Suggests that fostering student learning and personal development are central tasks of higher education and the student affairs administration. Discusses how, with the guidance of human development th
Instead of following the sanctioned procedures of educational research, this collection plays with all the devices of storytelling-scene, dialogue, point of view-exploring a new way to report crucial
Rachel Spilka brings together nineteen previously unpublished essays concerned with ways in which recent research on workplace writing can contribute to the future direction of the discipline of tech
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 mean
Examines the everyday experiences of high school seniors as they choose their colleges and demonstrates that college choice is a more complex social and organizational reality than has been previously
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave
At a time when our colleges and universities face momentous questions of new growth and direction, the republication of Higher Education in Transition is more timely than ever. Beginning with colonial
Scholarship Assessed continues the exploration begun by Scholarship Reconsidered. It examines the changing nature of scholarship in today's colleges and universities and proposes new standards with a
Written by women for women, this book provides practical information and advice on graduate schools in the United States and Canada. Basic information is provided for each graduate school about select
Parnell proposes ways that community, technical, and junior colleges and local high schools can work together on behalf of the majority of high school students who may not earn a postsecondary degree.
The "cold war university" is the academic component of the military-industrial-academic complex, and its archetype, according to Rebecca Lowen, is Stanford University. Her book challenges the conventi
Written in a lively and accessible manner by a former Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Stanford University, this book will enlighten prospective college applicants and their parents, teachers, and
This is a history of student protests in Shanghai from the turn of the century to 1949, showing how these students experienced and help shape the course of the Chinese Revolution.
Padilla (Lehman College, City U. of New York) presents the results of a three-year ethnographic study of his course, the Sociology of Latino/a Culture and Identity, which he taught at Northeastern U.
There is no doubt about the importance of assessment: it defines what students regard as important, how they spend their time and how they come to see themselves - it is a necessary part of helping th
Academic freedom and tenure, both cherished institutions of higher education, are currently under attack by many both outside and within the academy. Richard DeGeorge argues that they can be defended
Conceptualizes one or more procedures by which academic freedom could be uncoupled from academic tenure -- where some other means are offered to ensure the professoriate the unfettered opportunity to
This practical guide is intended for faculty and service-learning directors, combining the how-to information and rigorous intellectual framework that teachers seek. What distinguishes this volume is
This practical guide is intended for faculty and service-learning directors, combining the how-to information and rigorous intellectual framework that teachers seek. What distinguishes this volume is
