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Featured Books at this Event

1. Public Policy and Higher Education

   Reframing Strategies for Preparation, Access, and Success

   By Edward P. St. John, Nathan Daun-Barnett, Karen Moronski-Chapman

   Series: Core Concepts in Higher Education

   Amid changing economic and social contexts, radical changes have occurred in public higher education policies over the past three decades. Public Policy and Higher Education provides readers with new ways to analyze these complex state policies and offers the tools to examine how policies affect...

   Published September 13th 2012 by Routledge
2. Understanding Community Colleges

   Edited by John S. Levin, Susan Kater

   Series: Core Concepts in Higher Education

   Understanding Community Colleges provides a comprehensive review of the community college landscape—management and governance, finance, student demographics and development, teaching and learning, policy, faculty, and workforce development—and bridges the gap between research and practice. This...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. The History of U.S. Higher Education – Methods for Understanding the Past

   Edited by Marybeth Gasman

   Series: Core Concepts in Higher Education

   The first volume in the Core Concepts of Higher Education series, The History of U.S. Higher Education: Methods for Understanding the Past is a unique research methods textbook that provides students with an understanding of the processes that historians use when conducting their own research....

   Published May 18th 2010 by Routledge
4. Faculty Diversity

   Removing the Barriers, 2nd Edition

   By JoAnn Moody

   Why do we see so little progress in diversifying faculty at America’s colleges, universities, and professional schools? This book explores this important question and provides steps for hastening faculty diversity. Drawing on her extensive consultant practice and expertise as well as research and...

   Published December 18th 2011 by Routledge
5. Becoming a New Instructor

   A Guide for College Adjuncts and Graduate Students

   By Erika Falk

   Becoming a New Instructor guides new instructors through the planning, preparation, and execution of their first class, whether it is in person or online. Like any good mentor, this book provides clear, simple instructions and makes best-practice recommendations. Becoming a New Instructor provides...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
6. Unlikely Allies in the Academy

   Women of Color and White Women in Conversation

   Edited by Karen L. Dace

   Unlikely Allies in the Academy brings the voices of women of Color and White women together for much-overdue conversations about race. These well-known contributors use narrative to expose their stories, which are at times messy and always candid. However, the contributors work through the...

   Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
7. A Guide to Fundraising at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

   An All Campus Approach

   By Marybeth Gasman, Nelson Bowman III

   A Guide to Fundraising at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is a comprehensive, research-based work that brings the best practices and expertise of seminal professionals to the larger Black college environment and beyond. Drawing on data-driven advice from interviews with successful...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
8. Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education

   Edited by Charles Secolsky, D. Brian Denison

   Increased demands for colleges and universities to engage in outcomes assessment for accountability purposes have accelerated the need to bridge the gap between higher education practice and the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation. The Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and...

   Published December 18th 2011 by Routledge
9. Embracing Non-Tenure Track Faculty

   Changing Campuses for the New Faculty Majority

   Edited by Adrianna Kezar

   The nature of the higher education faculty workforce is radically and fundamentally changing from primarily full-time tenured faculty to non-tenure track faculty. This new faculty majority faces common challenges, including short-term contracts, limited support on campus, and lack of a professional...

   Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
10. Paying the Professoriate

    A Global Comparison of Compensation and Contracts

    Edited by Philip Altbach, Liz Reisberg, Maria Yudkevich, Gregory Androushchak, Iván Pacheco

    How are professors paid? Can the "best and brightest" be attracted to the academic profession? With universities facing international competition, which countries compensate their academics best, and which ones lag behind? Paying the Professoriate examines these questions and provides key...

    Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
11. Fostering Success of Ethnic and Racial Minorities in STEM

    The Role of Minority Serving Institutions

    Edited by Robert T. Palmer, Dina C. Maramba, Marybeth Gasman

    To maintain competitiveness in the global economy, United States policymakers and national leaders are increasing their attention to producing workers skilled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Given the growing minority population in the country, it is critical that...

    Published November 6th 2012 by Routledge
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. Creating Campus Cultures

    Fostering Success among Racially Diverse Student Populations

    Edited by Samuel D. Museus, Uma M. Jayakumar

    Many colleges and universities have not engaged in the critical self-examination of their campuses necessary for effectively serving racially diverse student populations. This timely edited collection provides insights into how campus cultures can and do shape the experiences and outcomes of their...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
17. College Students' Sense of Belonging

    A Key to Educational Success for All Students

    By Terrell L. Strayhorn

    Belonging – with peers, in the classroom, or on campus – is a crucial part of the college experience. It can affect a student’s degree of academic achievement, or even whether they stay in school. Although much is known about the causes and impact of sense of belonging in students, little is known...

    Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
18. Linking Theory to Practice – Case Studies for Working with College Students

    3rd Edition

    Edited by Frances K. Stage, Steven M. Hubbard

    Framed by an overview of theories that guide student affairs practice, the cases in this book present a challenging array of problems that student affairs and higher education personnel face, such as racial diversity, alcohol abuse, and student activism. The revised edition has thirty new cases,...

    Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge