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Lara Schwartz – Princeton University Press, 2024
"Try to Love the Questions" gives college students a framework for understanding and practicing dialogue across difference in and out of the classroom. This invaluable guide explores the challenges facing students as they prepare to listen, speak, and learn in a college community and encourages students and faculty alike to consider…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, College Students, College Faculty, College Environment
Paul Hanstedt – American Association of Colleges and Universities, 2024
Supplying an insightful introduction to current trends in general education reform, this second edition of "General Education Essentials: A Guide for College Faculty" gives an important, timely overview of general education curricular design. General education curricula provide students with the intellectual flexibility they need to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teaching Guides, Curriculum Design, General Education
Cook-Sather, Alison – Harvard Education Press, 2022
"Co-Creating Equitable Teaching and Learning" invites readers to help forge a more inclusive and accessible college education by incorporating student voices via pedagogical partnerships. Alison Cook-Sather, a pioneer of this co-creative approach, draws on more than twenty years of experience developing student-teacher partnerships in…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Higher Education, College Instruction, Inclusion
Akens, Cathy; Wright-Mair, Raquel; Stevenson, Joseph Martin – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2019
The best value that readers will take from this book is the knowledge, skills, and wisdom offered by the editors and 26 chapter authors. The book covers a wide range of topics relevant to campus environments and serving increasingly diverse college student populations. The authors provide in-depth analysis of the needs of today's diverse…
Descriptors: College Students, College Environment, Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers
Platt, C. Spencer, Ed.; Hilton, Adriel, Ed.; Newman, Christopher, Ed.; Hinnant-Crawford, Brandi, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020
As the educational landscape of America continues to evolve and diversify, college faculty and administrators must be cutting edge in their approaches to create a variety of educational experiences with a greater level of multicultural cognizance. Unlike in previous generations, higher education in the 21st Century is no longer a luxury reserved…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Higher Education, Access to Education, Equal Education
Bakken, Jeffrey P.; Simpson, Cynthia G. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2011
The "Survival Guide for New Faculty Members: Outlining the Keys to Success for Promotion and Tenure" provides new faculty members with practical, down-to-earth wisdom and suggestions for successfully working through to tenure and promotion. The authors--both successful and experienced administrators and experts in higher education--have provided…
Descriptors: Guides, Higher Education, Tenure, College Faculty
Beasley, Maya A. – University of Chicago Press, 2011
Why has the large income gap between blacks and whites persisted for decades after the passage of civil rights legislation? More specifically, why do African Americans remain substantially underrepresented in the highest-paying professions, such as science, engineering, information technology, and finance? A sophisticated study of racial…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Racial Composition, Economic Status, Disproportionate Representation
Rong, Xue Lan, Ed.; Endo, Russell, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Asian American Education--Asian American Identities, Racial Issues, and Languages presents groundbreaking research that critically challenges the invisibility, stereotyping, and common misunderstandings of Asian Americans by disrupting "customary" discourse and disputing "familiar" knowledge. The chapters in this anthology…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Asian American Students, Grade 10, Mathematics Achievement
Cuyjet, Michael J., Ed.; Howard-Hamilton, Mary F., Ed.; Cooper, Diane L., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
As the diversity of the students on campus increases, the importance for everyone in authority to understand students' distinct cultures and how they perceive institutions, and equally, to understand their own privilege, and often unconscious cultural assumptions, has never been greater. This book presents a comprehensive set of resources to guide…
Descriptors: Social Justice, College Students, Race, Discussion
Bonner, Fred A., II, Ed.; Marbley, Aretha F., Ed.; Howard-Hamilton, Mary F., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
While many institutions have developed policies to address the myriad needs of Millennial college students and their parents, inherent in many of these initiatives is the underlying assumption that this student population is a homogeneous group. This book is significant because it addresses and explores the characteristics and experiences of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Ethnicity, Race
McGlynn, Angela Provitera – Atwood Publishing, 2007
On today's college campuses, says the author, there is no such thing as a "typical" student or "typical" teacher. Diversity abounds among both students and faculty across generations, racial/ethnic backgrounds, and socioeconomic status. This book is intended as a guide for understanding today's diverse college student population and demonstrating…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Behavior, Active Learning, Critical Thinking
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. – 1994
This book is designed to help groups of individuals on campuses initiate and conduct focused discussions of the role of ethnic diversity in the daily lives of students at colleges and universities. The volume contains a variety of discussion materials including extended case studies; short case studies and exercises termed "thought…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Role, College Students, Colleges
Kasworm, Carol E.; Polson, Cheryl J.; Fishback, Sarah Jane – 2002
Intended as a handbook for higher and adult education practitioners serving adult students, this book brings together a variety of information on the diverse characteristics of adult students, explaining how their maturity, complex life experiences, and heterogeneity shape institutional responses. Recruitment, admission, and retention strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, College Admission, College Environment
Scott, Sally S.; Wells, Shirley; Hanebrink, Sandy; Hartmann, Kimberly – 1997
This book is designed to provide occupational therapist and occupational therapists and assistant educators with information on the rights of higher education students with disabilities and the rights of the occupational therapy profession to uphold its standards. Chapter 1, "Legal Foundations," provides an overview of federal law,…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Access to Education, Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
Bianco-Mathis, Virginia, Ed.; Chalofsky, Neal, Ed. – 1996
This book presents 11 author-contributed chapters concerning the role of adjunct college faculty, ways that such faculty members can obtain resources to maximize their effectiveness, and relationships of adjuncts with other faculty and the administration. Chapters have the following titles and authors: (1) "Program Policies and Administration"…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Administrator Role, Class Activities, Cognitive Style
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