This volume of critical essays explores global Children's literature and literary traditions. It describes both how non-US-centered children's literature is taught within children's literature courses, and how global children's literature can be used to frame undergraduate pedagogy outside of a children's literature or education classroom.
Over the past two decades, higher education employment has undergone a radical transformation with faculty becoming contingent, staff being outsourced, and postdocs and graduate students becoming a larger share of the workforce. For example, the faculty has shifted from one composed mostly of tenure-track, full-time employees to one made up ......
The United States, long considered to have the best higher education in the world, now ranks eleventh in the proportion of 25- to 34-year-olds with a college degree. As other countries have made dramatic gains in degree attainment, the U.S. has improved more slowly. In response, President Obama recently laid out a national 'completion agenda' with ......
A guide to mentoring relationships written exclusively for graduate students. Authors Johnson and Huwe draw directly from their own experiences as mentor and protege to advise students on finding a mentor and maintaining the mentor relationship throughout graduate school.
A Step-by-step Plan for Gaining Admission to Graduate School in Psycholo
Suitable for those considering graduate study in psychology, this book simplifies the process for applicants and increases their chances of being accepted. It includes useful timelines, tips, and tools that break the tasks into manageable steps and help readers define their goals, select programs, and navigate the application process.
Answers the fundamental question: How does a university like Georgetown maintain and develop its Catholic and Jesuit identity while actively engaging in the often conflicting political, social, and religious debates that America must urgently conduct today?
Higher education occupies a difficult place in twenty-first-century American culture. Universities - the institutions that bear so much responsibility for the future health of our nation - are at odds with the very publics they are intended to serve. As Kathleen Fitzpatrick asserts, it is imperative that we re-center the mission of the ......