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"In crystalline text steeped in cold rage, Sayer takes aim at the REF’s central claim, that it is a legitimate process of expert peer review. He critiques university and national-level REF processes against actual practices of scholarly review as found in academic...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2014-12-03
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"Docherty is not only is a brilliant critic of those forces that would like to transform higher education into an extension of the market-place... he is also a man of great moral and civic courage, who under intense pressure from the punishing neoliberal state has...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2014-11-17
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Service-Learning Essentials is the resource you need to help you develop high-quality service-learning experiences for college students. Written by one of the field's leading experts and sponsored by Campus Compact, the book is the definitive work on this high-impact...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2014-10-08
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The focus of this book is on exploring effective strategies in higher education that promote meaningful learning and go beyond discipline boundaries, with a special emphasis on Subjectivity Learning, Refreshing Lecturing, Learning through Construction, Learning through...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-09-24
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Embracing WRITINGEmbracing Writing responds to the writing-across-the-curriculum movement in a way that enables educators to integrate writing into their courses not just painlessly, but productively, instead of simply increasing their workloads with writing assignments...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2014-09-10
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A comprehensive expansion to the essential higher education assessment text This second edition of Assessment Essentials updates the bestselling first edition, the go-to resource on outcomes assessment in higher education. In this thoroughly revised edition, you will...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2014-09-09
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Step-by-step guidance for shaping better writers while keeping faculty workloads manageable Effective communication is a critical skill for many academic disciplines and careers, and so colleges and universities and their faculty members are rightfully committed to...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2014-07-07
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Revamp senior administration organization for more effective governance Governance Reconsidered: How Boards, Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty Can Help Their Colleges Thrive takes an in-depth look at the current practice of governance in higher education and...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2014-04-07
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How to nurture creativity in tomorrow’s innovators—today’s college students When asked what they want colleges to emphasize most, employers didn’t put science, computing, math, or business management first. According to AAC&U’s 2013 employer survey, 95% of employers...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2014-03-11
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A guide to developing productive student-faculty partnerships in higher education Student-faculty partnerships is an innovation that is gaining traction on campuses across the country. There are few established models in this new endeavor, however. Engaging Students as...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2014-03-10
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Britain has over 100 institutes of higher education offering Master's degree courses. Access to higher education opportunities has therefore never been greater. As technology advances and new techniques are developed, there is a growing desire for skill updating and...
Editeur :
How to Books
Parution :
2014-02-21
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A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2014!Sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), this one-of-a-kind book demonstrates the best tools, resources, and techniques for discovering, selecting, and integrating interactive open educational...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2013-12-13
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Praise for Transformative Conversations "In the 'superstorm' of writings about the crisis in higher education this little gem of a book stands out like a mindfulness bell. It calls us back to the only thing that truly matters?the energy and wisdom buried in the minds...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2013-02-21
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Called to Serve Over the past several years, veteran enrollment in universities, community colleges, and vocational programs has increased dramatically.Called to Serve offers academics and administrators a handbook highlighting the most current research, program...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2012-11-05
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University can be a bit of a jungle - student loans, essay deadlines and 'Freshers Week' are just a few hazards. But with the VirginUniversity Survival Guide you'll never be lost again. This unique university guide provides practical advice on all aspects of university...
Editeur :
Virgin Digital
Parution :
2012-10-31
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An annual publication of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD), To Improve the Academy offers a resource for improvement in higher education to faculty and instructional development staff, department chairs, faculty, deans,...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2012-08-31
Collection :
JB - Anker
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INCREASING PERSISTENCE "Of all the books addressing the puzzle of student success and persistence, I found this one to be the most helpful and believe it will be extremely useful to faculty and staff attempting to promote student success. The authors solidly ground...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2012-06-25
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This groundbreaking book explores the current state of doctoral education in the United States and offers a plan for increasing the effectiveness of doctoral education. Programs must grapple with questions of purpose. The authors examine practices and elements of...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2012-06-19
Collection :
Jossey-Bass/Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
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General Education Essentials "Full-time and part-time faculty in any discipline and at any size campus with any type of mission can pick up this volume and learn something that will help her or him improve teaching and learning." —From the Foreword by Terrel L. Rhodes,...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2012-04-25
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Designing interesting problems and writing assignments is one of the chief tasks of all teachers, but it can be especially challenging to translate and apply learning theory, good teaching techniques, and writing assignments into STEM and other quantitative disciplines....
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2012-01-19
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