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Knowledge matters Knowledge matters Craig J. Calhoun,Diana Rhoten Universities Are Changing Around The World. In China and Africa there is massive expansion, while many of America's greatest public universities are experiencing major budget cuts. In Latin America u… OL16139820W
The new education The new education Cathy N. Davidson Our current system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925, when the nation's new universities created grades and departments, majors and minors, in an attempt to prepare young peop… OL17829025W
Understanding the international student experience Understanding the international student experience Catherine Montgomery "Presenting the human face of internationalization, this discursive text examines the social learning experience of international students against the background of current cultures in Higher Educati… OL18717886W
Degrees of inequality Degrees of inequality Suzanne Mettler "America's higher education system is failing its students. In the space of a generation, we have gone from being the best-educated society in the world to one in which a college degree benefits only… OL19983428W
Aspiring adults adrift Aspiring adults adrift Richard Arum "Built on interviews and detailed surveys of almost a thousand recent college graduates from a diverse range of colleges and universities, Aspiring Adults Adrift reveals a generation facing a difficu… OL19992740W
Expanding the circle Expanding the circle John C. Hawley Many educational professionals agree that the time has come to expand their circle of inclusion and broaden their definition of diversity by increasing LGBTQ studies, but the question of how to do so… OL20023259W
What's the use? What's the use? Sara Ahmed "In What's the Use? Sara Ahmed continues the work she began in The Promise of Happiness and Willful Subjects by taking up a single word--in this case, use--and following it around. She shows how use … OL20640705W
Connecting learning across the institution Connecting learning across the institution Pamela Lynn Eddy Most research on learning tends to occur in silos based on stakeholder perspective. This volume seeks to break down these silos and draw together scholars who research learning from different perspec… OL20651251W
Higher education and the new society Higher education and the new society George Keller "While he celebrated higher education as the engine of progress in every aspect of American life, George Keller also challenged academia's sacred cows and entrenched practices with provocative ideas … OL2573339W
The university in ruins The university in ruins Bill Readings "It is no longer clear what role the University plays in society. The structure of the contemporary University is changing rapidly, and we have yet to understand what precisely these changes will mea… OL2977642W