Higher Education: Books & Ebooks

This ebook offers a complete view of the institutions, people, processes, roles and philosophies found in educational practice in the United States and throughout the world. Features include 121 biographies of influential educators; profiles of historic colleges and universities; profiles of organizations active in the field; and an appendix of full text primary source documents including education related legislation, international treaties and testing methods.

A report from the front lines of higher education and technology that chronicles efforts to transform teaching, learning, and opportunity. Technology-fueled innovation has begun to transform higher education, introducing new ways to disseminate knowledge and better ways to learn.

This ebook provides perspectives, analyses and examples relating to some of the major issues and challenges confronting higher education, both now and in the future. The information presented is drawn from recent research, as well as critical analyses of existing theory and practice.

This ebook explores conceptual understandings of community engagement and higher education reforms and initiatives intended to foster it. Contributors provide empirical research findings, including several case study examples that respond to several key higher education community engagement issues.

Provides detailed profiles of financial aid awards for higher education, covering such topics as eligibility, number of awards, amount of award, application requirements, and deadlines for applications.

Contains reprints from articles, excerpts from books, and addresses current issues that provide background information and discussion from various points of view on the issue of education reform.

This book is a practical guide for navigating coming enrollment challenges. The author analyzes demand forecasts by institution type and rank while dis-aggregating by demographic groups, Separate forecasts are provided for two-year colleges, elite institutions, and everything in between.

Provides the background necessary to understanding the importance of free speech on campus and offers clear prescriptions for what colleges can and can't do when dealing with free speech controversies.

Offers answers to essential questions about student debt and many connected issues, this book examines student debt in the United States at every stage of the process--from the banks that issue the loans to the colleges and universities that collect the payments.