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This study explores the various ways in which parental involvement can help to increase student academic success. More specifically, this analysis is based on the notions that parent involvement in inner city schools present unique challenges that are different from the traditional middle class perspective.

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Looking for innovative, successful, and engaging units to use in your gifted elementary classroom or pull-out program Look no further than Units of Instruction, the latest in Prufrock's collection of easy-to-apply units for the classroom. Math, science, language arts, and social studies are included in this interdisciplinary program.

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"Universal design" is an approach which offers cost-effective ways to respond to the special needs of the diverse student body. This manual explains the techniques of universal design and offers resources and additional information for teachers, student teachers and support personnel.

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An argument that universities, to prepare students successfully for the future, must undergo significant reform and renewal, especially at the undergraduate level.

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A collection of essays from presenters at the Princeton Conference on Higher Education on the aspects of contemporary higher education in the US. This title offers a perspective on issues that face American universities as they enter the twenty-first century.

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Taking a look at the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, this book probes the efforts on campus to profit financially not only from athletics but increasingly, from education and research as well. It shows how such ventures are undermining core academic values and what universities can do to limit the damage.

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This book explores the complicated question of the regulating of speech at universities in South Africa. The authors discuss whether the potential harm of hate speech is sufficient justification for limiting free speechand how doing so may affect the democratic project.

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Details the challenges faced by higher education institutions in considering environmental sustainability -- .

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Details the challenges faced by higher education institutions in considering environmental sustainability -- .

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University Ethics not only highlights the ethical shortfalls of colleges today on topics ranging from sexual violence to the treatment of adjuncts but also proposes solutions based on best practices. Essential reading for anyone connected to higher education, the book proposes creating an integrated culture of ethics university-wide.

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Jennifer Washburn, a scholar and journalist, reveals how the growing influence of corporations over universities compromises the future of all those whose careers depend on a university education, and all those who will be employed, governed, or taught by the products of American universities.

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This edited book, written by authors with extensive experience in working with gifted students from low-income households, focuses on ways to translate the latest research and theory into evidence-supported practices that impact how schools identify and serve these students.

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This book asserts a controversial proposition: that a system dominated by attendance-zoned, political process managed, uniformly comprehensive mega-schools (TPS) cannot adequately address unique educational needs and interests.

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In this book, thirty-five year veteran Dan Phelan shares key insights from his personal and professional journey as a transformational, entrepreneurial community college leader. The book's wisdom and insights are amplified by observations gleaned from interviews and visits wit...

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In this book, thirty-five year veteran Dan Phelan shares key insights from his personal and professional journey as a transformational, entrepreneurial community college leader. The book's wisdom and insights are amplified by observations gleaned from interviews and visits wit...

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Provokes conversations about a future where learning is not confined by the carceral logic of academic disciplinary boundaries and brick and mortar walls.

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Based on their podcast Unsupervised Leadership and real life scenarios, the authors outlined the ten best lessons shared to help all leaders in education, and most importantly, how to celebrate and elevate women in education.