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The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Reconsidered
Wiley 2011; US$ 32.00Drawing on the experience with the individuals, campuses, and professional associations associated with the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and the Institutional Leadership Program, this important resource examines four critical areas where engagement with the scholarship of teaching and learning can have a significant... more...
Effective Instruction for STEM Disciplines
Wiley 2011; US$ 40.00This groundbreaking book offers information on the most effective ways that students process material, store it in their long-term memories, and how that effects learning for long-term retention. It reveals how achieving different levels is important for “transfer” which refers to the learner’s ability to use what is learned in different... more...
Universities and the Europe of Knowledge
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 110.00This is a story of the EC at work over 50 years, seen from the perspective of a developing European higher education policy. The book provides a rich background narrative to current strategic efforts to develop the Europe of Knowledge, and to the Bologna Process. Its analytic interest in ideas and individual 'policy entrepreneurs' underpins the story... more...
Attracting and Retaining Women in STEM
Wiley 2011; US$ 29.00Underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields is a problem that has persisted over the past three decades and is most severe at the highest levels of the STEM career path. Although national attention has been directed toward increasing the presence of women in STEM, women continue to leave at critical junctures... more...
Debates in the Digital Humanities
University of Minnesota Press 2012; US$ 105.00Encompassing new technologies, research methods, and opportunities for collaborative scholarship and open-source peer review, as well as innovative ways of sharing knowledge and teaching, the digital humanities promises to transform the liberal arts—and perhaps the university itself. Indeed, at a time when many academic institutions are facing... more...
Stand and Prosper
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 39.95Stand and Prosper is the first authoritative history in decades of black colleges and universities in America. It tells the story of educational institutions that offered, and continue to offer, African Americans a unique opportunity to transcend the legacy of slavery while also bearing its burden. Henry Drewry and Humphrey Doermann present an up-to-date... more...
Lead or Leave
Hamilton Books 2012; US$ 22.99Lead or Leave provides a checklist of what works and what does not work for those wanting to lead colleges and universities in the 21st century and those with responsibility for the oversight of those institutions. Importantly, this book also seeks to keep educators on a morally straight course. Aimed at presidents and trustees (as well as those who... more...
Presidential Transitions
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2009; US$ 32.95This book is designed to provide assistance to presidents, trustees, faculty, and other important stakeholder groups and help them avoid the pitfalls of poorly managed transitions. more...
Internationalizing Teacher Education in the United States
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2012; US$ 69.99Internationalizing Teacher Education in the United States offers practical and theoretical explanations of teacher educators? vital role in the education of culturally diverse student populations in the US. It examines issues surrounding the internationalization of teacher education in the US, explains current barriers to such changes, and offers... more...
So You Want to Be a School Board Member?
R&L Education 2001; US$ 34.99Dedicated, informed school board members are basic to school improvement and success. This practical book explains the role of the board member, from election to taking office. Potential board members are introduced to timely issues they are likely to face, including school violence, high-stake testing, curriculum reform, and school choice. In addition... more...









