This book examines this question in the context of a particular international policy issue – sustainable development – which is now seen across the globe as a necessary and urgent response to a range of social and environmental issues ...

They read these astonishingly diverse works with one question foremost: "Do our predecessors' reflections offer anything better in defense of humanities education than modern platitudes about 'broadening one's horizons'?"

This book is a result of collaboration between NTLS and SITTE.

Cleverly written and well-focused, the book addresses the financial pressures facing higher education and asks vital questions about cutbacks and curricula."—Publishers Weekly "Lively, engaging, and richly suggestive." —Francis Oakley, ...

In The Decline of the Secular University, C. John Sommerville explores several different ways in which the secular university fails in its mission through its trivialization of religion.

This book makes a practical case that re-writing should be a core activity for English students, complementing analytical activity, and providing bridges between creative writing, media studies, and traditional forms of reading and ...

A veteran college dean gives parents of college students all the practical guidance they'll need to navigate the labyrinth of bureaucracies and policies in order to support their student's academic career and extracurricular life. * A ...

A survey of religious colleges in America draws on interviews with administrators, instructors, and students to offer insights into the quality of education at such schools as Bob Jones University, Thomas Aquinas College, and Brigham Young, ...

Concise commentary and informative graphics augment the detailed statistical presentations. This book will be important to policymakers, administrators, educators, researchers, and students of agriculture.

Beginning with the earliest efforts to regulate schools, the author reveals the rationale behind accountability and outlines the historical development of how US federal and state policies, accreditation practices, private-sector interests, ...

This handbook will be invaluable to all teachers involved in higher education, especially those who are dissatisfied with the assessment procedures they are using for setting and marking assignments, examinations and theses.

To achieve this goal, the authors devised a unique arrangement of chapters that distinguishes this book from conventional introductory linguistics textbooks.

Buku ini dapat digunakan sebagai referensi dan acuan bagi kalangan akademisi, industri energi, maupun institusi pengelola sampah kota.

New to this edition is an in-depth examination of corporate sponsorships, as well as a detailed chapter on endowment campaigns.

Presents a collection of essays on Christian higher education.

The author recounts his haphazard experiences of helping his son get into college, an effort marked by quantities of self-help books, contradictory counselor advice, and steep costs.

Im Kuttenberger Dekret verlieh König Wenzel IV. entgegen der Prager Universitätsverfassung den drei deutschsprachigen Universitätsnationen nurmehr eine Stimme in der Universitätsversammlung, der böhmischen Nation dagegen drei.

College Is For Suckers -The First College Guide You Should Read is a frank and to-the-point "buyer beware" for anyone considering a college "vacation." This book offers insightful information that could save you thousands of dollars!

This title provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between power, knowledge, education, and schooling.

Drawing from the author’s decades of observation and experience in academia, this exceptional book responds to the challenges of fostering and sustaining a successful academic career.