Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
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
Academically Adrift	Richard Arum,Josipa Roksa	A statistical analysis of survey responses, transcript data, and the Collegiate Learning Assessment to determine how well students learn during their first few years of college. The analysis shows a…	OL16092689W
Informed design of educational technologies in higher education	Anders D. Olofsson	"This book presents recent and important theoretical and practical advances in educational technology design in higher education, examining their possibilities for enhancing teaching and learning"--P…	OL16342140W
Innovations in higher education	Allan M. Hoffman	"Rising costs, increasing global competition, intensifying calls for accountability--all these pressures are bearing down upon the status quo of higher education today. Governments, funders, students…	OL16528762W
The everything college checklist book	Cynthia Clumeck Muchnick	Getting ready to go to college? Muchnick has put together valuable checklists that will help you keep track of campus visits, scholarships, health care paperwork and financial aid. It's the ultimate …	OL24431305W
Higher education in Ireland	R. D. Osborne	182 p. : 22 cm	OL2449002W
2010 Higher education directory	Jeanne M. Burke	A directory of accredited postsecondary, degree-granting institutions in the U.S., its possessions and territories accredited by regional, national, professional and specialized agencies recognized a…	OL24691191W
Un sistema de educación superior para el Paraguay democrático	Vicente Sarubbi Zaldivar	SARUBBI, UN FILOSOFO DE HECHO Y DERECHO Por: Sergio Daniel Picco Ortiz. [email protected] Universidad Católica Ntra. Sra. de la Asunción. Parece necesario en la historia de la filosofía qu…	OL2560785W
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
Teaching in the sciences	Michael Collins	Teaching in the Sciences is a unique professional development resource for college faculty who teach in the science classroom. The book can be used by faculty in any science discipline and offers gui…	OL27013792W
As We Teach and Learn	Kathleen McGinnis,James McGinnis	The As We Teach and Learn program consists of an instrument to assess the Catholic dimension of a school and is designed to be used with study modules in a faculty-meeting format. Module topics inclu…	OL27061868W
Keeping the concept	Gayle D. Beebe,Betty Overton-Adkins	Features the writings of the faculty and administration of Spring Arbor University.	OL28606169W
The millennial generation in Vietnam	Ball State University	"Five Vietnam veterans and ten millennial-aged students explore the former battlefields of Vietnam and the modern face of the country. Accompanied by three university instructors and three wives of t…	OL28767270W
The University of Chester 1839-2015	Ian Dunn	An illustrated history of the University of Chester charting its progress from the foundation as Chester Diocesan Training College in 1839, to the achievement of university status in 2005, and subseq…	OL29238908W
The Lisbon Recognition Convention at 15	Carita Blomqvist,Sjur Bergan	"The Lisbon Recognition Convention, developed by the Council of Europe and UNESCO, is the main international legal text on the international recognition of qualifications and has been ratified by mor…	OL31391936W
The outrageous idea of Christian scholarship	George M. Marsden	This book is a thought-provoking text on the relationship between religious faith and intellectual scholarship. The book argues that mainstream American higher education needs to be more open to expl…	OL3274839W
Creating the American Mind	J. Hoeveler,J. David. Hoeveler,J. David Hoeveler	"The nine colleges of colonial America confronted the major political currents of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, while serving as the primary intellectual institutions for Puritanism and t…	OL3284568W
New priorities for the university	E. A. Lynton	xxii, 194 p. ; 24 cm	OL5274831W
Alternatives to college	Linda Atkinson	Discusses programs of post-high school education and training other than college, including vocational schools, correspondence schools, and employer training programs.	OL5599787W
Universities for all	George Z. F. Bereday	1973	OL6396591W