Higher Education
College Girl
The inspirational memoir of a woman who survived a brutal sexual assault and went on to become a university professor.
Vernacular Insurrections
Relates Black Freedom Movements to literacy education.
Higher Education Systems 3.0
An exploration of multi-campus higher education systems and their role in improving communities and their economies.
Running on Empty
Explores how Southampton College went from “the jewel in the university crown” to an “albatross around the university neck. ”
A Creature of Our Own Making
Witty, savvy, incisive, and entertaining short essays on the culture, mores, and practices of higher education.
Inside the Undergraduate Teaching Experience
Shows what kind of changes college faculty make to their teaching and why they make them.
Universities and Colleges as Economic Drivers
A comprehensive examination of the relationship between higher education, state government, and economic development.
Precipice or Crossroads?
Comprehensive treatment of the challenges faced by America’s public research universities, and of what those challenges may mean for the nation.
Over Ten Million Served
First book on gender and academic service.
Integral Education
Leading researchers and practitioners explore the frontiers of education from an integral perspective.
Intellectual Capital
Stories from participants in Professional Development Schools.
Interdisciplinarity and Social Justice
Considers the past, present, and future of interdisciplinary fields motivated by concerns for social justice.
Grade Inflation
An authoritative and provocative discussion of the key issues surrounding grade inflation and its possible effects on academic excellence.
College Life through the Eyes of Students
Presents the perspectives of contemporary college students on their lives and educations.
Breaking into the All-Male Club
Women professors of educational administration share their personal stories of being female firsts.
The First Time Effect
A fresh look at study abroad programs on American college and university campuses.
When the Pot Boils
Tells the story of the decline and near bankruptcy of a major American university, and how its dramatic turnaround was quickly achieved.
The Way Literacy Lives
Challenges an autonomous model of literacy instruction in favor of one that recognizes and builds on students’ facility in navigating other rhetorical contexts.
Cary Nelson and the Struggle for the University
Scholars engage the ideas and legacy of Cary Nelson in conversations about the corporate university, teaching, poetry, and activism.
Thought Knows No Sex
Grounded in student experiences at nineteenth-century Alfred University, this social history explores the origins of women’s higher education and the rural roots of reform.
Always at Odds?
How faculty and administrators at research universities can create a shared sense of values.
Ideas That Work in College Teaching
Fifteen authors from thirteen different disciplines discuss their varied approaches to teaching.
The Locations of Composition
Explores the concepts of space and place within composition studies.
Burning Down the House
A riveting analysis of the struggle to eliminate affirmative action at the University of California.
African Americans and College Choice
Assesses the influence of family and school on African American students' college decision-making processes.