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Transforming the Academy
Faculty Perspectives on Diversity and Pedagogy
Edited by Sarah Willie-LeBreton
Rutgers University Press
Transforming the Academy brings together faculty members from many different backgrounds—male and female, cisgender and queer, immigrant and native-born, white, black, multiracial, and other—to examine the state of diversity within the American university. Whether describing challenging power dynamics within their classrooms or recounting protests that occurred on their campuses, the book’s contributors offer bracingly honest inside accounts of both the conflicts and the learning experiences that can emerge from being a representative of diversity.
A New Deal for the Humanities
Liberal Arts and the Future of Public Higher Education
Edited by Gordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed
Rutgers University Press
A New Deal for the Humanities brings together twelve prominent scholars who shed light on the many concerns swirling around the humanities today—exploring the history of the liberal arts in America, their present state, and their future direction. The volume focuses on public higher education, for it is in our state schools that the liberal arts are taught to the greatest numbers, where the decline of those fields would be most damaging, and where their strength is most threatened.
Rutgers since 1945
A History of the State University of New Jersey
Rutgers University Press
In the 1940s, Rutgers was a small liberal arts college for men. Today, it is a major public research university, a member of the Big Ten and of the prestigious Association of American Universities. In Rutgers since 1945, historian Paul G. E. Clemens chronicles this remarkable transition from the cold war, to the student protests of the 1960s and 1970s, to the growth of political identity on campus, and to the increasing commitment to big-time athletics, all of which are just a few of the innumerable newsworthy elements that have driven Rutgers’s evolution.
How to Succeed at University (and Get a Great Job!)
Mastering the Critical Skills You Need for School, Work, and Life
By Thomas R. Klassen and John A. Dwyer
UBC Press, On Campus
This practical, easy-to-read guide shows you how to master the critical skills needed for school, work, and life.
Developing Identity, Strengths, and Self-Perception for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
The BASICS College Curriculum
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
This practical college curriculum helps students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to develop an understanding of their identity, self-perception and strengths and how to use this self-knowledge to succeed at college, in their social lives, and in their careers. It is an ideal textbook for ASD college programs or for student self-study.
Signature Course Stories
Transforming Undergraduate Learning
Edited by Lori Holleran Steiker; Foreword by Bill Powers
The School of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
The Little Orange Book
Short Lessons in Excellent Teaching
UT System Acad of Distinguished Teachers
The members of the University of Texas System Academy of Distinguished Teachers—the only system-wide academy of teaching excellence in America—offer expert teaching tips and thoughtful reflections on classroom learning.
The Daily Practice of Compassion
A History of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Its People, and Its Mission, 1964-2014
By Dora L. Wang and Shannan L. Carter
UNM School of Medicine
Rich with anecdotes and personality, Dora Wang's account is a must-read for anyone curious about health care in New Mexico.
Class Not Dismissed
Reflections on Undergraduate Education and Teaching the Liberal Arts
University Press of Colorado
In Class Not Dismissed, award-winning professor Anthony Aveni tells the personal story of his six decades in college classrooms and some of the 10,000 students who have filled them. Through anecdotes of his own triumphs and tribulations—some amusing, others heartrending—Aveni reveals his teaching story and thoughts on the future of higher education.
Raised at Rutgers
A President's Story
Rutgers University Press
In Raised at Rutgers, Richard L. McCormick offers a candid account of his life and work at one of America’s leading public universities, from his childhood in the 1950s through his tumultuous presidency which began in 2002 and lasted nearly a decade. McCormick not only paints a vivid portrait of what it is like to run a major university, he also illuminates the most important challenges facing higher education in America.
Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
Celebrating the First 100 Years
Edited by Barry M. Brennan and James R. Hollyer
College of Tropical Ag, College of Tropical Agriculture
Unthinkable Thoughts
Academic Freedom and the One-State Model for Israel and Palestine
UBC Press
This book presents a case study of an academic conference where various actors sought to circumscribe the exploration of a controversial idea – the one-state model for Israel and Palestine – and it throws into stark relief the vulnerability and importance of academic freedom.
Checklist for Change
Making American Higher Education a Sustainable Enterprise
Rutgers University Press
Checklist for Change diagnoses the problems in American higher education today and describes principal reforms that must occur in combination in order for it to remain a vital enterprise: a fundamental recasting of federal financial aid; new mechanisms for better channeling the competition among colleges and universities; recasting the undergraduate curriculum; and a stronger, more collective faculty voice in governance that defines not why, but how the enterprise must change.
Why Public Higher Education Should Be Free
How to Decrease Cost and Increase Quality at American Universities
Rutgers University Press
Robert Samuels explains why universities cost so much and offers solutions as to how they can reduce their expenses by concentrating on their core mission of instruction and research. Not only can tuition be reduced, but public universities and colleges can be made free by allocating existing resources to provide quality undergraduate education and diminishing the amount of money spent in the areas of athletics, administration, and public research.
Distinction Through Discovery
A Research-Oriented First Year Experience
University Press of Florida, Orange Grove Texts Plus
Presumed Incompetent
The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia
Edited by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González, and Angela P. Harris
Utah State University Press
Comrades of the Quest
An Oral History of Reed College
By John Sheehy
Oregon State University Press
Valences of Interdisciplinarity
Theory, Practice, Pedagogy
Edited by Raphael Foshay
Athabasca University Press
A collection of essays on interdisciplinary theory, research, and teaching.
In the Company of Scholars
The Struggle for the Soul of Higher Education
University of Texas Press
In this personal reflection on the status of higher education, Julius Getman probes the tensions between status and meaning, elitism and egalitarianism, that challenge the academy and academics today.
The Mechanical Feature
100 Years of Engineering at Mississippi State University
University Press of Mississippi
Doing Diversity in Higher Education
Faculty Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies
Edited by Winnifred R. Brown-Glaude
Rutgers University Press
Using case studies from universities throughout the nation, Doing Diversity in Higher Education examines the role faculty play in improving diversity on their campuses. The power of professors to enhance diversity has long been underestimated, their initiatives often hidden from view.
The Exchange University
Corporatization of Academic Culture
Edited by Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher
UBC Press
This book critically examines the commercialization of today’s universities, under increasing economic pressure to develop human capital, science, and technology.
Mama, PhD
Women Write about Motherhood and Academic Life
Rutgers University Press
Candid, provocative, and sometimes with a wry sense of humor, the thirty-five essays in this anthology speak to and offer support for any woman attempting to combine work and family, as well as anyone who is interested in improving the university's ability to live up to its reputation to be among the most progressive of American institutions.
Down from the Hill
Ateneo de Manila in the First Ten Years Under Martial Law, 1972–1982
Edited by Cristina Jayme Montiel and Susan Evangelista
Ateneo De Manila, Ateneo De Manila Univ Press
Student Affairs
Experiencing Higher Education
Edited by Lesley Andres and Finola Finlay
UBC Press
This collection reveals how much institutional change has occurred in the social organization of postsecondary education, and how much more change is required to achieve equitable access and inclusion.
On Location
Theory and Practice in Classroom-Based Writing Tutoring
Edited by Candace Spigelman and Laurie Grobman
Utah State University Press
Globalization and Higher Education
Edited by Jaishree K. Odin and Peter T. Manicas
University of Hawaii Press
Talladega College
The First Century
By Maxine D. Jones and Joe M. Richardson
University of Alabama Press
An early history of Talladega College
Growth and Governance of Canadian Universities
An Insider's View
UBC Press
A veteran of university administration considers the effect of remarkable change on the growth and governance of the modern Canadian university.
What We Really Value
Beyond Rubrics in Teaching and Assessing Writing
By Bob Broad
Utah State University Press
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