Today, nearly every aspect of higher education including student recruitment, classroom instruction, faculty research, administrative governance, and the control of intellectual property is embedded in a political economy with links to the market and the state. Academic capitalism offers a powerful framework for understanding this relationship. ......
Today, nearly every aspect of higher educationincluding student recruitment, classroom instruction, faculty research, administrative governance, and the control of intellectual propertyis embedded in a political economy with links to the market and the state. Academic capitalism offers a powerful framework for understanding this relationship. ......
In this book, Yutaka Fujieda illustrates how multilingual learners extend substantial efforts to tackle academic discourses and navigate their academic identities. This book provides profound insights into the processes and practices of academic literacy socialization in various learning contexts.
The Rise of Industry Logic in Public Higher Education
American public higher education is in crisis. After decades of public scrutiny over affordability, access, and quality, indictments of the institution as a whole abound. Campus leaders and faculty report a loss of public respect resulting from their alleged unresponsiveness to demands for change. But is this loss of confidence warranted? And ......
Heres what you need to know to establish your librarys place in the new collaborative research arena by adapting existing library services and practices as well as adding new support services.
Here's what you need to know to establish your library's place in the new collaborative research arena by adapting existing library services and practices as well as adding new support services.
A No-Nonsense Guide for Clinicians, Educators,Administrators, and Lawyer
This manual outlines how the ADA applies to a wide range of mental and physical impairments within higher education settings, it outlines a series of fundamental principles and actual clinical/administrative procedures.
Accreditation is essential to colleges and universities. Without it, they are unable to participate in federal student aid programs or confer legitimate degrees. In Accreditation on the Edge, Susan D. Phillips and Kevin Kinser bring together the expertise of different stakeholders to illustrate the complexities of the accreditation ......
College admissions'that is, admission to the school of your choice'has become incredibly competitive. Students and their families prepare from grade school onward to shape school ""careers"" that will give them a leg up in applying to selective colleges. But sterling academic performance, AP classes, high test scores, and sports and other ......
