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“janet acker”

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  • Narratives of Upheaval in Higher Education

    Edited by Denise Simard, Janet Acker ...
    The ongoing restructuring of higher education is transforming institutions at an unprecedented rate, with profound consequences for students, faculty, administrators, and communities. As colleges face closures, program eliminations, and financial retrenchment, the human impact of these changes remains underexamined despite its significance. Understanding the lived experiences of those directly ... Read more

    $189.99 CAD

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    What Makes You Happy Can Also Make You Sick

    by Mark Deuze ...
    Series series Global Health Humanities
    The media and creative industries thrive on passion, but that passion often comes at a cost. Behind the glamour of journalism, filmmaking, games, music, advertising and online content creation lies a growing crisis – one of burnout, anxiety, substance abuse and exhaustion. Why do so many creative professionals report feeling both deeply fulfilled and profoundly unwell?Mark Deuze investigates the ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Achieving Student Success

    by Donna Hardy Cox ...
    In today's colleges and universities whether students succeed depends in large part on access to effective services that can support and guide them in pursuit of their educational goals. Policy and practice in the field of student services has been largely based on professional literature from US sources. Donna Hardy Cox and Carney Strange offer the first comprehensive description of professional ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Teaching 2030

    What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools--Now and in the Future

    by Barnett Berry, the TeacherSolutions 2030 Team ...
    In the raging controversy over how to fix the nation’s underperforming schools, the voices of America’s best teachers are seldom heard. Now, in a provocative book about the future of teaching and learning, 12 of America’s most accomplished classroom educators join a leading advocate for a 21st-century teaching profession to bring expert classroom know-how and fresh policy ideas to the school ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • The Caring University

    Reimagining the Higher Education Workplace after the Great Resignation

    by Kevin R. McClure ...
    How to transform higher education workplaces into environments where all employees can thrive.Colleges and universities rarely establish working conditions and cultures that prioritize employee well-being. During the pandemic, many staff and faculty members questioned their careers in higher education. Because of this mindset, leaders in higher education must rethink their approaches to attracting ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Administratively Adrift

    Overcoming Institutional Barriers for College Student Success

    by Scott A. Bass ...
    The multiple crises of 2020–21 have presented both challenges and opportunities for change in four-year residential colleges and universities. Evidence indicates that the historic structure of administrative and student services is increasingly mismatched to the needs of a diverse and stressed student body born in a digital age. Inspired by his leadership in a university-wide initiative that ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Improving Schools Through Community Engagement

    A Practical Guide for Educators

    by Kathy Gardner Chadwick Thomforde ...
    Engage your community and help students achieve their full potential!Americans see public schools as a critical community resource and rank education as a priority second only to the economy. How can educators harness this public interest in education to bring parents, families, and communities to action for our schools? Improving Schools Through Community Engagement addresses these questions and ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • The Indispensable Guide to Undergraduate Research

    Success in and Beyond College

    by Anne H. Charity Hudley, Cheryl L. Dickter, Hannah A. Franz ...
    Despite all of the information that exists to encourage students to attend and do well in college, this is the first research-based guide that directly advises first- and second-year college students.With a focus on the needs and interests of students who are underrepresented in the academy (African American, Latinx, low-income, and first-generation students), this book will help all students take ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Getting Learning Right

    The Promise of Higher Education

    by Chris W. Gallagher, Kristi Girdharry, Kevin G. Smith ...
    An action-oriented guide to revitalizing higher education by putting learning at the center of institutional action.As the challenges to higher education continue to mount, we believe that the surest path forward is a renewed commitment to the primary purpose of colleges and universities: higher learning. In Getting Learning Right, Chris Gallagher, Kristi Girdharry, and Kevin Smith argue that ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action

    Planning, Leadership, and Programming

    Edited by Christine Bombaro ...
    All too often, in a hurried attempt to “catch up,” diversity training can create division among staff or place undue burdens on a handful of employees. Instead, academic libraries need approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) that position these priorities as ongoing institutional and professional goals. This book’s model programs will help academic libraries do exactly that, sharing a ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • The Diversity Playbook

    by Hephzi Pemberton ...
    Hephzi Pemberton's first nonfiction, business book The Diversity Playbook provides an empowering and uplifting experience. It contains proven expertise, factual examples and practical tools to transform your business and leadership approach with inclusion and innovation as a central shared goal and priority.Hephzi founded Equality Group in 2018, as an inclusion and diversity specialist business ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Research Methods for Community Change

    A Project-Based Approach

    by Randy R. Stoecker ...
    Everyone is a member of a community, and every community is continually changing. To successfully manage that change, community members need information. This book is an in-depth review of all of the research methods that communities can use to solve problems, develop their resources, protect their identities, and build power. With an engaging writing style and numerous real world examples, Randy ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD