This book provides a strengths-based, multi-systemic solutions approach for higher education administration, school counseling, and urban education scholars and practitioners to promote the post-secondary options of African American youth. It is unique in its focus on the origins of inequity while naming evidence-based pathways for future success.
This book examines the University of Dayton Cameroon Immersion program, with comparative evidence from the Peace Corps. It analyzes different aspects of experiential learning, contextualizes them within the broader issues of modern American and African history, and offers important conclusions for an understanding of the benefits of study abroad.
This book examines the University of Dayton Cameroon Immersion program, with comparative evidence from the Peace Corps. It analyzes different aspects of experiential learning, contextualizes them within the broader issues of modern American and African history, and offers important conclusions for an understanding of the benefits of study abroad.
How women can be their authentic selves in male-dominated professions
Women chose to enter male-dominated professions, such as the military, police or emergency services, for many reasons. However, for many women, the reality is that they lose themselves in conforming to institutions built by men for men. They become blind to the systemic discrimination and cultural barriers that make it hard, even in 2019, for ......
Transform Your Conversations, Transform Your Culture
Agile Conversations brings an updated, practical, step-by-step guide to using the power of conversation to build effective, high-performing teams to achieve truly Agile results.
Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education
How can we re-envision the university? Too many examples of what passes for educational innovation today'MOOCs especially'focus on transactions, on questions of delivery. In Alternative Universities, David J. Staley argues that modern universities suffer from a poverty of imagination about how to reinvent themselves. Anyone seeking ......
Individuals in all careers spend years cultivating the skills and knowledge needed for success. Academics are no different. After all, it is professors who educate future professionals for nearly every line of work.The academic profession, however, is transforming rapidly, especially in these uncertain economic times. Contributors to this volume ......
Individuals in all careers spend years cultivating the skills and knowledge needed for success. Academics are no different. After all, it is professors who educate future professionals for nearly every line of work.The academic profession, however, is transforming rapidly, especially in these uncertain economic times. Contributors to this volume ......
First published in 1999, American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century offered a comprehensive introduction to the central issues facing American colleges and universities. This thoroughly revised edition brings the classic volume up to date. The contributors have rewritten every chapter to address major changes in higher ......
