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A Toolkit for College Professors is designed to give new and established faculty members the skills they need in order to do their jobs more effectively. Combining case studies, scenarios, practical advice, and problem-solving activities, this book offers college professors a...

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A Toolkit for College Professors is designed to give new and established faculty members the skills they need in order to do their jobs more effectively. Combining case studies, scenarios, practical advice, and problem-solving activities, this book offers college professors a ...

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How MIT's first nine presidents helped transform the Institute from a small technical school into a major research university.

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Advising has evolved as a critical function because of the increasing complexity of curricula, the competitiveness of the job market, and the changing nature of the student population.

The literature on academic advising has consequently proliferated during the past decade, and this book provides valuable guidance in that area.

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In recent decades, as the question of academic freedom within Catholic higher education has received greater attention, models and interpretations of academic freedom have been proposed to help Catholic colleges and universities deal with the issue.

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Explores the pleasures and pitfalls of the academic life. This title discusses three of the perennial issues that have surfaced in debates about the humanities: the relation between "amateurs" and "professionals," the relation between one academic discipline and another, and the relation between "jargon" and "plain language."

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As ironic as it may seem, very few academic leaders have had any formal training in academic administration, or in any kind of administration at all. For the most part, academic administrators learn on the job. They also seek advice wherever they can get it. The purpose of this book is to offer such advice.

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As ironic as it may seem, very few academic leaders have had any formal training in academic administration, or in any kind of administration at all. For the most part, academic administrators learn on the job. They also seek advice wherever they can get it. The purpose of this book is to offer such advice.

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This book focuses on case studies at university level in various countries and analyzes students and teachers perception of academic misconduct and their definition and understanding of plagiarism. The 13 chapters assess the damage done by cheating and plagiarism to academic institutions and recommend strategies and solutions.

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Gumport (education, Stanford U.), in this revision of her dissertation, reconstructs the careers of 35 academics who were involved in the creation of feminist scholarship in their fields. The nature of academic knowledge and the social science theories and research methods used for the study are des

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This collection of papers provides a contemporary and comparative overview of higher education and conditions of academic staff in Europe.

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The first-ever study of African American giftedness at the collegiate level, focusing on two extraordinary case studies.

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Edited book on personal narratives of adjustments and adaptations made by immigrant social science academics in their teaching journeys within higher education.

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This book systematically examines the nature of inequalities in access to, and success in, higher education across the globe and considers how they are being addressed. It makes both a theoretical and practical contribution to the understanding of HE participation worldwide, featuring case studies on a range of countries from six continents.

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Behind the hallowed walls of higher education are students who did not grow up expecting to attend college, students who walked through open doors not knowing what to expect on the other side.

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Advanced Placement Classroom: Lord of the Flies takes a fresh approach to a school classic by offering an abundance of student-centered classroom ideas.

Grades 9-12

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What is Future Studies What are the theories and methods underlying the field What are its basic concepts, and how is it related to other academic fields Why does Future Studies still struggle for institutional acceptance These are the questions addressed in this work.