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The Department Chair Primer: What Chairs Need to Know and Do to Make a Difference, 2nd Edition

Don Chu — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The Department Chair Primer provides the practical information that chairs need to do their jobs well. Many of the book's ideas come from practicing chairs and are proven strategies for dealing with a variety of issues. Each chapter details a particular problem, includes a brief introduction to the topic, provides tips on how to deal with the situation, and concludes with targeted questions for further consideration. Its concise format is ideal for

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Servant Leadership for Higher Education: Principles and Practices

Daniel W. Wheeler — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

If higher education is to fulfill its mission, the academy must continue to emphasize the ideals of thought, reflection, and development as well as action. This book stresses the importance of understanding that service is a pre-requisite to leadership. This practical book contains leadership principles and strategies and is based on research and best practice. The book is organized around ten principles of servant leadership and how these principles

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The Essential Department Chair: A Comprehensive Desk Reference, 2nd Edition

Jeffrey Buller — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition of the classic book The Essential Department Chair is designed to be more comprehensive and up-to-date. The new edition incorporates many timely topics and is now truly more than a guide—it’s a much-needed desk reference, a book that includes “everything you need to know to be a department chair.” The book contains a wealth of new case studies and shows new department chairs how the guidelines would

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Presidents and Analysts Discuss Contemporarty Challenges: New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 156

John J. Prihoda (Editor) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Supporting and Supervising Mid-Level Professionals: New Directions for Student Services, Number 136

Larry D. Roper (Editor) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Evidence-Based Teaching: New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 128

William Buskist (Editor), James E. Groccia (Editor) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

What could be more important to college and university faculty than teaching well?

Indeed, in the past several years researchers have not only investigated key variables influencing teaching and learning, they also have applied empirical findings to develop and refine new systems of teaching and learning—approaches that provide the infrastructure for the day-to-day organization and assessment of student learning over the course of an academic term.

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Attracting and Retaining Women in STEM: New Directions for Institutional Research, Number 152

Joy Gaston Gayles (Editor) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Using Typological Approaches to Understand College Student Experiences and Outcomes: New Directions for Institutional Research, Assessment Supplement 2011

Shouping Hu (Editor), Shaoqing Li (Editor) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Challenging Ableism, Understanding Disability, Including Adults with Disabilities in Workplaces and Learning Spaces: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 132

Tonette S. Rocco (Editor) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Disability can affect adults across the life span—and it is the one minority group every person could join. This sourcebook aims to broaden the view of disability from a medical or economic concern to a social justice concern.

It examines practical, theoretical, and research aspects of disability—including those who question disability classifications—and situates it as a political and social justice concern, technical and pragmatic concern, and personal

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Internal Evaluation in the 21st Century: New Directions for Evaluation, Number 132

Boris B. Volkov (Editor), Michelle E. Baron (Editor) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Nowadays, a considerable amount of evaluation work is implemented internally—both nationally and across the world. As such, it is exceedingly important for evaluators and organizations to be aware of the issues in designing and implementing internal evaluation to realize its potential for enhancing organizational growth, competitive advantage, and social impact. This issue includes perspectives on internal evaluation from experienced evaluation practitioners

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Documenting Learning with ePortfolios: A Guide for College Instructors

Tracy Penny Light, Helen L. Chen, John C. Ittelson — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

E-portfolios perform many functions in higher education at both an institutional and student level. This book offers online instructors guidance in creating and implementing e-portfolios with their students. It helps them assess the needs of their students then design and implement a strategic, comprehensive e-portfolio program tailored to these needs. Further, it lets instructors see how such programs can be used as an example of their own personal

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Changing Course: Reinventing Colleges, Avoiding Closure: New Directions for Higher Education, Number 156

Alice W. Brown (Editor), Sandra L. Ballard (Editor) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Institutions of higher education are constantly facing economic challenges to their survival. Nowhere are the challenges greater than in small private colleges and universities across America. None of these colleges can assume that its stability is assured in perpetuity. No thriving college is immune from unforeseen disaster, just as no struggling college is irreversibly destined for closure.

This issue presents stories of colleges in crisis and considers

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Assessment Update, Progress, Trends, and Practices in Higher Education, Volume 23, No. 6, November-December, 2011

AU (Assessment Update) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

On Being Presidential: A Guide for College and University Leaders

Susan R. Pierce, Judith Block McLaughlin (Foreword by) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

On campuses and among trustees there is often a lack of understanding of what the president does (and should do), the larger issues facing the institution, and issues that the president grapples with on a daily basis. As a result, the faculty, administration, and the board can find themselves at odds over governance, which can paralyze institutions and lead to failed presidencies. Adequate training is hard to come by and applicable experience more

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Teaching for Critical Thinking: Tools and Techniques to Help Students Question Their Assumptions

Stephen D. Brookfield — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

In Teaching for Critical Thinking, Stephen Brookfield builds on his last three decades of experience running workshops and teaching courses on critical thinking to explore how student learn to think this way, and what teachers can do to help students develop this capacity. He outlines a basic protocol of critical thinking as a learning process that focuses on uncovering and checking assumptions, exploring alternative perspectives, and taking informed

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