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  • Daring to Educate

    The Legacy of the Early Spelman College Presidents

    by Yolanda L. Watson, Sheila T. Gregory ...
    While President Emerita Johnnetta B. Cole is credited with propelling Spelman College (the oldest historically Black womens’ college) to national prominence, little is generally known about the strong academic foundation and legacy she inherited. Contrary to popular belief, the first four presidents of Spelman (including its two co-founders) were White women who led the early development of the ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

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  • A History of American Higher Education

    by John R. Thelin ...
    The definitive history of American higher education.For more than two decades, A History of American Higher Education has been the gold standard account of how colleges and universities shaped—and were shaped by—American society. In this fully revised fourth edition, John R. Thelin extends that history into a period of profound upheaval.The new edition adds a substantial final chapter examining ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Pursuing Truth

    How Gender Shaped Catholic Education at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland

    by Mary J. Oates ...
    Series series Cushwa Center Studies of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century America
    In Pursuing Truth**, Mary J. Oates explores the roles that religious women played in teaching generations of college and university students amid slow societal change that brought the grudging acceptance of Catholics in public life.** Across the twentieth century, Catholic women's colleges modeled themselves on, and sometimes positioned themselves against, elite secular colleges. Oates describes ... Read more

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  • Fugitive Pedagogy

    Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

    by Jarvis R. Givens ...
    A fresh portrayal of one of the architects of the African American intellectual tradition, whose faith in the subversive power of education will inspire teachers and learners today.“As departments…scramble to decolonize their curriculum, Givens illuminates a longstanding counter-canon in predominantly black schools and colleges.”—Boston Review“Informative and inspiring…An homage to the achievement ... Read more

    $24.79 CAD

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  • Scholarship Reconsidered

    Priorities of the Professoriate

    by Ernest L. Boyer, Drew Moser, Todd C. Ream, John M. Braxton ...
    Shifting faculty roles in a changing landscapeErnest L. Boyer's landmark book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate challenged the publish-or-perish status quo that dominated the academic landscape for generations. His powerful and enduring argument for a new approach to faculty roles and rewards continues to play a significant part of the national conversation on scholarship ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • A New Look at Black Families

    by Richard J. Reddick, Charles V. Willie ...
    Charles Willie and Richard Reddick's A New Look at Black Families has introduced thousands of students to the intricacies of the Black family in American society since its publication in 1976. Using a case study approach, Willie and Reddick show the varieties of the Black family experience and how those experiences vary by socioeconomic status. In addition to examining families of low-income, ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Why Rural Schools Matter

    by Mara Casey Tieken ...
    From headlines to documentaries, urban schools are at the center of current debates about education. From these accounts, one would never know that 51 million Americans live in rural communities and depend on their public schools to meet not only educational but also social and economic needs. For many communities, these schools are the ties that bind. Why Rural Schools Matter shares the untold ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger

    School Segregation in Rochester, New York

    by Justin Murphy ...
    In Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger**, the veteran journalist Justin Murphy argues that Rochester's educational disparities stem from historical and ongoing racial segregation.** Education reform alone cannot resolve racial inequity; cities such as Rochester must first dismantle segregation.Through interviews and documents, Murphy shows how discriminatory policies and personal prejudice ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • For the Common Good

    A New History of Higher Education in America

    by Charles Dorn ...
    Series series American Institutions and Society
    Are colleges and universities in a period of unprecedented disruption? Is a bachelor's degree still worth the investment? Are the humanities coming to an end? What, exactly, is higher education good for?In For the Common Good, Charles Dorn challenges the rhetoric of America's so-called crisis in higher education by investigating two centuries of college and university history. From the community ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Shortchanged

    How Advanced Placement Cheats Students

    by Annie Abrams ...
    "Shortchanged is a brilliant book."—The Washington Post Author and high school English teacher Annie Abrams reveals how the College Board's emphasis on standardized testing has led the AP program astray.Every year, millions of students take Advanced Placement (AP) exams hoping to score enough points to earn college credit and save on their tuition bill. But are they getting a real college ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • The University of Chicago

    A History

    by John W. Boyer ...
    The essential history of one of the United States's most influential institutions of higher learning in the world.The University of Chicago has a powerful and distinct identity, and its name is synonymous with intellectual rigor. With more than 170,000 alumni living and working in more than 150 countries, its impact is far-reaching and long-lasting.In this indispensable volume, John W. Boyer, Dean ... Read more

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  • Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning

    by Thomas Neville Bonner ...
    Abraham Flexner (1866-1959), raised in Louisville, Kentucky in a family of poor Jewish immigrants from Germany, attended the Johns Hopkins University in the first decade of its existence. After graduating in 1886, he founded, four years before John Dewey’s Chicago “laboratory school,” a progressive experimental school in Louisville that won the attention of Harvard President Charles W. Eliot. ... Read more

    $18.31 CAD