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By Glen A. Jones
April 27, 2016
Published in 1997. People wishing to learn the major phases in the development of Canada's twelve postsecondary higher education systems over the 1945-95 period will find this an essential starting point....
By David A. Greene
April 27, 2016
This study analyzes how Jill Ker Conway, first woman president of Smith College, implemented programmatic initiatives and changes to Smith's institutional culture that fit with her vision for higher education....
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By Paula L. W. Sabloff
December 01, 1998
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reorientation of formerly communist countries to the global market system necessitated a restructuring of their educational systems. This book demonstrates how various countries have attempted to reform their higher educational systems to compete in ...
By Kerry Ann O'Meara
December 22, 2014
Examining a number of academic institutions, this book highlights how they have broadened their promotion policies in order to weigh faculty professional service equally with scholarship....
By Peiying Chen
September 11, 2014
Acting Otherwise concerns the strategies of action that have been used by feminist scholars to attain the institutionalization of women's/gender studies in universities....
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By Elizabeth Creamer
December 14, 2000
Working Equal exposes the myth of heroic individualism that is central to contemporary western thought. With more than 35% of full-time faculty with a spouse or partner in the same profession, dual career couples are a growing presence in higher education in the U.S.. This compelling and innovative...
By Gary Bonvillian, Robert Murphy
March 01, 1996
Social, economic, and market conditions have posed a serious threat to the survival of small schools. This book focuses on the adaptation of small, private, and predominantly liberal arts colleges to the changing conditions and demands of higher education. The ability of small schools to remain a...
By Gregory Cascione
December 11, 2013
The main purpose of this book is to explore and understand the motivation behind major donations to higher education and what the role of religion is in these motivations. Features interviews with major donors....
By Edwin D. Duryea, Donald T. Williams
April 27, 2000
This book, the first ever overview of the subject, traces the history of the government of higher education from the middle ages through the 1950's and concludes with a look towards the future. It provides insight into the origins and progression of corporate organization associated with western ...
By M.T. Sehoole
August 18, 2010
This book was written with the purpose of analyzing the challenges faced by the post-apartheid government in South Africa with regard to reform of higher education. It covers the apartheid context of higher education, resistance to the system and its ultimate demise, democratic processes in ...
By Jay Davis, Andrew Garrod, Andrew Garrod, Jay Davis
April 01, 1999
In this collection of essays, 13 foreign exchange students write their compelling stories detailing their experiences studying at Dartmouth College. They not only convey their own joys and sorrows, but illuminate U.S. culture from a perspective not seen by many American students or citizens....
By Carmelita Rosie Castañeda
October 29, 2012
This study describes how faculty who participated in the Teaching and Learning in Diverse Classroom Faculty and TA Partnership Project (1994-2000) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, reflected on their experiences and pedagogical practices as instructors in diverse classrooms....