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Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"This valuable resource helps institutional leaders understand and implement a data strategy at their college or university that maximizes benefits to all creators and users of data. Exploring key considerations necessary for coordination of fragmented resources and the development of an effective, cohesive data strategy, this book brings together professionals from different higher education experiences and perspectives, including academic, administration,...
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Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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"The national conversation asking 'Are students college-ready?' concentrates on numerous factors that are beyond higher education's control. Becoming a Student-Ready College flips the college readiness conversation to provide a new perspective on creating institutional value and facilitating student success. Instead of focusing on student preparedness for college (or lack thereof), this book asks the more pragmatic question of what are colleges and...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This friendly, helpful Q&A book from the editor-in-chief of The Princeton Review presents simple answers to your toughest questions about navigating the college admissions process, figuring out financial aid, and getting into the university of your choice!"--
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Publisher
Holt Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"From young activists at the forefront of the movement to end sexual assault on college campuses, a collection of survivor stories that will connect with students and inform and inspire us all Across the U.S. student activists are exposing a pervasive cover-up of sexual assault on college campuses. Every day more survivors come forward. But other survivors choose not to. We Believe You elevates the stories the headlines about this issue have been...
7) To improve the academy: Vol. 19 :resources for faculty, instructional and organizational development
Publisher
Anker Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Despite the increasing numbers of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and their importance in serving students who have historically been underserved in higher education, limited research has addressed the meaning of the growth of these institutions and its implications for higher education. Hispanic-Serving Institutions fills a critical gap in understanding the organizational behavior of institutions that serve large numbers of low-income, first-generation,...
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)--not-for-profit, degree-granting colleges and universities that enroll at least 25 percent or more Latinx students--are among the fastest-growing segments in America. They now represent 13 percent of all postsecondary institutions in the United States and enroll 62 percent of all Latinx college students. As they increase in number, the question remains: What does it mean to serve Latinx students? What special...
Publisher
Stylus Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This practical resource examines how colleges and universities foster sustainable faculty involvement in living learning communities (LLCs). This book demonstrates that faculty are key to creating equitable, engaging, and sustainable LLCs in diverse higher education settings"--
Publisher
Information Age Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"As the general population of Latinxs in the United States burgeons, so does the population of college-going Latinx students. With more Latinxs entering college, the number of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), which are not-for-profit, degree granting postsecondary institutions that enroll at least 25% Latinxs, also grows, with 523 institutions now meeting the enrollment threshold to become HSIs. But as they increase in number, the question remains:...
17) In whose honor?
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Discussion of Chief Illiniwek as the University of Illinois mascot, and the effect the mascot has on Native American peoples. Graduate student Charlene Teters shares the impact of the Chief on her family. Interviewees include members of the Board of Regents, students, alumni, current and former "Chiefs" and members of the community.
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Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by higher education, and rewrites the spaces, times, and economies of disability in higher education to place disability front and center. For too long, argues Jay Timothy Dolmage, disability has been constructed as the antithesis of higher education, often positioned as a distraction, a drain, a problem to be solved....
19) The analytics revolution in higher education: big data, organizational learning, and student success
Publisher
Stylus Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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