Higher Education Books

New and Published Books – Page 3

21. Higher Education and National Development

    Universities and Societies in Transition

    Edited by David Bridges, Palmira Juceviciene, Roberta Jucevicius, Terence H. Mclaughlin, Jolanta Stankeviciute

    Universities and societies around the world are involved in significant transition. Universities are now invited to expand their central aims and purposes in order to embrace a role in relation to the development of the societies in which they are located. This change of focus has major...

    Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
22. Linguistic Minority Students Go to College

    Preparation, Access, and Persistence

    Edited by Yasuko Kanno, Linda Harklau

    Currently, linguistic minority students – students who speak a language other than English at home – represent 21% of the entire K-12 student population and 11% of the college student population. Bringing together emerging scholarship on the growing number of college-bound linguistic minority...

    Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
23. Understanding Undergraduates

    Challenging our preconceptions of student success

    By Celia Popovic, David A. Green

    Series: SEDA Series

    Most university teachers have ideas about the typical good or not-so-good student in their classes, but rarely do they share these thoughts with others. By keeping quiet about the preconceptions – or stereotypes – they harbour, teachers put themselves at risk of missing key evidence to help them...

    Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
24. Teaching as a Design Science

    Building Pedagogical Patterns for Learning and Technology

    By Diana Laurillard

    Teaching is changing. It is no longer simply about passing on knowledge to the next generation. Teachers in the twenty-first century, in all educational sectors, have to cope with an ever-changing cultural and technological environment. Teaching is now a design science. Like other design...

    Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge
25. Cross-border Partnerships in Higher Education

    Strategies and Issues

    Edited by Robin Sakamoto, David Chapman

    Series: International Studies in Higher Education

    Cross-border Partnerships in Higher Education looks beyond student and faculty exchanges to examine the myriad ways international colleges and universities work together as institutions. These partnerships have involved the creation of branch campuses, joint research and technology initiatives,...

    Published March 14th 2012 by Routledge
26. International Research Collaborations

    Much to be Gained, Many Ways to Get in Trouble

    Edited by Melissa S. Anderson, Nicholas H. Steneck

    Series: International Studies in Higher Education

    Encouraged by their institutions and governments and aided by advances in technology and communication, researchers increasingly pursue international collaborations with high hopes for scientific breakthroughs, intellectual stimulation, access to research equipment and populations, and the...

    Published March 14th 2012 by Routledge
27. A Short History of Writing Instruction

    From Ancient Greece to Contemporary America, 3rd Edition

    Edited by James J. Murphy

    Short enough to be synoptic, yet long enough to be usefully detailed, A Short History of Writing Instruction is the ideal text for undergraduate courses and graduate seminars in rhetoric and composition. It preserves the legacy of writing instruction from antiquity to contemporary times with a...

    Published March 13th 2012 by Routledge
28. The Right to Higher Education

    Beyond widening participation

    By Penny Burke

    Series: Foundations and Futures of Education

    The landscape of higher education has undergone change and transformation in recent years, partly as a result of diversification and massification. However, persistent patterns of under-representation continue to perplex policy-makers and practitioners, raising questions about current strategies,...

    Published March 11th 2012 by Routledge
29. Linking Theory to Practice – Case Studies for Working with College Students

    3rd Edition

    Edited by Frances K. Stage, Steven M. Hubbard

    Framed by an overview of theories that guide student affairs practice, the cases in this book present a challenging array of problems that student affairs and higher education personnel face, such as racial diversity, alcohol abuse, and student activism. The revised edition has thirty new cases,...

    Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge
30. Intellectual Leadership in Higher Education

    Renewing the role of the university professor

    By Bruce Macfarlane

    Series: Research into Higher Education

    What is ‘intellectual leadership’ and how might this concept be better understood in the modern university? Drawing on research into the role of full or chair professors, this book argues that it is important to define and reclaim intellectual leadership as a counter-weight to the prevailing...

    Published February 19th 2012 by Routledge