Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Adult Education

Diversity in Higher Education

Emerging Perspectives on Institutional Transformation

Edited by Daryl Smith

Series: International Studies in Higher Education

In addition to many other issues that touch higher education around the world, diversity and equity in higher education is fast becoming a major opportunity and challenge to institutions, countries and regions. The increasing centrality of diversity is fueled in part by changing demographics,...

To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge

Teaching for Learning

A handbook of proven instructional approaches for college faculty

By Claire Howell Major

To Be Published January 31st 2014 by Routledge

Exploring Race in Predominantly White Classrooms

Scholars of Color Reflect

Edited by George Yancy, Maria Davidson

Series: Critical Social Thought

Although multicultural education has made significant gains in recent years, with many courses specifically devoted to the topic in both undergraduate and graduate education programs, and more scholars of color teaching in these programs, these victories bring with them a number of pedagogic...

To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge

Bridging the Divide between Faculty and Administration

A Guide to Understanding Conflict in the Academy

By James Bess, Jay Dee

Conflicts between faculty and administration have become particularly virulent and disruptive in recent years, as institutions have struggled to adapt to intensifying pressures for efficiency, accountability, and responsiveness. Unexamined and ungoverned conflict can impede effective conduct of...

To Be Published March 31st 2014 by Routledge

Asian American Students in Higher Education

By Samuel D. Museus

Series: Key Issues on Diverse College Students

Asian American Students in Higher Education offers the first comprehensive analysis and synthesis of existing theory and research related to Asian American students’ experiences in postsecondary education. Providing practical and insightful recommendations, this sourcebook covers a range of topics...

To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge

Contemplative Practices in Higher Education

Edited by Daniel Barbezat, Arthur Zajonc

From the social sciences to the humanities, and the hard sciences to business and law, contemplative approaches to higher education have been creatively and effectively developed to stabilize and sharpen concentration and attention, deepen the understanding of course material, engender and foster...

To Be Published April 14th 2014 by Routledge

Using Technology to Support Learning and Teaching

A Practical Approach

By Andrew Fisher, Kate Exley, Dragos Ciobanu

Series: Key Guides for Effective Teaching in Higher Education

The climate of Higher Education is changing rapidly. The students are more likely to see themselves as consumers and have increasingly high expectations regarding teaching and learning. Universities are in part aiming to meet this need by increasing the use of technology; for example, whether to...

To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge

Women Leaders in Higher Education

Shattering the myths

By Tanya Fitzgerald

Series: Research into Higher Education

Leadership in universities is physically, intellectually and emotionally demanding work. It involves multiple and complex tasks and responsibilities such as staff management, strategic management, operational planning, financial and resources management, policy development, quality assurance...

To Be Published August 20th 2013 by Routledge

A Faculty Guide to Addressing Disruptive and Dangerous Behavior

By Brian Van Brunt, W. Scott Lewis

College and university faculty are asked to serve an increasingly diverse and at-risk population of students. They face disruptive and dangerous behaviors that range from speaking out of turn or misusing technology, to potentially agressive behavior. A Faculty Guide to Addressing Disruptive and...

To Be Published August 8th 2013 by Routledge

Academic Work and Identities in Teacher Education

Edited by Jean Murray, Clare Kosnik

With its focus on the work and identity of teacher educators, this book addresses an essential but under-researched area in teacher education. It makes a major contribution to analysing the field and develops existing research on the working lives and identities of teacher educators. The book...

To Be Published July 15th 2013 by Routledge

Diversity and Inclusion on Campus

Supporting Racially and Ethnically Underrepresented Students

By Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, Angela Locks

Series: Core Concepts in Higher Education

As scholars and practitioners in higher education attempt to embrace and lead diversity efforts, it is imperative that they have an understanding of the issues that affect historically underrepresented students. Using an intersectional approach that connects the categories of race, class, and...

To Be Published August 21st 2013 by Routledge

Negotiating the Complexities of Qualitative Research in Higher Education

Fundamental Elements and Issues, 2nd Edition

By Susan R. Jones, Vasti Torres, Jan Arminio

Negotiating the Complexities of Qualitative Research in Higher Education illuminates the complex nature of qualitative research, while attending to issues of application. This text addresses the fundamentals of research through discussion of strategies, ethical issues, and challenges in higher...

To Be Published July 10th 2013 by Routledge

Transformative Learning through Creative Life Writing

Exploring the self in the learning process

By Celia Hunt

Arising from a research project conducted over two years, Transformative Learning through Creative Life Writing examines the effects of fictional autobiography on adult learners’ sense of self. Starting from a teaching and learning perspective, Hunt draws together ideas from psychodynamic...

To Be Published June 16th 2013 by Routledge

Community Colleges and STEM

Examining Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities

Edited by Robert T. Palmer, J. Luke Wood

As United States policymakers and national leaders are increasing their attention to producing workers skilled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), community colleges are being called on to address persistence of minorities in these disciplines. In this important volume,...

To Be Published June 13th 2013 by Routledge

E-tivities

The Key to Active Online Learning, 2nd Edition

By Gilly Salmon

The world of learning and teaching is at a watershed; confronted by challenges to previous educational models. One learning future lies in impactful, purposeful, active online activities, or ‘e-tivities’, that keep learners engaged, motivated, and participating. Grounded in the author’s action...

To Be Published June 12th 2013 by Routledge

The State of College Access and Completion

Improving College Success for Students from Underrepresented Groups

Edited by Laura W. Perna, Anthony Jones

Despite decades of substantial investments by the federal government, state governments, colleges and universities, and private foundations, students from low-income families as well as racial and ethnic minority groups continue to have substantially lower levels of postsecondary educational...

To Be Published June 24th 2013 by Routledge

Higher Education in the Global Age

Policy, Practice and Promise in Emerging Societies

Edited by Daniel Araya, Peter Marber

Series: Routledge Studies in Emerging Societies

Discussions on globalization now routinely focus on the economic impact of developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union and Latin America. Only twenty-five years ago, many developing countries were largely closed societies. Today, the growing power of “emerging...

To Be Published August 27th 2013 by Routledge

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

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Research

The selected works of Mary E. James

By Mary E. James

Series: World Library of Educationalists

In the World Library of Educationalists, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces – extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions – so the world can read them in a...

To Be Published May 29th 2013 by Routledge

The Sociology of Higher Education

Reproduction, Transformation and Change in a Global Era

Edited by Miriam David, Rajani Naidoo

The Sociology of Higher Education: Reproduction, Transformation and Change in a Global Era provides an exciting and conceptually rich approach to the sociology of higher education. It offers innovative perspectives on the future of universities within the new and emerging research sub-field of the...

Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge

Education – An Anatomy of the Discipline

Rescuing the university project?

By John Furlong

Education – An Anatomy of the Discipline focuses on the development of the discipline of education, how it is understood and practised in contemporary universities, and the potential threats to its future. As the author, John Furlong argues, disciplines are not only intellectually coherent fields...

Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge

Balancing Dilemmas in Assessment and Learning in Contemporary Education

Edited by Anton Havnes, Liz McDowell

Series: Routledge Research in Education

This book focuses on dilemmas inherent in the practice of assessment in the contemporary context. New forms of assessment are being introduced in all sectors of education and training, and the culture of assessment is shifting. The authors in this volume discuss the practice of assessment,...

Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge

Engaging Diverse College Alumni

The Essential Guide to Fundraising

By Marybeth Gasman, Nelson Bowman III

Changing demographics are having a substantial impact on college and university student populations. In order to continue garnering funds and supporting their higher education institutions, development offices and individual fundraisers need to learn more about alumni of color. To help move...

Published February 5th 2013 by Routledge

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

The Changing Landscape of the Academic Profession

Faculty Culture at For-Profit Colleges and Universities

By Vicente M. Lechuga

The rapid success of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) only recently has caught the attention of scholars in academe. The continuing expansion of the proprietary higher education sector has lead to fundamental questions regarding the purpose and function of FPCUs. As new technologies...

Published February 12th 2013 by Routledge

The International Handbook of Collaborative Learning

Edited by Cindy Hmelo-Silver, Clark Chinn, Carol Chan, Angela O'Donnell

Series: Educational Psychology Handbook

Collaborative learning has become an increasingly important part of education, but the research supporting it is distributed across a wide variety of fields including social, cognitive, developmental, and educational psychology, instructional design, the learning sciences, educational technology,...

Published February 4th 2013 by Routledge

Merit Aid and the Politics of Education

By Erik C. Ness

Series: Studies in Higher Education

While a substantial number of studies have evaluated the effects of merit aid programs, there is a surprising lack of any systematic consideration of how states determine eligibility criteria for these scholarships. The selectivity of merit aid eligibility criteria can be as important as...

Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge

Styles of Practice in Higher Education

Exploring approaches to teaching and learning

Edited by Carol Evans, Maria Kozhevnikov

This book highlights important discussions occurring within the styles field that have direct relevance for the development of effective twenty-first century learning environments. Styles research in this context is used as an umbrella term to encompass cognitive styles, learning styles, and...

To Be Published May 26th 2013 by Routledge

Inhabiting the Borders

Foreign Language Faculty in American Colleges and Universities

By Robin Matross Helms

Series: Studies in Higher Education

Published February 12th 2013 by Routledge

Family, Community, and Higher Education

Edited by Toby S. Jenkins

Series: Routledge Research in Education

This book explores social topics and experiences that illustrate the various ways in which the family unit influences and impacts college students. In the text, the authors not only explore family memories, but also challenge the traditional lack of inclusion and appreciation for “family” as...

Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge

Workplace Bullying in Higher Education

Edited by Jaime Lester

Higher education leaders, managers, human resource professionals, faculty, and staff increasingly face uncivil, bullying behaviors in academe. This can manifest itself as constant public humiliation by a new department chair, exclusion of a contingent faculty member, undermining of work performance...

Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge

Organization and Administration in Higher Education

Edited by Patrick J. Schloss, Kristina M. Cragg

Efficiency, focus, and accountability have become the defining standards for contemporary higher educational leaders. Situating strategic planning and budgeting within the organization and administration of higher education institutions, Organization and Administration in Higher Education provides...

Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge

Automatic Item Generation

Theory and Practice

Edited by Mark J Gierl, Thomas M. Haladyna

Automatic item generation (AIG) represents a relatively new and unique research area where specific cognitive and psychometric theories are applied to test construction practices for the purpose of producing test items using technology. The purpose of this book is to bring researchers and...

Published August 6th 2012 by Routledge

Developing a Winning Grant Proposal

By Donald Orlich, Nancy Shrope

In a world of tightening budgets and increased competition for grant money, Developing a Winning Grant Proposal provides the guidelines, strategies, plans, and techniques to craft a fundable grant proposal. A user-friendly, engaging, and up-to-date guide, this book covers the entire process from...

Published September 18th 2012 by Routledge

General Education and the Development of Global Citizenship in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China

Not Merely Icing on the Cake

Edited by Jun Xing, Pak-Sheung Ng, Chloe Cheng

Series: Routledge Research in Asian Education

General Education has taken center stage in the greater China area (Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China) because of a number of important developments. First, globalization has created both opportunities and challenges for college students. When they graduate and enter the real world, they must...

Published October 25th 2012 by Routledge

Imagining the University

By Ronald Barnett

Series: New Studies in Critical Realism and Education

Around the world, what it is to be a university is a matter of much debate. The range of ideas of the university in public circulation is, however, exceedingly narrow and is dominated by the idea of the entrepreneurial university. As a consequence, the debate is hopelessly impoverished. Lurking in...

Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge

Islam and Higher Education

Concepts, Challenges and Opportunities

By Marodsilton Muborakshoeva

Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

This book is the first study to qualitatively explore the concepts of higher education in Muslim contexts. It examines the different concepts of ‘a university’ and the way they shape practice in Muslim contexts, with a particular focus on the Islamic republic of Pakistan. Contributing to...

Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge

Supporting Students for Success in Online and Distance Education

Third Edition

By Ormond Simpson

Supporting Students for Success in Online and Distance Learning, Third Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of student support both on and off campus. While online and distance learning are the world’s fastest growing areas of educational development, they have a fundamental weakness—their...

Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge

Understanding Staff Development (Routledge Revivals)

By Graham Webb

Series: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1996, this book charts the philosophical landscape of staff development at a time when the subject of ‘quality’ in university teaching and learning was under examination. Graham Webb considers three main issues in his research. He focuses on what the basis for educational and...

Published November 6th 2012 by Routledge

University Teaching

An Introductory Guide

By Tony Harland

University Teaching: An Introductory Guide is a vital tool for the new lecturer that aims to encourage and support an inquiry into university teaching and academic life. This book understands that teaching is not discrete but one of many activities integrated in academic work. It recognizes that...

Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge

International Assistance and State-University Relations

By Jo Bastiaens

Series: Studies in Higher Education

This book explores the goals, efforts and outcomes of international assistance to higher education over the past three decades and investigates how these have impacted changing State-university relations. Focusing on the case study of Indonesia, Bastiaens demonstrates how international aid...

Published April 4th 2012 by Routledge

Teacher Development in Higher Education

Existing Programs, Program Impact, and Future Trends

Edited by Eszter Simon, Gabriela Pleschová

Series: Routledge Research in Education

Concerns about the quality of teaching and learning in higher education have given rise to teacher development programs and centers around the world. This book investigates the challenges and complexities of creating instructional development programs for present and future academics. Using case...

Published August 19th 2012 by Routledge

Spirituality in College Students’ Lives

Translating Research into Practice

Edited by Alyssa Bryant Rockenbach, Matthew J. Mayhew

Spirituality in College Students’ Lives draws on data from a large-scale national survey examining the spiritual development of undergraduates and how colleges and universities can be more effective in facilitating students’ spiritual growth. In this book, contributors from the fields of education,...

Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge

Working-Class Minority Students' Routes to Higher Education

By Roberta Espinoza

Series: Routledge Research in Education

While stories of working-class and minority students overcoming obstacles to attend and graduate from college tend to emphasize the individualistic and meritocratic aspect, this book - based in extensive empirical study of American high school classrooms, and in theories of social and cultural...

Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge

Higher Education for Sustainability

Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities from Across the Curriculum

Edited by Lucas F. Johnston

Student and employer demand, high-level institutional commitment, and faculty interest are inspiring the integration of sustainability oriented themes into higher education curricula and research agendas. Moving toward sustainability calls for shifts in practice such as interdisciplinary...

Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge

Toward Defining and Improving Quality in Adult Basic Education

Issues and Challenges

Edited by Alisa Belzer

Published May 10th 2012 by Routledge

Advancing Youth Work

Current Trends, Critical Questions

Edited by Dana Fusco

This path-breaking book brings together an international list of contributors to collectively articulate a vision for the field of youth work, sharing what they have learned from decades of experience in the training and education of youth workers. Carefully designed evaluation and research studies...

Published August 28th 2011 by Routledge

Black Men in College

Implications for HBCUs and Beyond

Edited by Robert T. Palmer, J. Luke Wood

Black Men in College provides vital information about how to effectively support, retain, and graduate Black male undergraduates. This edited collection centers on the notion that Black male collegians are not a homogenous group; rather, they are representative of rarely acknowledged differences...

Published December 5th 2011 by Routledge

Diversity in American Higher Education

Toward a More Comprehensive Approach

Edited by Lisa M. Stulberg, Sharon Lawner Weinberg

Diversity has been a focus of higher education policy, law, and scholarship for decades, continually expanding to include not only race, ethnicity and gender, but also socioeconomic status, sexual and political orientation, and more. However, existing collections still tend to focus on a narrow...

Published June 19th 2011 by Routledge

Educational Experiences of Hidden Homeless Teenagers

Living Doubled-Up

By Ronald E. Hallett

Homeless youth face countless barriers that limit their ability to complete a high school diploma and transition to postsecondary education. Their experiences vary widely based on family, access to social services, and where they live. More than half of the 1.5 million homeless youth in America are...

Published August 15th 2011 by Routledge

Educating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Research-Based Principles and Practices

Edited by Dianne Zager, Michael L. Wehmeyer, Richard L. Simpson

Similar to a handbook in its comprehensive description of the theory and research supporting current practices in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders, this interdisciplinary text shows how the existing knowledge base can be used to explore promising new possibilities related to the field’s...

Published June 27th 2011 by Routledge

Globalisation, Higher Education, the Labour Market and Inequality

Edited by Antonia Kupfer

Globalisation, Higher Education, the Labour Market and Inequality addresses the global transformation of higher education in relation to changes in the labour market. It focuses on the relative impact of elements of globalisation on social inequality, and provides insights into the ways in which...

Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge

The Internationalisation of Higher Education

Towards a new research agenda in critical higher education studies

Edited by Eva Hartmann

We are in the middle of a fundamental transformation of the global order which is challenging the supremacy of the USA, and to a certain extent of Europe, in economic and also in normative terms. The financial crisis has further accentuated this shift in the post-Cold War architecture, with...

Published June 19th 2011 by Routledge

Masculinities in Higher Education

Theoretical and Practical Considerations

Edited by Jason A. Laker, Tracy Davis

Masculinities in Higher Education provides empirical evidence, theoretical support, and developmental interventions for educators working with college men both in and out of the classroom. The critical philosophical perspective of the text challenges the status-quo and offers theoretically sound...

Published April 17th 2011 by Routledge

Neoliberalism and the Global Restructuring of Knowledge and Education

By Steven C. Ward

Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

This book examines the influence of neoliberal ideas and practices on the way knowledge has been conceptualized, produced, and disseminated over the last few decades at different levels of public education and in various national contexts around the world....

Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge

Introduction to American Higher Education

Edited by Shaun R. Harper, Jerlando F.L. Jackson

Written primarily for students in higher education and student affairs graduate programs, Introduction to American Higher Education is a groundbreaking textbook that combines classic scholarship pertaining to colleges and universities with the most cutting-edge perspectives in the field. The book...

Published October 10th 2010 by Routledge

Higher Education Law

Policy and Perspectives

By Klinton W. Alexander, Kern Alexander

Higher Education Law is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the law of higher education. Drawing from real-life cases on United States campuses, the authors equip readers with the tools and knowledge to effectively respond in an environment of increasing litigation. This textbook clearly...

Published December 12th 2010 by Routledge

Professional Responsibility

New Horizons of Praxis

Edited by Ciaran Sugrue, Tone Solbrekke

What does professional responsibility entail in an increasingly insecure, unpredictable and de-regulated world? This is the core question addressed in this text. The point of departure for the various contributions is that professional responsibility is a way of being in the world that includes a...

Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge

Sacred and Secular Tensions in Higher Education

Connecting Parallel Universities

Edited by Michael D. Waggoner

Both sacred and secular worldviews have long held a place in U.S. higher education, although non-religious perspectives have been privileged in most institutions in the modern era. Sacred and Secular Tensions in Higher Education illustrates the importance of cultivating multiple worldviews at...

Published February 27th 2011 by Routledge

Structure and Agency in the Neoliberal University

Edited by Joyce E. Canaan, Wesley Shumar

Series: Routledge Research in Education

This volume considers how current transitions in postsecondary education are impacting Higher Education (HE) institutions and subjects in a number of Northern nations, as well as how these transitions are indicative of the wider shift from the welfare to the market state. The university...

Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge

Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills

Findings from Longitudinal Research

Edited by Stephen Reder, John Bynner

Series: Routledge Research in Education

Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a high premium on proficiency in these basic skills. This edited collection brings together the results of recent longitudinal studies that greatly extend...

Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge

Universities and Global Diversity

Preparing Educators for Tomorrow

Edited by Beverly Lindsay, Wanda J. Blanchett

Series: Routledge Research in Education

This volume seeks to critically examine the nexus between globalization and diversity as it affects the preparation of professional educators on several continents, taking into account the extensive changes in economic, sociopolitical, and cultural dynamics within nations and regions that have...

Published February 15th 2011 by Routledge

Contesting Neoliberal Education

Public Resistance and Collective Advance

Edited by Dave Hill

Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Neoliberalism

Neoliberal education policies have privatised, marketised, decentralized, controlled and surveilled, managed according to the business and control principles of new public managerialism, attacked the rights and conditions of education workers, and resulted in a loss of democracy, critique and...

Published October 4th 2011 by Routledge

The Developing World and State Education

Neoliberal Depredation and Egalitarian Alternatives

Edited by Dave Hill, Ellen Rosskam

Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism has had a major impact on schooling and education in the Developing World, with social repercussions that have affected the salaries of teachers, the number and type of potential students, the availability of education, the cost of education, and more. This edited collection argues...

Published October 4th 2011 by Routledge

Global Neoliberalism and Education and its Consequences

Edited by Dave Hill, Ravi Kumar

Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Neoliberalism

In this groundbreaking critique of neoliberalism in schooling and education, an international cast of education policy analysts, educational activists and scholars deftly analyze the ideologies underlying the global, national and local neoliberalisation of schooling and education. &...

Published October 4th 2011 by Routledge

The Rich World and the Impoverishment of Education

Diminishing Democracy, Equity and Workers' Rights

Edited by Dave Hill

Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Neoliberalism

Advancing a powerful critique of neoliberalized education in many of the rich countries of the world (USA, Canada, Finland, Greece, Israel, Japan, England and Wales, and others), the chapters in this book, written by an international array of acclaimed and emerging radical educators and policy...

Published October 4th 2011 by Routledge

Imagining the University

By Ronald Barnett

Series: New Studies in Critical Realism and Education

Around the world, what it is to be a university is a matter of much debate. The range of ideas of the university in public circulation is, however, exceedingly narrow and is dominated by the idea of the entrepreneurial university. As a consequence, the debate is hopelessly impoverished. Lurking in...

Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge

Breaking Through the Access Barrier

How Academic Capital Formation Can Improve Policy in Higher Education

By Edward P. St. John, Shouping Hu, Amy S. Fisher

Breaking Through the Access Barrier argues that the policies designed to address inequalities in college access are failing to address underlying issues of inequality. This book introduces academic capital formation (ACF), a groundbreaking new theory defined by family knowledge of educational...

Published October 11th 2010 by Routledge

College Organization and Professional Development

Integrating Moral Reasoning and Reflective Practice

By Edward St. John

A thought-provoking textbook written for students enrolled in graduate Higher Education and Student Affairs Masters and PhD programs, College Organization and Professional Development focuses on the framing of critical issues in organization practice, the gaps between moral beliefs and...

Published March 22nd 2009 by Routledge

Pathways to Academic Success in Higher Education

Expanding Opportunity for Underrepresented Students

By Edward P. St. John, Glenda Droogsma Musoba

Pathways to Academic Success in Higher Education examines two major challenges facing the nation. The first is preparing high school students for college, a reform that has been tackled largely through state policy initiatives. The second is creating new pathways to academic success for...

Published June 22nd 2010 by Routledge

Democratizing Higher Education Policy

Constraints of Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa

By M.T. Sehoole

Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education

This book was written with the purpose of analyzing the challenges faced by the post-apartheid government in South Africa with regard to reform of higher education. It covers the apartheid context of higher education, resistance to the system and its ultimate demise, democratic processes in...

Published August 17th 2010 by Routledge

Recognizing and Serving Low-Income Students in Higher Education

An Examination of Institutional Policies, Practices, and Culture

Edited by Adrianna Kezar

Written for administrators, faculty, and staff in Higher Education who are working with low income and first-generation college students, Recognizing and Serving Low-Income Students in Higher Education uncovers organizational biases that prevent post-secondary institutions from adequately serving...

Published July 12th 2010 by Routledge