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Becoming a Professor is designed primarily for graduate and undergraduate students and others – instructors, lecturers and new tenure-track professors – contemplating careers as professors in post-s……続きを見る

Este estudo aborda a formação do professor universitário em cursos de pós-graduação. Contempla produções de autores e grupos de pesquisa reconhecidos no campo da pedagogia universitária e formula re……続きを見る

The first book to explore the rise of MOOCs through a social science lens. In MOOCs, High Technology, and Higher Learning, Robert A. Rhoads places the OpenCourseWare (OCW) movement into the larger c……続きを見る

How the AAUP fought to give voice to America’s faculty and defend academic freedom. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was founded to advance the professionalization of America……続きを見る

It is no secret that American graduate education is in disarray. Graduate students take too long to complete their studies and face a dismal academic job market if they succeed. The Graduate School ……続きを見る

Educational institutions all over the world continue to attract the services of foreign-born scholars. In addition to the culture shock that immigrants experience in unfamiliar countries, these scho……続きを見る

Many in higher education fear that the humanities are facing a crisis. But even if the rhetoric about “crisis” is overblown, humanities departments do face increasing pressure from administrators, p……続きを見る

Over the past quarter century, the people of the Arabian Peninsula have witnessed a revolutionary transformation in higher education. In 1990, there were fewer than ten public universities that offe……続きを見る

The Routledge International Handbook of**Higher Education for Sustainable Development gives a systematic and comprehensive overview of existing and upcoming research approaches for higher education ……続きを見る

Do you want to get into the Naval Academy? Then you need to ace your interview! The interview is one of the BEST ways to stand out during the Admissions process. Written by a former Service Academy ……続きを見る

Do you want to get into West Point? Then you need to impress your Nomination Panel! The interview is one of the BEST ways to stand out during the Nomination process and get that all important nomina……続きを見る

This book is concerned with the importance of Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Usability, user participants, and Sustainability in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) industry throughout……続きを見る

Research on higher education has yielded many insights that have improved our theoretical and practical understanding but there are still many themes that continue to appear on research agendas, pro……続きを見る

In spite of the proliferation of online learning, creating online courses can still evoke a good deal of frustration, negativity, and wariness in those who need to create them. The second edition of……続きを見る

High-stakes educational testing is a global phenomenon which is increasing in both scale and importance. Assessments are high-stakes when there are serious consequences for one or more stakeholders.……続きを見る

The university is being transformed and can be transformed. This doubleness informs this book. "Transforming" in "transforming higher education" can be read as adjective, suggesting that higher educ……続きを見る

In today’s complex educational environment, it’s critical for educators to understand the policy landscape. Research-based and grounded in a non-ideological perspective, The American Education Polic……続きを見る

Rapidly changing global demographics demand visionary, collaborative, and culturally appropriate leadership practices on university campuses. In the face of widening gaps in academic achievement and……続きを見る

As wider access to higher education becomes a top priority for governments in the UK and around the world, this ground-breaking piece of work raises the challenging questions that policy-makers, vic……続きを見る

America is in danger of losing its last great exportーhigher education. In addition to possessing the world’s largest economies, China and the United States have extensive higher education systems c……続きを見る

How can academic institutions, corporations, and policymakers foster African American participation and advancement in engineering? For much of America’s history, African Americans were discouraged ……続きを見る

Urban schools are falling short of preparing students for college. In Left Behind, a team of education scholars led by Edward P. St. John argues that American cities have been engaged for the past t……続きを見る

Professional ethics require continuous self-improvement of professors, through writing, reading, and learning: no less than for students. Promoting excellence in scholarship, mentoring students in t……続きを見る

′This text will be an invaluable addition to the reading of students and tutors alike. It has been written thoughtfully for students embarking on university courses that study aspects of early child……続きを見る

Governments have introduced policies to widen the participation of disadvantaged students in higher education. Widening participation policies are also introduced to ensure that higher education con……続きを見る

This book generates a fresh, complex view of the process of globalization by examining how work, scholarship, and life inform each other among intercultural scholars as they navigate their interpers……続きを見る

Doing Youth Participatory Action Research offers an unprecedented, in-depth exploration of the pragmatics and possibilities of youth-driven research. Drawing upon multiple years of experience engagi……続きを見る

President Eisenhower originally included 'academic' in the draft of his landmark, oft-quoted speech on the military-industrial-complex. Giroux tells why Eisenhower saw the academy as part of the fam……続きを見る

The dominant global discourse in higher education now focuses on ëworld-classí universities ñ inevitably located predominantly in North America, Europe and, increasingly, East Asia. The rest of the ……続きを見る

This book addresses the critical knowledge gaps of mergers involving higher education institutions. It is based on a comparative research project (spring 2013-spring 2015) investigating the phenomen……続きを見る