An authoritative one-volume history of the origins and development of American higher educationThis book tells the compelling saga of American higher education from the founding of Harvard College in 1636 to the outbreak of World War II.
How the fear of a shortage in American science talent fuels cycles in the technical labor marketIs the United States falling behind in the global race for scientific and engineering talent?
How divergent campus cultures affect conservative college studentsConservative pundits allege that the pervasive liberalism of America's colleges and universities has detrimental effects on undergraduates, most particularly right-leaning ones.
An inside look at how religious diversity came to PrincetonIn 1981, Frederick Houk Borsch returned to Princeton University, his alma mater, to serve as dean of the chapel at the Ivy League school.
The definitive single-volume compendium of all things PrincetonThe New Princeton Companion is the ultimate reference book on Princeton University's history and traditions, personalities and key events, and defining characteristics and idiosyncrasies.
How redesigning your syllabus can transform your teaching, your classroom, and the way your students learnGenerations of teachers have built their classes around the course syllabus, a semester-long contract that spells out what each class meeting will focus on (readings, problem sets, case studies, experiments), and what the student has to turn in by a given date.
An essential handbook to the unwritten and often unspoken knowledge and skills you need to succeed in grad schoolSome of the most important things you need to know in order to succeed in graduate school-like how to choose a good advisor, how to get funding for your work, and whether to celebrate or cry when a journal tells you to revise and resubmit an article-won't be covered in any class.
A revealing look at the experiences of first generation students on elite campuses and the hidden curriculum they must master in order to succeedCollege has long been viewed as an opportunity for advancement and mobility for talented students regardless of background.
La sexualidad no solo se ha convertido en un campo esencial de la historia, también se ha apoderado del léxico político: igualdad, dominación, discriminación, libertad, liberación, revolución, etc.
The first book to tell the story of the Advanced Placement program, the gold standard for academic rigor in American high schoolsThe Advanced Placement program stands as the foremost source of college-level academics for millions of high school students in the United States and beyond.
A revised and updated version of Jackie Beere's bestselling The Perfect (Ofsted) Lesson (ISBN 9781781350881) covering the latest Ofsted inspection framework.
From public to private, non-sectarian to faith-based institutions, this book describes the best ways to teach introductory courses in theology and religion.
Este libro analiza el proceso de descentralización en el Perú, iniciado en 2003, en la producción, la distribución, el empleo, el bienestar y el desarrollo humano con el fin de verificar si ha contribuido a la solución de los tres problemas estructurales en las regiones: la débil integración, la divergencia en el crecimiento y las desigualdades entre regiones y dentro de ellas.
Erfolg durch wertschätzende Führung - Gesunde Mitarbeitende = erfolgreiches Unternehmen Dieses 30-Minuten-Buch spricht branchenübergreifend alle jene an, die in Personal- und Führungsverantwortung stehen.
Fruto de años de investigaciones y decenas de entrevistas con sacerdotes y exsacerdotes, el sociólogo italiano Marco Marzano nos ofrece una perspectiva lúcida sobre la vida sexual del clero.
Why top scholars make the best university leadersSocrates in the Boardroom argues that world-class scholars, not administrators, make the best leaders of research universities.
In this captivating yet troubling book, Ian Shapiro offers a searing indictment of many influential practices in the social sciences and humanities today.
An honest confrontation of systemic racism in faculty hiring-and what to do about itWhile colleges and universities have been lauded for increasing student diversity, these same institutions have failed to achieve any comparable diversity among their faculty.
From Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Will Bunch, the epic untold story of collegethe great political and cultural fault line of American lifeLonglisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction | "e;This book is simply terrific.
En las organizaciones, privadas o públicas, con o sin fines de lucro, jerárquicas o colegiadas, la credibilidad -base de la confianza, el buen clima laboral y la imagen institucional- se construye a través de la congruencia en las decisiones corporativas, más allá de la coherencia individual de cada líder.
El propósito de HR Makers a través de este libro es compartir las prácticas de evolución de recursos humanos y el negocio como una alternativa para repensar la forma en que brindamos valor en las organizaciones.
Mientras el mercado busca conocimiento en las aulas y los claustros de las universidades, en las páginas interiores de este libro encontrarás una empresa que busca talento donde nadie lo está mirando.
Nuevas relaciones con el conocimiento, nuevas instituciones, nuevos reglamentos, nuevos textos, nuevas discusiones: el ingreso a los estudios superiores constituye un complejo desafío para la pedagogía del nivel que debe asumir este trayecto de formación de los estudiantes como una problemática específica.
Pienso luego elijo es una herramienta imprescindible para los adolescentes que se encuentran pensando en su proyecto futuro, quienes encontrarán aquí elementos para apropiarse del proceso de elección.
