Using Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate ProgramsUsing Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate Programs introduces selected performance criteria-benchmarks-to assist undergraduate programs in defining their educational goals and documenting their effectiveness.The book explores the attributes of undergraduate programs by focusing on educationally related activities in eight ...

Michael Fullan examines themoral purpose of school leadership and its critical role in "changing the context" in which the principalship is embedded.Michael Fullan examines themoral purpose of school leadership and its critical role in "changing the context" in which the principalship is embedded.

“Dee Fink challenges our conventional assumptions and practices and offers an insightful approach to expanding our learning goals, making higher education more meaningful. This is a gem of a book that every college teacher should read.”—Ken Bain, author, What the Best College Students DoSince the original publication of L. Dee Fink’s Creating Significant Learning Experiences, higher education has continued to move in two op...

Diversity at Work: The Practice of InclusionHow can organizations, their leaders, and their people benefit from diversity? The answer, according to this cutting-edge book, is the practice of inclusion. Diversity at Work: The Practice of Inclusion (a volume in SIOP’s Professional Practice Series) presents detailed solutions for the challenge of inclusion—how to fully connect with, engage, and empower people across all types of differences. Its edit...

There is a large body of shared knowledge between the study of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management but despite the crossover, they are often treated as very distinct disciplines. Written by a team of experts across both fields, Organizational Behaviour bridges the gap between OB and HRM, with an emphasis on inter-cultural and cross-cultural perspectives of organizational development, talent management, and leadership. Through a critical analysis...

Praise for the Second Edition of The Handbook for Student Leadership Development"This is a must-have book for leadership educators and all student affairs professionals who want to develop impactful leadership programs and the leadership capacity of students. Buy it. Read it. Use it to develop the needed leadership for our collective future."- CYNTHIA CHERREY, vice president for campus life, Princeton University, and president, the ...

The book discusses the challenges that teacher leaders face, such as deciding to accept a leadership role, building principal–teacher leader relationships, and working with peers.

Take an innovative approach to a climate of change within your workplace or organization with this guidebook on diversity and inclusion.Author Maura G. Robinson, an authority on diversity and inclusion, has been helping companies create systemic process of change for more than twenty years. In the Inclusion Revolution Is Now, she explores as you cancreate an environment of inclusion where all employees are accountable for their behaviors, and able to work together ...

Should I go to graduate school? How do I choose where to apply? Are my grades and accomplishments good enough to get in? Who should I ask to write recommendation letters for me, and how should I approach these people? How do I write my "personal statement?" When will I hear my fate, and how should I make my final decision? These are just a few of the many questions to which this well-researched, thorough, and extremely user-friendly book offers answers. Students who are contemplating gradu...

"The 'next phase' of diversity in higher education pushes institutional objectives beyond mere tolerance of cultural difference. Barnett and Felten have pulled together a timely resource for campus leaders that recognizes the multidimensionality of students' identities and the imperative for institutions to pursue an intersectional approach to diversity on campus."--anthony lising antonio, Associate Professor of Education, Stanford UniversityHigher education silos diversity and inc...

This book is the initial volume coming out of the "excellence project"--a comprehensive research effort commissioned by the IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) Research Foundation. The purpose of this project was to answer two fundamental questions about public relations: What are the characteristics of an excellent communication department? How does excellent public relations make an organization more effective, and how much is that contribution worth economically? ...

*Winner in the Management and Leadership Textbook Category at CMI Management Book of the Year Awards 2015*An ideal course text for Organizational Behaviour, Human Resource Management or Cross-Cultural Management courses.Chapters present the fundamental theoretical approaches in all key areas including leadership, ethics and change, and then explore them in the context of culture and cross-cultural management.Encourages self-reflection and cr...