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Despite the widely differing perspectives held by those who work in higher education, there is one goal upon which all educators and educational leaders agree: students should leave college stronger than they came. Now more than ever, today's students come to college with unique intellectual, emotional, relational, and spiritual challenges. They need more than appropriate curricula, programs, facilities, and resources. Educating college students well...
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Atendiendo a las consecuencias históricas y a la realidad social de posacuerdo en Colombia, se consideran en este trabajo postulados teleológicos, para la universidad soportados en la obra del filósofo colombiano Estanislao Zuleta y sus aportes teóricos sobre tres conceptos nucleares: el conflicto, la diferencia y el diálogo. Así, se vincula a la universidad en la búsqueda y promoción del respeto, como valor ético mínimo de consenso y garantía...
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Caribbean Quality Culture takes the Caribbean higher education community and its stakeholders beyond quality assurance of higher education to delve into an exploration and assessment of the application of continuous quality improvement principles and strategies that are essential elements of a mature and effective quality management system in higher education institutions.
The principles and strategies that can actually result in continuous quality...
24) Conflicto y reconciliación: El litigio de Perú contra Chile en la Corte de La Haya (2008 - 2014)
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El litigio por los límites marítimos del Perú y Chile en la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) ha sido también una oportunidad de iniciar el camino hacia la reconciliación de dos países hermanos, pero históricamente enfrentados. A poco tiempo después del fallo de La Haya, aún está por verse si realmente esta experiencia ha servido para sanar heridas y pasar la página.
En esta obra, el historiador peruano Daniel Parodi Revoredo comparte...
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"Winner of the 2001 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Sociology and Anthropology, Association of American Publishers" Henry N. Drewry is Senior Advisor to the Mellon Foundation, where he was a program officer from 1988 to 1997. He served on the Board of Trustees of Talladega College, and has taught at both the college and high-school level. He was Director of the Teacher Preparation Program and Lecturer in History at Princeton University....
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Public Universities and Regional Growth examines evolutions in research and innovation at six University of California campuses. Each chapter presents a deep, historical analysis that traces the dynamic interaction between particular campuses and regional firms in industries that range from biotechnology, scientific instruments, and semiconductors, to software, wine, and wireless technologies. The book provides a uniquely comprehensive and cohesive...
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How is your institution enabling Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff and students to thrive? Is your institution effectively tackling racism? Following the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, the higher education sector has started making bold commitments to dismantling structural racism. However, big questions remain about how higher education can combat institutional racism and achieve real change. This book disrupts the higher education sector...
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This book addresses a number of issues resulting from the corporatization of higher education, including administrative usurpation of decision-making about the curriculum, the diminishing role of faculty governance in matters of curriculum design, the erosion of academic freedom, the rise of contingent and adjunct faculty members with little job permanence and few benefits, and the rise of STEM courses (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)...
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Learn everything you need to know to get in to law school. This re-written and completely updated version of the bestselling law school admission guide (first published in 2009) provides detailed information on how to present yourself in the law school application process. Ann Levine brings more than a decade of experience in law school admissions (as director of admissions for law schools and as a law school admission consultant) to provide advice...
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In recent years American colleges and universities have become the locus of impassioned debates about race-conscious social policies, as conflicting theories clash over the ways to distribute the advantages of higher education in a fair and just manner. Just below the surface of these policy debates lies a complex tangle of ideologies, histories, grievances, and emotions that interfere with a rational analysis of the issues involved. As never before,...
31) The Insiders Guide to a Free Ride: Learn How You Too Can Win $500,000 of Scholarships for College
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Winning scholarships is not an art, it's a science. And this book is the science of how to win. More than 50 winners / staff members working at the nation's most acclaimed scholarship agencies have contributed to this book, (Gates Millennium, Horatio Alger, Coca-Cola Scholar, and many more). It provides a holistic review of what it takes to win BIG! A fun read with specific strategies organized by grade level.
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In a political climate that is skeptical of hard-to-measure outcomes, public funding for research universities is under threat. But if we scale back support for these institutions, we also cut off a key source of value creation in our economy and society. Research Universities and the Public Good offers a unique view of how universities work, what their purpose is, and why they are important. Countering recent arguments that we should "unbundle" or...
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La brecha entre la educación superior y el empleo puede haber existido desde hace mucho tiempo en el Perú, pues las universidades y los institutos no siempre se conectan con las empresas y organizaciones para captar sus demandas de personal y adecuar sus contenidos formativos. Sin embargo, a pesar del auge reciente experimentado en la oferta de educación superior como respuesta a la creciente demanda, la brecha persiste y hasta parece haberse ampliado....
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Do you want to get into the Air Force Academy? Then you need to ace your interview! The interview is one of the BEST ways to stand out during the Admissions process.
Written by a former Service Academy Admissions Officer, this book is a MUST HAVE guide on interviewing if you want to attend the United States Air Force Academy. This book gets right to the point and teaches you how to be more than just a file. Ace Your Air Force Academy Interview includes...
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Are you ready to dazzle your College Interviewer?
If you are a high school student, the answer is "probably not." But you can be ready! This book will show you how to answer tough college interview questions. What This Book Will Do For You: • Lists the Most Common College Interview Questions • Describes an interviewer's motivation for certain questions • Teaches you the key to successfully answering any question • Offers insight into what...
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Road Map for Graduate Study: A Guide for Prospective Graduate Students (Second Edition), by Dr. Donald C. Martin, is the first and only comprehensive book about graduate school. It is written by a career insider who seeks to educate and enlighten individuals not only about the research and application process, but also about how to succeed in graduate school. Road Map features 7 personal questions to ask about your motivation to earn a graduate degree,...
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At last, a brief, readable introduction to the unique purpose and value of a Christian college education. This book draws on the insights of a wide range of Christian philosophers, historians, scientists, and theologians, but communicates key concepts in straightforward language and analogies that will connect with today's college students. Brief enough to be paired with other 'first-year' texts, it is an ideal introduction to the Christian college...
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"Acing the Medical School Admission Process" is primarily an aid to assist any individual who is interested in becoming a physician gain an admission to the medical school of his or her dreams. Within this book you will find secretly held insights that can greatly increase the odds of gaining entrance into medical school. This book provides an easy to use seven- step process that, if followed can set you apart from your competition during the medical...
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Higher education is in a state of crisis!
College budgets are becoming a challenge to balance. Expenses are continually increasing in an environment of declining enrollments, endowments, and government support. The stop-gap solution for decades was to increase tuition--this is no longer viable.
Students, parents, donors, and government agencies are scrutinizing the cost and return on investment of a college education. Colleges are under pressure...
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Western Universities have been major contributors to our civilization and others through scientific discovery and humanistic scholarship. Knowledge both old and new has been expanded, enriched, and diffused. Universities have also been an important channel of upward social and economic mobility through academic achievement, thus reinforcing the vision of America as a land of opportunity. But since the 1980s, universities have increasingly turned away...
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