also the place occupied by composition in the power structure of universities and colleges. This work provides an alternative approach to traditional basic writing courses.
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The Catholic University of America Press What We Hold in Trust Rediscovering the Purpose
Book SynopsisThe specific concern in What We Hold in Trust comes to this: the Catholic university that sees its principal purpose in terms of the active life, of career, and of changing the world, undermines the contemplative and more deep-rooted purpose of the university.
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MW - Rutgers University Press Envisioning the Faculty for the Twentyfirst
Book SynopsisWeighs the concerns of university administrators, professors, adjuncts, and students in order to critically assess emerging faculty models and offer informed policy recommendations. Cognizant of the financial pressures that have led many universities to favour short-term faculty contracts, contributors investigate whether there are ways to modify the existing system or promote new faculty models.Trade Review"Envisioning the Faculty for the Twenty-First Century doesn't just offer criticism. It also seeks to establish common ground among faculty members, administrators and even students and accreditors, and explores possible solutions." * Inside Higher Ed *"To promote the health of your educational programs and faculty, start here - with evidence and practice-based knowledge on the working lives and impacts of the many kinds of instructors who educate our students, advance knowledge, and sustain our institutions." -- Lisa Lattuca * professor, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan *“Fueled by a breathtaking range of voices for reimagining faculty roles and responsibilities, this book stimulates long overdue public discourse on the professoriate in the rapidly changing landscape of higher education.” -- Clifton Conrad * Vilas Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison *"The Faculty of the Future" by Adrianna Kezar, Daniel Scott and Hannah Yang * Inside Higher Ed *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part IThe Context for a New Faculty Model Chapter 1The Current Context for Faculty Work in Higher Education: Understanding the Forces Affecting Higher Education and the Changing FacultyDaniel Maxey and Adrianna Kezar Chapter 2Recognizing the Need for a New Faculty ModelAdrianna Kezar and Daniel Maxey Part IIIdeas for a New Faculty Chapter 3An Emerging Consensus about New Faculty Roles: Results of a National Study of Higher Education StakeholdersAdrianna Kezar, Elizabeth Holcombe, and Daniel Maxey Chapter 4Core Principles for Faculty Models and the Importance of CommunityAnn E. Austin and Andrea G. Trice Chapter 5The Anatomy and Physiology of Medical School Faculty Career ModelsWilliam T. Mallon Chapter 6Students Speak About Faculty: What Students Need, What They Want, and What Helps Them SucceedArleen Arnsparger and Joanna Drivalas Chapter 7Faculty as Learners: The New Faculty Role through the Lens of Faculty DevelopmentMalcolm Brown Chapter 8More Than a Zero-Sum Game: Shared Work AgreementsKerryAnn O’Meara and Lauren DeCrosta Chapter 9A New Paradigm for Faculty Work and EvaluationRichard Alan Gillman, Nancy Hensel, and David A. Salomon Chapter 10Internationalization and Faculty WorkWilliam Plater Chapter 11The Future of Faculty Work: Academic Freedom and Democratic EngagementR. Eugene Rice Chapter 12Distinctive Aspirations and Inclinations among Emerging and Early Career Faculty: Seeing the PossibilitiesLeslie Gonzalez and Aimee LaPointe Terosky Chapter 13Resonant Themes for a Professoriate Reconsidered: Consensus Points to Organize Efforts toward ChangeAdrianna Kezar and Daniel Maxey About the Contributors Index
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MW - Rutgers University Press Sport and the Neoliberal University Profit
Book SynopsisFocusing on current issues, including the NCAA, Title IX, recruitment of high school athletes, and the Penn State scandal, among others, Sport and the Neoliberal University shows the different ways institutions, individuals, and corporations are interacting with university athletics in ways that are profoundly shaped by neoliberal ideologies. Trade Review"In this series of revealing case studies, the political and economic forces that shape problems ranging from sexual violence to athlete recruitment are laid bare. A must-read for scholars and activists seeking to address the injustices of sport in the neoliberal university." -- Samantha King * School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University *“While the study of intercollegiate sport has made great strides in the past decade or so, Sport and the Neoliberal University: Profit, Politics, Pedagogy makes a profound contribution by offering a truly comprehensive, multi-faceted, and critically insightful deconstruction/ reconstruction of sport’s position and influence within the neoliberal university. The book represents an excoriating antidote to the general acceptance of the contemporary intercollegiate sport model. As such, Sport and the Neoliberal University is must reading for anyone committed to the reform of this labyrinthine and exploitative institution.” -- David Andrews * professor of Physical Cultural Studies, Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland *"Selected New Books on Higher Education" by Ruth Hammond * Chronicle of Higher Education *"This book adds to the critical discussion of college sports and their relevance to higher education....It is good to bring a critical lens to higher education operations and this book may help to spark such critical discussion." * Journal of Studemt Affairs Research and Practice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Contexts and Constraints in Contemporary Intercollegiate Athletics Ryan King-White Part I: Ongoing Issues Chapter 1: Truth for Sale: Penn State, (Joe) Paterno, and (Terry) Pegula Henry Giroux, Susan Searls Giroux and Ryan King-White Chapter 2: “A common-sense, fiscally conservative approach”: Sport, politics, and the death of higher education in Wisconsin Neal C. Ternes and Michael D. Giardina Chapter 3: Fixing the Front Porch?: Maryland’s Move to the Big-10 Jaime DeLuca and Callie Batts Maddox Chapter 4: Football, Rape Culture, and the Neoliberal University (as) Brand: Reflections on Institutional Governance in the Jameis Winston Rape Investigation Matthew G. Hawzen, Lauren C. Anderson, and Joshua I. Newman Chapter 5: College Athletes as Employees & the Politics of Title IX Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D. Part II: Emerging Concerns Chapter 6: “The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s “Nothing Short of Remarkable” Rebranding of Academic Success Richard M. Southall and Crystal Southall Chapter 7: Is this the beginning of the end? Small colleges and universities are questioning the value of an NCAA program for their student body Oliver Rick Chapter 8: Confessions of a Human Trafficker: Inside the Global Network (Of International – Student - Athletes in NCAA Football) Adam Beissel Chapter 9: Welcome to the Factory: College Athletics and Corporatized Recruiting Jacob J. Bustad and Ronald L. Mower Chapter 10: “Some Kind of Joke”: Consultancy Firms and College Athletics Ryan King-White Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Index
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John Wiley & Sons Schooling Democracy and the Quest for Wisdom
Book SynopsisA tremendous amount of energy has been expended by organizations to coordinate “partner schools” for teacher education. Bullough and Rosenberg examine the concept of partnering through various lenses and they address what they think are the major issues that need to be, but rarely are, discussed by thousands of educators. Trade Review"Bullough and Rosenberg’s new book is a passionate plea for society to reclaim the moral purpose of public schools and universities. By advocating for robust school-university partnerships, they give us hope and remind us that to care is human. Their book is a timely, must-read for those who care about the future of our democratic society." -- Rebecca West Burns * University of South Florida *"Selected New Books on Higher Education," compiled by Ruth Hammond * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Schooling, Democracy, and the Quest for Wisdom resets the focus of school reform, re-centers the purpose of partnership, and reassesses the very basis of education itself. Enough cannot be said about Bullough and Rosenberg's impressive intellectual range and their artful and engaging writing." -- Bernard J. Badiali * coauthor of Teacher Leader *"Bullough and Rosenberg’s new book is a passionate plea for society to reclaim the moral purpose of public schools and universities. By advocating for robust school-university partnerships, they give us hope and remind us that to care is human. Their book is a timely, must-read for those who care about the future of our democratic society." -- Rebecca West Burns * University of South Florida *"Selected New Books on Higher Education," compiled by Ruth Hammond * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Schooling, Democracy, and the Quest for Wisdom resets the focus of school reform, re-centers the purpose of partnership, and reassesses the very basis of education itself. Enough cannot be said about Bullough and Rosenberg's impressive intellectual range and their artful and engaging writing." -- Bernard J. Badiali * coauthor of Teacher Leader *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Being Human 1 The Architecture of Partnership 2 Associates and Associating I: Our Story 3 Commons and the Manner of Hospitality 4 From Conversation to Dialogue 5 Talking and Listening: Dialogic Democracy and Education 6 Gifts Access to the Human Conversation Through Pedagogical Nurturing 7 Associates and Associating II: A Case Study Conclusion: Stewardship and Moral Posture Appendix: Moral Dimensions, Commitments and Postulates Bibliography Index
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Ohio State University Press Perspectives on Scholarly Misconduct in the
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Trillium Fulfilling the 21st Century LandGrant Mission
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