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Higher Education Systems 3.0

An exploration of multi-campus higher education systems and their role in improving communities and their economies.

Running on Empty

Explores how Southampton College went from “the jewel in the university crown” to an “albatross around the university neck. ”

Modes of Learning

By George Allan
Subjects: Education

A highly accessible reading of Whitehead's writings on education and their connection to his metaphysics.

A Creature of Our Own Making

By Gary A. Olson
Subjects: Education

Witty, savvy, incisive, and entertaining short essays on the culture, mores, and practices of higher education.

Inside the Undergraduate Teaching Experience

Shows what kind of changes college faculty make to their teaching and why they make them.

Universities and Colleges as Economic Drivers

A comprehensive examination of the relationship between higher education, state government, and economic development.

Farmingdale State College

Fascinating history of the oldest public college on Long Island.

The Idolatry of the Actual

Reinvigorates Jürgen Habermas’ early critical theory.

Precipice or Crossroads?

Comprehensive treatment of the challenges faced by America’s public research universities, and of what those challenges may mean for the nation.

Faithful to the Task at Hand

The story of Lucy Diggs Slowe, a pioneering African American figure in sports and education

Transforming Self and Others through Research

Brings the transformative approaches of transpersonal psychology to research in the human sciences and humanities.

Meditation and the Classroom

A ground-breaking book on using meditation in education and how it can enhance teaching and learning.

Decolonizing Research in Cross-Cultural Contexts

International scholars share their experiences with the challenges inherent in representing indigenous cultures and decolonizing cross-cultural research.

Higher Education and International Student Mobility in the Global Knowledge Economy

By Kemal Gürüz
Foreword by Nancy L. Zimpher
Subjects: Education

Second, updated edition of a landmark study of how the international mobility of students, scholars, programs and institutions of higher education has evolved over time, and the ways in which it is occurring in today's global knowledge economy.

Dreaming in the Classroom

The essential guide on how to teach about dreaming.

Globalization, Social Justice, and the Helping Professions

Explores the impact of globalization and the imperative of social justice for the helping professions in contemporary times.

Racism, Public Schooling, and the Entrenchment of White Supremacy

Demonstrates how ingrained ideas of race created and sustain the achievement gap in U. S. schools.

Razor Wire Women

Collection of essays and art by scholars, artists and activists both in and out of prison that reveal the many dimensions of women’s incarcerated experiences.

Educating Democracy

Revisionist analysis of the role of strong leadership in democracies, drawing primarily upon the work of Alexis de Tocqueville.

Splintered Accountability

Detailed study of how real education reform works.

Mediumism

Explores the contemporary pedagogical significance of modernism.

Teachers United

The inspiring history of NYSUT, New York State’s largest union, and a powerful progressive force in the state and in the country.

Integral Education

Leading researchers and practitioners explore the frontiers of education from an integral perspective.

Nurse Educators and Politics

Examines how nurse educators shape the political behavior of nurses.