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  • Challenges in Higher Education in 21st Century

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  • Higher Education in the Digital Age

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  • Academia, Inc.

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    Canadian universities are being slowly but inexorably corporatized. Casualizing academic labour, remaking students into consumers of education, implementing corporate management models and commercializing academic research all point to the ascendance of business interests and values in Canada’s higher education system.Academia, Inc. examines the tensions that result from the merging of two ... Leer más

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  • Developing and Sustaining Successful First-Year Programs

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  • Wisdom's Workshop

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  • The Moral University

    The Moral University examines the ways that universities act morally toward students, faculty, their communities and the nation. It considers the effectiveness of moral reasoning courses in the curriculum and the growth of leadership courses. The book deals with the myriad ways in which universities act positively toward their communities. It also examines the involvement of universities in ... Leer más

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  • The Essential Academic Dean or Provost

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  • Leading the Modern University

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