Provides a new conceptualization of curriculum and of curriculum planning that is clearer, more functional, more adequate than those previously available.

Fully revised, updated edition of the classic text with all new essays assessing the state of race and racial issues in US higher education today.

Brings together scholars and higher education system leaders to highlight concrete examples of system change and realignment to advance student success.

Follows a Black woman's forty-year career in academia, sharing how race and gender can disrupt and enhance the professional and the personal, from leadership and policies to family life.

A unique examination of how faculty and university administrators understand their work and professional identities under neoliberalism.

A thought-provoking overview of the many challenges facing higher education and how to deal with them by a leading thinker in the field.

Addresses the experiences of trans college students, faculty, and staff in a single volume for the first time.

Demonstrates the impact of global education partnerships related to information access.

Demonstrates how the success of universities depends on the working conditions of the younger academic generation.

Assesses the challenges plaguing our higher education system through selections of Ernest L. Boyer’s writings

Examines strategies and best practices that effectively integrate LGBTQ areas of teaching and research with student life activities.

Focuses on the opportunities and challenges of using the science of change to improve the academic enterprise.

Demonstrates how universities can use Big Data to enhance operations and management, improve the education pipeline, and educate the next generation of data scientists.

The first comprehensive history of principals in the United States.

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

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

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

Stories from participants in Professional Development Schools.

An authoritative and provocative discussion of the key issues surrounding grade inflation and its possible effects on academic excellence.

Women professors of educational administration share their personal stories of being female firsts.

Tells the story of the decline and near bankruptcy of a major American university, and how its dramatic turnaround was quickly achieved.

Traces the organizational history of Fairfax County public schools in Virginia, from 1954–2004, revealing the system's record of academic success.

Identifies gender issues affecting students, faculty, and leaders in higher education, applying critical perspectives to suggest needed change.

Using Virginia as a case study, examines the role that educational leaders play in the implementation of statewide accountability plans.

International in scope, this is an unprecedented compilation of current theories and perspectives on women and leadership issues in schools at all levels.

Shows the tenacious spirit and hard work of women administrators in their struggles to enhance opportunities for women on college campuses.

Presents new practices and ideas for mentoring women for school leadership positions.

Shares perspectives from twelve successful women school superintendents.

Studies values and their influences in educational leadership.

The inspirational story of a group of teachers, parents, and students who face and overcome many challenges in their struggle to create a very unconventional school within a school.

A "tale from the trenches" of educational reform, this book chronicles a year in the life of four teachers as they implement an innovative new program.

Provides insights into and results of a wide variety of experiments with professional development schools in the field of education.

This book discusses the adjustment of universities to the changing financial environment. Its authors analyze the relationship between higher education inputs and outputs, assess the available information ...

The heightened interest in and the rapid expansion of adult education has become a trend in a variety of environments. In order to serve these developing areas, educators, personnel directors, as well ...