Bøger i The American Campus serien
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- Why Talk Is Not Enough to Fix Racial Inequality at Universities
333,95 - 1.393,95 kr. - Bog
- 333,95 kr.
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343,95 - 1.398,95 kr. - Bog
- 343,95 kr.
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- Theory and Practice across Disciplines
1.393,95 kr. In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions between different departments, allowing more innovative and sophisticated research to flourish. But does it actually work this way? Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration puts the common beliefs about such research to the test, using empirical data gathered by scholars from the US, Canada, and the UK.
- Bog
- 1.393,95 kr.
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- Bog
- 298,95 kr.
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- How College Sports Recruitment Favors White, Suburban Athletes
343,95 - 1.393,95 kr. - Bog
- 343,95 kr.
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- Contributors of College Success for Youth in Foster Care
378,95 - 1.393,95 kr. - Bog
- 378,95 kr.
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- Liberal Arts and the Future of Public Higher Education
419,95 kr. Brings together twelve prominent scholars who address the history, the present state, and the future direction of the humanities. The contributors offer spirited and thought-provoking debates on a diverse range of topics. A New Deal for the Humanities takes an intrepid step in making the humanities even stronger in the future.
- Bog
- 419,95 kr.
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- Race Relations and the Reproduction of Inequality on Elite College Campuses
491,95 - 1.611,95 kr. Challenges popular beliefs about the importance of cross-racial interactions as an antidote to racism in the increasingly diverse US. W. Carson Byrd shows that it is the context and framing of such interactions on college campuses that plays an important role in shaping students' beliefs about race and inequality in everyday life for the future political and professional leaders of the nation.
- Bog
- 491,95 kr.
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- Profit, Politics, and Pedagogy
408,95 kr. Focusing on current issues, including the NCAA, Title IX, recruitment of high school athletes, and the Penn State scandal, among others, Sport and the Neoliberal University shows the different ways institutions, individuals, and corporations are interacting with university athletics in ways that are profoundly shaped by neoliberal ideologies.
- Bog
- 408,95 kr.
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- Moving to a Mission-Oriented and Learner-Centered Model
563,95 kr. Weighs the concerns of university administrators, professors, adjuncts, and students in order to critically assess emerging faculty models and offer informed policy recommendations. Cognizant of the financial pressures that have led many universities to favour short-term faculty contracts, contributors investigate whether there are ways to modify the existing system or promote new faculty models.
- Bog
- 563,95 kr.
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- Single Mothers and the Pursuit of Postsecondary Education
353,95 - 1.607,95 kr. Explores how single mothers pursuing college degrees must navigate a difficult course as they attempt to reconcile their identities as single mums, college students, and in many cases, employees. They also negotiate a balance between what they think a good mother should be, and what society is telling them, and how that affects their choices to go to college, and whether to stay in college.
- Bog
- 353,95 kr.
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- Bog
- 323,95 kr.
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- Wealth, Status, and Student Opportunity
378,95 - 1.398,95 kr. Identifies and explains the sources of stratification that differentiate colleges and universities in the United States. The authors use quantitative analysis to map the contours of this system. They then explain the mechanisms that sustain it and illustrate the ways in which rising institutional inequality has limited individual opportunity.
- Bog
- 378,95 kr.
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- Racism, White Immunity, and the Myth of "Post-Racial" Higher Education
343,95 - 1.393,95 kr. Details many of the contours of contemporary, systemic racism, while engaging the possibility of White students to participate in anti-racism. Ultimately, White Guys on Campus calls upon institutions of higher education to be sites of social transformation instead of reinforcing systemic racism.
- Bog
- 343,95 kr.
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- Building Student Community in Higher Education
408,95 - 1.383,95 kr. Examines how men of colour negotiate college through their engagement in Brothers for United Success (B4US), an institutionally-based male-centred program at an Hispanic Serving Institution. The authors introduce the concept of educational agency, which is harboured in cultural wealth and demonstrates how ongoing B4US engagement empowers the men's efforts and abilities to persist in college.
- Bog
- 408,95 kr.
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- Aligning Individual Needs and Organizational Goals
408,95 - 1.610,95 kr. Analyses the career stage challenges these faculty members must overcome, such as a lack of preparation for teaching, limited access to resources and mentors, and changing expectations for excellence in teaching, research, and service to become academic leaders in their discipline and at these distinctive institutions.
- Bog
- 408,95 kr.
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- Bog
- 1.383,95 kr.
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- Relationships, Gender, and Sexuality on American Evangelical Campuses
353,95 - 1.383,95 kr. Explores friendship, dating, and, sexuality, in both the ideals and the practical experiences of heterosexual students at US evangelical colleges. Dana M. Malone examines the struggles they have in balancing their gendered and religious presentations of self, the expectations of their campus community, and their desire to find meaningful romantic relationships.
- Bog
- 353,95 kr.
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- Liberal Arts and the Future of Public Higher Education
1.607,95 kr. Brings together twelve prominent scholars who address the history, the present state, and the future direction of the humanities. The contributors offer spirited and thought-provoking debates on a diverse range of topics. A New Deal for the Humanities takes an intrepid step in making the humanities even stronger in the future.
- Bog
- 1.607,95 kr.