Introduces the concept of community policing and its many benefits to the agencies and communities that adopt it. This book discusses such issues as: the challenge... Læs mere
This book provides a unique analysis of culture in online education from a global perspective. Written by international experts in the field of online learning, this text constitutes with a comprehensive comparative introduction to the role of culture in online education.
Written by the director and staff of the first, and one of the largest, teaching centers in American higher... Læs mere
This book provides ample guidance for you to manage your retirement funds, but if you do prefer to seek professional... Læs mere
Through the inspiring stories of 16 students—from seniors in high school to graduate students—William Perez gives voice to the estimated 2.4 million undocumented students in the United States, and draws attention to their plight.
This book provides high-level administrators with a plan of action for deans to create the awareness necessary for meaningful long-term change, sets out a campus acclimation process, and provides guidelines for the necessary support structures.
This book identifies the range of leadership skills required, and illuminates the process of building leadership capacity, by drawing on interviews with over 50 sitting deans, both women and men.
This book presents a system of straightforward and proven techniques that are used by productive writers, and applies them to the dissertation process. This book is intended for graduate students and their advisers in the social sciences, the humanities, and professional fields.
These writers explore the intersections of private and public good, and how the tension between them has played out in their own lives and the commitments they have made to their intellectual community, and to their cultural and family communities.
This book presents over 230 case studies that reflect typical issues faced by undergraduate student leaders. The scenarios cover the range of functional areas of student life.
This book is a wise and friendly guide for new faculty and graduate student instructors who are about... Læs mere
The authors--a once-skeptical chemistry professor and a director of assessment sensitive to the concerns of her teacher colleagues--use a personal voice to describe the basics of outcomes-based assessment.