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Philanthropists in Higher Education
Institutional, Biographical, and Religious Motivations for Giving
Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
The main purpose of this book is to explore and understand the motivation behind major donations to higher education and what the role of religion is in these motivations. Features interviews with major donors....
Published July 2nd 2003 by Routledge
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Scientific Communication in African Universities
External Assistance and National Needs
Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
Published May 29th 2003 by Routledge
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The Call For Diversity
Pressure, Expectation, and Organizational Response in the Postsecondary Setting
Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
This book explores the organizational responses of professional schools and colleges to pressures, demands, requirements, expectations, and incentives related to diversity. The macro-organizational perspective supplies much-needed balance and complexity to traditional depictions of post-secondary...
Published May 8th 2003 by Routledge
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University Autonomy in Russian Federation Since Perestroika
Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
Published March 27th 2003 by Routledge
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Power and Politics in University Governance
Organization and Change at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
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Published January 30th 2003 by Routledge
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Call to Purpose
Mission-Centered Change at Three Liberal Arts Colleges
Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
A decade ago, the majority of liberal arts colleges, suffering from a decline in resources, drifted from their traditional missions. This study looks at three insitutions and suggests that a clear mission is more than a common goal....
Published October 24th 2002 by Routledge
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Barely There, Powerfully Present
Years of US Policy on International Higher Education
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Published October 17th 2002 by Routledge
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A Profile of the Community College Professorate, 1975-2000
Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
Through a national, longitudinal study, this book offers important insights into the attitudes and practices of the nation's 275,000 community college faculty. The book includes chapters on such crucial topics as instruction, satisfaction, professional involvement, and the use of reference groups....
Published September 19th 2002 by Routledge
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Resilient Spirits
Disadvantaged Students Making it at an Elite University
Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
This study explores the identity construction of socioeconomically and educationally disadvantaged students who enter an elite university. This critical ethnography gathered qualitative data about the twenty-three participants through non-participant observation, in-depth interviews, and focus...
Published June 6th 2002 by Routledge
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Federalism and the Lander Autonomy
The Higher Education Policy Network in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1948-1998
Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
An interesting study of the German higher Education system, examining the development of higher education policies from the post-war years, to the post-unification period....
Published April 25th 2002 by Routledge
Forthcoming Books
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Teacher Education for Critical Consumption of Mass Media and Popular Culture
To Be Published July 21st 2013 -
Philanthropists in Higher Education: Institutional, Biographical, and Religious Motivations for Giving
To Be Published September 26th 2013 -
Dimensions of the Community College: International, Intercultural, and Multicultural Perspectives
To Be Published September 29th 2013 -
University Teaching: International Perspectives
To Be Published September 29th 2013 -
Higher Education in the Post-Communist World: Case Studies of Eight Universities
To Be Published September 29th 2013 -
A Dream Deferred?: Examining the Degree Aspirations of African American and White College Students
To Be Published September 29th 2013 -
Jesuit Education and Social Change in El Salvador
To Be Published September 29th 2013 -
The Liberal Arts College Adapting to Change: The Survival of Small Schools
To Be Published September 29th 2013 -
Science and Technology in Central and Eastern Europe: The Reform of Higher Education
To Be Published September 29th 2013 -
The Academic Corporation: A History of College and University Governing Boards
To Be Published September 29th 2013