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  • Leadership, Equity, and Social Justice in American Higher Education

    A Reader

    Edited by C.P. Gause ...
    Series Book 23 - Higher Ed
    Never before have leadership, equity, and social justice been more important and/or critical to the mission of public universities and institutions of higher education. The twenty-first century has ushered in a period of instantaneous feedback, including live newsfeeds, reviews of goods and services, and online streaming events, as well as experiences. Anyone with a smartphone has access to ... Read more

    $73.79 CAD

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  • The Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education

    Edited by Sharan B. Merriam, André P. Grace ...
    THE JOSSEY-BASS READER ON Contemporary Issues in Adult EducationWith contributions from leading experts in the field, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education collects in one volume the best previously published literature on the issues and trends affecting adult education today. The volume includes influential pieces from foundational authors in the profession such as ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • The Profession and Practice of Adult Education

    An Introduction

    by Sharan B. Merriam, Ralph G. Brockett ...
    The Profession and Practice of Adult Education is a timely book and an excellent introduction to the field. Drawing from an extensive volume of literature, it provides comprehensive coverage and a clear guide. Graduate students will benefit from it and practitioners will be kept abreast of changes that are occurring.--Peter Jarvis, professor of continuing education and senior research professor, ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Educational Leadership at 2050

    Conjectures, Challenges, and Promises

    by Rosemary Papa, Fenwick W. English, Theodore Creighton ...
    This is a practical, bold, no-holds barred look at challenges facing educational leaders and the university programs that prepare them through mid-century. It examines key continuities and discontinuities of current times for school, education, and society. Both practice and preparation occur in contested social space, the implications of which are explored in a post industrial, digital age.The ... Read more

    $38.87 CAD

  • Overcoming the Achievement Gap Trap

    Liberating Mindsets to Effective Change

    by Anthony Muhammad ...
    Series series Classroom Strategies
    Ensure learning equality in every classroom. Investigate previous and current policies designed to help close the achievement gap. Examine predominant mindsets that contradict school missions to promote equal academic opportunities, and consider the psychological impact this has on students. Explore strategies for adopting a new mindset that frees educators and students from negative academic ... Read more

    $33.11 CAD

  • Educating African Canadians

    by Keren S. Brathwaite, Carl E. James ...
    This book offers a critical assessment of the experiences of African Canadian students, exploring strategies that will serve to enhance their academic success.Writing from their respective locations as students, parents, teachers, counsellors, professors and researchers, the contributors to this collection alert readers to many of the challenges that African Canadians face in the educational ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Our Underachieving Colleges

    A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More - New Edition

    by Derek Bok ...
    Series series The William G. Bowen Series
    Drawing on a large body of empirical evidence, former Harvard President Derek Bok examines how much progress college students actually make toward widely accepted goals of undergraduate education. His conclusions are sobering. Although most students make gains in many important respects, they improve much less than they should in such important areas as writing, critical thinking, quantitative ... Read more

    $47.33 CAD

  • Class Warfare

    Class, Race, and College Admissions in Top-Tier Secondary Schools

    by Lois Weis, Kristin Cipollone, Heather Jenkins ...
    Stories abound about the lengths to which middle- and upper-middle-class parents will go to ensure a spot for their child at a prestigious university. From the Suzuki method to calculus-based physics, from AP tests all the way back to early-learning Kumon courses, students are increasingly pushed to excel with that Harvard or Yale acceptance letter held tantalizingly in front of them. And nowhere ... Read more

    $33.56 CAD

  • Presumed Incompetent

    The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia

    Edited by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González, Angela P. Harris ...
    Presumed Incompetent is a pathbreaking account of the intersecting roles of race, gender, and class in the working lives of women faculty of color. Through personal narratives and qualitative empirical studies, more than 40 authors expose the daunting challenges faced by academic women of color as they navigate the often hostile terrain of higher education, including hiring, promotion, tenure, and ... Read more

    $33.47 CAD

  • Sexual Violence at Canadian Universities

    Activism, Institutional Responses, and Strategies for Change

    Edited by Elizabeth Quinlan, Andrea Quinlan, Curtis Fogel, Gail Taylor ...
    At least one in four women attending college or university will be sexually assaulted by the time they graduate. Beyond this staggering statistic, recent media coverage of “rape chants” at Saint Mary’s University, misogynistic Facebook posts from Dalhousie University’s dental school, and high-profile incidents of sexual violence at other Canadian universities point to a widespread culture of rape ... Read more

    $23.03 CAD

  • Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learners

    A College Education for the Twenty-First Century

    by Clifton Conrad, Laura Dunek ...
    Inquiry-driven learners anticipate, embrace, and adapt to disruptive change. Clifton Conrad and Laura Dunek advance a transformative purpose of a college education. They invite stakeholders from across higher education to engage in vigorous dialogue about the aims of a college education—and how to realize those aims.Increasingly influenced by market forces, many universities employ a default ... Read more

    $24.74 CAD

  • The Organization of Higher Education

    Managing Colleges for a New Era

    Edited by Michael N. Bastedo ...
    Colleges and universities are best understood as networks of departments working together to fulfill a mission of education, innovation, and community partnership. To better understand how these large and complex institutions function, scholars can apply organizational and strategic planning concepts made familiar by business management. This book follows that model and explores the new and ... Read more

    $35.45 CAD