The Daily Practice of Compassion
A History of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Its People, and Its Mission, 1964-2014
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
Raised at Rutgers
A President's Story
Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
Celebrating the First 100 Years
Unthinkable Thoughts
Academic Freedom and the One-State Model for Israel and Palestine
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
Why Public Higher Education Should Be Free
How to Decrease Cost and Increase Quality at American Universities
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
Presumed Incompetent
The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia
Comrades of the Quest
An Oral History of Reed College
Valences of Interdisciplinarity
Theory, Practice, Pedagogy
A collection of essays on interdisciplinary theory, research, and teaching.
In the Company of Scholars
The Struggle for the Soul of Higher Education
The Mechanical Feature
100 Years of Engineering at Mississippi State University
Doing Diversity in Higher Education
Faculty Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies
The Exchange University
Corporatization of Academic Culture
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
Down from the Hill
Ateneo de Manila in the First Ten Years Under Martial Law, 1972–1982
Canada's Community Colleges
A Critical Analysis
The book contains a comprehensive and topical bibliography of both published and unpublished material related to many aspects of Canadian community college development.
Student Affairs
Experiencing Higher Education
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
Globalization and Higher Education
Talladega College
The First Century
Growth and Governance of Canadian Universities
An Insider's View
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
No Place to Learn
Why Universities Aren't Working
Arguing that too much emphasis is placed on specialized research and too little on teaching, this book contends that students seeking higher education in Canada are being short-changed.
The Past in the Present
Women's Higher Education in the Twentieth-Century American South
This first history of women’s higher education in the 20th-century South examines national and regional influences that have made this educational experience unique.
Malamalama
A History of the University of Hawaii
Challenge and Opportunity
Canada's Community Colleges at the Crossroads
This book provides a critical analysis of the most significant developments in the college systems in every province and territory since 1895.