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The Students We Share
(May 2021)
Preparing US and Mexican Educators for Our Transnational Future
Patricia Gándara - Editor
Bryant Jensen - Editor
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Examines policies, norms, and classroom practices of the US and Mexican education systems, with the aim of preparing educators to understand and help transnational children and youth.
Millions of students in the US and Mexico begin their educations in one country and find themselves trying to integrate into the school system of the other. As global migration increases, thei...(Read More) |
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Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions
(March 2021)
Power, Diversity, and the Emancipatory Struggle in Higher Education
Bianca C. Williams - Editor
Dian D. Squire - Editor
Frank A. Tuitt - Editor
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Argues that plantation life, its racialized inequities, and the ongoing struggle against them are embedded in not only the physical structures but also the everyday workings of higher education.
Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the contemporary university’s entanglement with the history of slavery and settler colon...(Read More) |
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Get Real
(December 2020)
49 Challenges Confronting Higher Education
William G. Tierney - Author
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A thought-provoking overview of the many challenges facing higher education and how to deal with them by a leading thinker in the field.
Higher education always seems to be in crisis. Governments, foundations, professional associations, and the occasional scornful professor all tend to lament one or another problem plaguing America’s colleges and universities. The more apocalyptic ...(Read More) |
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Servant-Leadership and Forgiveness
(August 2020)
How Leaders Help Heal the Heart of the World
Jiying Song - Editor
Dung Q. Tran - Editor
Shann Ray Ferch - Editor
Larry C. Spears - Editor
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A compelling gathering of perspectives on the intersection of servant-leadership and forgiveness.
In a world where leaders and organizations face conflicts and complexity at an alarming rate, where human cruelty sometimes dominates kindness in individuals and families, and where nations hover in the shadow of moral and financial collapse, how do we find courage to forge a strong and enduring path into the future? In a fresh and ...(Read More) |
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University Management, the Academic Profession, and Neoliberalism
(August 2020)
John S. Levin - Author
Marie C. Martin - Author
Ariadna I. López Damián - Author
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A unique examination of how faculty and university administrators understand their work and professional identities under neoliberalism.
This book examines tensions and challenges in the professional lives and identities of contemporary academics. Drawing on extensive interviews conducted over seven years with academics in the United States and the United Kingdom, the authors analyze the experiences of four types of academics as they...(Read More) |
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Transforming Higher Education in Asia and Africa
(March 2020)
Strategic Planning and Policy
Fred M. Hayward - Author
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Analyzes twelve strategic planning efforts in higher education in eight countries in Asia and Africa.
Drawing on over fifty years of on-the-ground experience, Fred M. Hayward’s Transforming Higher Education in Asia and Africa analyzes change processes in higher education in eight Asian and African countries. The twelve cases range from the push to upgrade and transform higher education in Afghanistan in the midst of...(Read More) |
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Teacher Education Reform as Political Theater
(October 2019)
Russian Policy Dramas
Elena Aydarova - Author
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An ethnography of Russian teacher education reforms as scripted performances of political theater.
Winner of the 2020 Critics Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies Association (AESA)
Around the world, countries undertake teacher education reforms in response to international norms and assessments. Russia has been no exception. Elena Aydarova dev...(Read More) |
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Trans People in Higher Education
(February 2019)
Genny Beemyn - Editor
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HONORABLE MENTION - 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the LGBTQ category
Addresses the experiences of trans college students, faculty, and staff in a single volume for the first time.
While more trans students, faculty, and staff have come out on US college campuses today than ever before, many still report enduring harassme...(Read More) |
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