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College and career ready College and career ready David T. Conley College and Career Ready offers educators a blueprint for improving high school so that more students are able to excel in freshman-level college courses or entry-level jobs-laying a solid foundation… OL15452198W
To improve the academy To improve the academy Judith E. Miller "This volume presents twenty-two contributions from authors across an array of institutions on a variety of topics. Some focus on providing insights on the preparation and support of those engaged i… OL15956729W
The faculty lounges The faculty lounges Naomi Schaefer Riley College tuition has risen four times faster than the rate of inflation in the past two decades. While faculties like to blame the rising costs on fancy athletic buildings and bloated administrations,… OL16173946W
Educational experiences of hidden homeless teenagers Educational experiences of hidden homeless teenagers Ronald E. Hallett "Homeless youth face countless barriers limiting their ability to complete a high school diploma and transition to postsecondary education. Their experiences vary widely based on family, access to so… OL16282732W
AD/HD and the college student AD/HD and the college student Patricia O. Quinn "A resource for college students with ADD or ADHD; including advice on how to design a successful academic program and achieve life-school balance while managing AD/HD symptoms. Also included is info… OL16342517W
Reconstructing the campus Reconstructing the campus Michael David Cohen The first book to examine the Civil War's immediate and long-term impact on higher education, Reconstructing the Campus begins by tracing college communities' responses to the secession crisis and th… OL16465072W
General education essentials General education essentials Paul Hanstedt "Every year, hundreds of small colleges, state schools, and large, research-oriented universities across the United States (and, increasingly, across Europe and Asia) are revisiting their core and ge… OL16547323W
White Elephants on Campus White Elephants on Campus Margaret M. Grubiak In White Elephants on Campus: The Decline of the University Chapel in America, 1920-1960, Margaret M. Grubiak persuasively argues, through a careful selection of case studies, that the evolution of t… OL16816777W
Excellent Sheep Excellent Sheep William Deresiewicz This book is a groundbreaking manifesto about what our nation's top schools should be -- but aren't -- providing: "The ex-Yale professor effectively skewers elite colleges, their brainy but soulless … OL17364755W
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
Intergroup dialogue in higher education Intergroup dialogue in higher education Ximena Zuniga,Mark Chesler,Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda,Adena Cytron-Walker Intergroup dialogue promotes student engagement across cultural and social divides on college campuses through a face-to-face, interactive, and facilitated learning experience that brings together 12… OL17999467W
Fundamentalist U Fundamentalist U Adam Laats Colleges, universities, and seminaries do more than just transfer knowledge to students. They sell themselves as "experiences" that transform young people in unique ways. The conservative evangelical… OL19738249W
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
The great mistake The great mistake Christopher Newfield Higher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in crisis. University students are falling behind their international peers in attainment, while suffering from unprecedented stu… OL20046446W
Designing state higher education systems for a new century Designing state higher education systems for a new century Richard C. Richardson "Based on a study by the California Higher Education Policy Center, now The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, this new work from the ACE/Oryx Series on Higher Education proposes… OL20140416W
Intersections of religious privilege Intersections of religious privilege Sherry Kay Watt,Ellen E. Fairchild,Kathleen M. Goodman 79 pages : 23 cm OL20951979W
College students in the United States College students in the United States Kristen A. Renn "College Students in the United States accounts for contemporary and anticipated student demographics and enrollment patterns, a wide variety of campus environments and a range of outcomes including … OL22638849W
Change by design Change by design Brown, Tim The myth of innovation is that brilliant ideas leap fully formed from the minds of geniuses. In reality, most innovations are borne from rigor and discipline. Breakthrough ideas-whether for a new bic… OL2329685W
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
Higher Ed, Inc Higher Ed, Inc Richard S. Ruch "In Higher Ed, Inc., Ruch opens up the discussion about for-profit higher education from the perspective of a participant-observer. Focusing on five providers - the Apollo Group (the University of P… OL5609466W
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