This encyclopedia makes accessible information, scholarly interpretation, and a historical context for what is know about higher education in the United States. The two-volume set contains more than 200 entries from more than 150 higher education experts. Volume I contains a list of entries, a preface and acknowledgments, and an introduction.…

This reference book charts the influence of philosophical ideas that have had the greatest influence on education from ancient Greece to the present. The book covers such classical thinkers as Plato, Augustine, Hypatia, Locke, and Rousseau, as well as such recent figures as Montessori, Heidegger, Du Bois, and Dewey. The encyclopedia consists of…

The encyclopedia, in ten volumes, is intended as a standard reference to all facets of education beyond secondary schooling. Its contents are in eight broad categories: (1) national systems of higher education in every country and territory in the world; (2) topical essays on major problems and issues, written with an international perspective;…

This encyclopedia contains articles reviewing important aspects of Native American life in the United States during the 20th century. Articles are arranged alphabetically by subject and were written by Native Americans, historians, anthropologists, and other specialists. Overview articles cover subjects such as art, economic conditions,…

The innovations in computer and communications technologies combined with on-going needs to deliver educational programs to students regardless of their physical locations, have lead to the innovation of distance education programs and technologies. To keep up with recent developments in both areas of technologies and techniques related to…