Higher Education Books

New and Published Books – Page 1

1. Student Financing of Higher Education

   A comparative perspective

   Edited by Donald Heller, Claire Callender

   Series: International Studies in Higher Education

   The financing of higher education is undergoing great change in many countries around the world. In recent years many countries are moving from a system where the costs of funding higher education are shouldered primarily by taxpayers, through government subsidies, to one where students pay a...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Innovative Business School Teaching

   Engaging the Millennial Generation

   Edited by Elaine Doyle, Patrick Buckley, Conor Carroll

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   Innovative Business School Teaching showcases the latest pedagogic innovations that actively engage the millennial generation in learning within the business domain. In the context of the contemporary macro issues facing higher education, this book presents the latest teaching practices and tools...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. Reconceptualising Feedback in Higher Education

   Developing dialogue with students

   Edited by Stephen Merry, Margaret Price, David Carless, Maddalena Taras

   Feedback is a crucial element of teaching, learning and assessment. There is, however, substantial evidence that staff and students are dissatisfied with it, and there is growing impetus for change. Student Surveys have indicated that feedback is one of the most problematic aspects of the student...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
4. Beyond Inclusion

   The Practice of Equal Access in Indian Higher Education

   Edited by Satish Deshpande, Usha Zacharias

   In India, two critical aspects of public policy — social justice and higher education — have witnessed unprecedented expansion in recent years. While several programmes have been designed by the State to equalise access to higher education and implement formal inclusion, discrimination based on...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge India
5. Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age

   Designing for 21st Century Learning, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Helen Beetham, Rhona Sharpe

   Through a critical discussion of the issues surrounding the design, sharing and reuse of learning activities, the second edition of Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age examines a wide range of perspectives on effectively designing and delivering learning activities to ensure that future...

   Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
6. Higher Education in Southeast Asia

   Blurring Borders, Changing Balance

   By Anthony Welch

   Series: Routledge Research On Public and Social Policy in Asia

   This is the first book to systematically chart and comparatively assess the trend towards private higher education in South East Asia. Caught between conflicting imperatives of spiralling demand, and limited resources, the balance between public and private higher education systems in South East,...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Developing and Validating Test Items

   By Thomas M. Haladyna, Michael C. Rodriguez

   Since test items are the building blocks of any test, learning how to develop and validate test items has always been critical to the teaching-learning process. As they grow in importance and use, testing programs increasingly supplement the use of selected-response (multiple-choice) items with...

   Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
8. Meaning-Centered Education

   International Perspectives and Explorations in Higher Education

   Edited by Olga Kovbasyuk, Patrick Blessinger

   In a time of globally changing environments and economic challenges, many institutions of higher education are attempting to reform by promoting standardization approaches. Meaning-Centered Education explores the counter-tide for an alternative vision of education, where students and instructors...

   Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
9. Expanding the Donor Base in Higher Education

   Engaging Non-Traditional Donors

   Edited by Noah D. Drezner

   Traditionally, institutions have relied on wealthy White men to reach their fundraising goals. But as state investment in public higher education lessens and institutions look to philanthropy to move from excellence to eminence, advancement officers continually need to engage all populations,...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
10. Human Development and Capabilities

    Re-imagining the university of the twenty-first century

    Edited by Alejandra Boni, Melanie Walker

    Globally, universities are the subject of public debate and disagreement about their private benefits or public good, and the key policy vehicle for driving human capital development for competitive knowledge economies. Yet what is increasingly lost in the disagreements about who should pay for...

    Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge