Higher Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Expanding the Donor Base in Higher Education

   Engaging Non-Traditional Donors

   Edited by Noah D. Drezner

   Traditionally, institutions have relied on wealthy White men to reach their fundraising goals. But as state investment in public higher education lessens and institutions look to philanthropy to move from excellence to eminence, advancement officers continually need to engage all populations,...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Human Development and Capabilities

   Re-imagining the university of the twenty-first century

   Edited by Alejandra Boni, Melanie Walker

   Globally, universities are the subject of public debate and disagreement about their private benefits or public good, and the key policy vehicle for driving human capital development for competitive knowledge economies. Yet what is increasingly lost in the disagreements about who should pay for...

   Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
3. Universities and Global Diversity

   Preparing Educators for Tomorrow

   Edited by Beverly Lindsay, Wanda J. Blanchett

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This volume seeks to critically examine the nexus between globalization and diversity as it affects the preparation of professional educators on several continents, taking into account the extensive changes in economic, sociopolitical, and cultural dynamics within nations and regions that have...

   Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
4. Handbook of Critical Race Theory in Education

   Edited by Marvin Lynn, Adrienne D. Dixson

   This handbook illustrates how education scholars employ Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a framework to bring attention to issues of race and racism in education. It is the first authoritative reference work to provide a truly comprehensive description and analysis of the topic, from the defining...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
5. Social Theory and Education Research

   Understanding Foucault, Habermas,Bourdieu and Derrida

   Edited by Mark Murphy

   Although education researchers have drawn on the work of a wide diversity of theorists, a number of these have been of particular significance to education. While the likes of Karl Marx, Antonio Gramsci, John Dewey and Paulo Freire influenced previous generations of educational theorists, much of...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
6. Balancing Dilemmas in Assessment and Learning in Contemporary Education

   Edited by Anton Havnes, Liz McDowell

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book focuses on dilemmas inherent in the practice of assessment in the contemporary context. New forms of assessment are being introduced in all sectors of education and training, and the culture of assessment is shifting. The authors in this volume discuss the practice of assessment,...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
7. Merit Aid and the Politics of Education

   By Erik C. Ness

   Series: Studies in Higher Education

   While a substantial number of studies have evaluated the effects of merit aid programs, there is a surprising lack of any systematic consideration of how states determine eligibility criteria for these scholarships. The selectivity of merit aid eligibility criteria can be as important as...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
8. Gender Inclusive Engineering Education

   By Julie Mills, Mary Elizabeth Ayre, Judith Gill

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Women continue to comprise a small minority of students in engineering education and subsequent employment, despite the numerous initiatives over the past 25 years to attract and retain more women in engineering. This book demonstrates the ways in which traditional engineering education has not...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Global Student Experience

   An International and Comparative Analysis

   Edited by Camille Kandiko, Mark Weyers

   Series: International Studies in Higher Education

   There are 100 million students in higher education throughout the world today. This collection provides some indication of what are they are learning and of their wider experiences. It also outlines the changing global context of provision for undergraduate students as countries and universities...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
10. The Sociology of Higher Education

    Reproduction, Transformation and Change in a Global Era

    Edited by Miriam David, Rajani Naidoo

    The Sociology of Higher Education: Reproduction, Transformation and Change in a Global Era provides an exciting and conceptually rich approach to the sociology of higher education. It offers innovative perspectives on the future of universities within the new and emerging research sub-field of the...

    Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge