Stylus Publishing: 272 books
Talking About Race
Alleviating the Fear
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
What is it that gives many of us White people a visceral fear about discussing race?Do you realize that being able to not think about or talk about it is a uniquely White experience?Do you warn your children about how people might react to them; find store staff following or watching you; get stopped...
The Poverty and Education Reader
A Call for Equity in Many Voices
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Through a rich mix of essays, memoirs, and poetry, the contributors to The Poverty and Education Reader bring to the fore the schooling experiences of poor and working class students, highlighting the resiliency, creativity, and educational aspirations of low-income families. They showcase proven strategies...
Social Justice Education
Inviting Faculty to Transform Their Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
"This collection of essays on social justice in higher education is at once practical and inspiring. Editors Skubikowski, Wright, and Graf have selected essays that explore how faculty can work to infuse social justice goals at multiple levels in higher education, including the theoretical, intra- and...
Understanding Writing Transfer
Implications for Transformative Student Learning in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
While education is based on the broad assumption that what one learns here can transfer over there – across critical transitions – what do we really know about the transfer of knowledge?The question is all the more urgent at a time when there are pressures to “unbundle” higher education to target...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
“[This book] provides invaluable information for aspiring African American women administrators as well as for institutions who wish to support their success and development."?Mary B. Coburn, Vice President for Student Affairs, Florida State UniversityFor Black women faculty members, as well as academic...
White Teachers / Diverse Classrooms
Creating Inclusive Schools, Building on Students’ Diversity, and Providing True Educational Equity
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
BESTSELLER"The second edition of White Teachers, Diverse Classrooms adds seven essays to 14 of the original chapters. In the first edition, the editors selected essays about pedagogical methods that might close the achievement gap between white and African American students. The new edition contains...
Teaching Science Online
Practical Guidance for Effective Instruction and Lab Work
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
With the increasing focus on science education, growing attention is being paid to how science is taught. Educators in science and science-related disciplines are recognizing that distance delivery opens up new opportunities for delivering information, providing interactivity, collaborative opportunities...
Hispanic Serving Institutions in American Higher Education
Their Origin, and Present and Future Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
This is the first book to exclusively address Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), filling a major gap in the research on these institutions, and in our understanding of their approaches to learning and their role in supporting all students while focusing on Hispanic students. Born out of the reauthorization...
Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges
The Definitive Guide for Advancement
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
"Steve Klingaman’s results-oriented strategies will benefit anyone ready to take a fresh look at their community college’s fundraising. He provides a systematic approach to assessing what’s effective, tackles barriers and myths, and offers countless practical, doable strategies that will instill...
The New Talent Acquisition Frontier
Integrating HR and Diversity Strategy in the Private and Public Sectors and Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
• Get practical tools to assess integrated HR/diversity strategic planning, and see why organizations are not making more diversity progress• Develop specific performance indicators to track your progress in implementing synergistic HR/diversity approaches• Case studies of SHRM, federal and state...
Enough Is Enough
A Student Affairs Perspective on Preparedness and Response to a Campus Shooting
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
"I consider this book a must read for college administrators. To-do lists and checklists for building or improving campuses’ readiness and resilience in dealing with crises can be easily constructed with the substantial information and suggestions provided through the book....In sum, [this book] is...
Teach Yourself How to Learn
Strategies You Can Use to Ace Any Course at Any Level
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Following up on her acclaimed Teach Students How to Learn, that describes teaching strategies to facilitate dramatic improvements in student learning and success, Saundra McGuire here presents these “secrets” direct to students.
Her message is that “Any student can use simple, straightforward...
Engaging Higher Education
Purpose, Platforms, and Programs for Community Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
For directors of campus centers that have received the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement, this book offers research and models to further advance their work. For directors starting out, or preparing for application for the Carnegie Classification, it provides guidance on setting up...
Publicly Engaged Scholars
Next-Generation Engagement and the Future of Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
The concern that the democratic purposes of higher education -- and its conception as a public good -- are being undermined, with the growing realization that existing structures are unsuited to addressing today's complex societal problems, and that our institutions are failing an increasingly diverse...