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Meditating on how and why we teach the humanities, Generous Thinking is an audacious book that privileges the ability to empathize and build rather than simply tear apart.
Written for leaders in both small colleges and larger universities who may find themselves in similar situations, as well as for scholars of higher education who are interested in strategic planning, When Colleges Close is the sobering yet hopeful story of a venerable regional institution that turned its long-term enrollment challenges into a ......
Aimed at college administrators and Title IX coordinators who are responsible for leading campuses that are safe for everyone, Ending Sexual Violence in College enables those who work or live on a college campus to take an active role in making the campus safer.
Filling a major gap in the historiography of aviation, it will be of interest to readers of aviation, diplomatic, and legal history, as well as regulatory policy and American political development.
Opossums are the most diverse and ecologically important group of New World marsupials, although only the Virginia opossum is familiar to North American residents. In fact, many species of opossums are found in Neotropical rainforests, savannas, and other habitats, where they are key participants in food webs and other ecological relationships. ......
Lessons in Wildlife Conservation from Indianapolis Prize Winners
Wildlife conservation is at a critical juncture. While large, charismatic mammals may be the first animals that come to mind'the mere 3,000 wild tigers still in existence, the giraffes declared endangered for the first time just last year'it is not only these magnificent keystone species disappearing. A full third of all studied birds, ......
In the nineteenth century, teams of men began digging the earth like never before. Sometimes this digging'often for sewage, transport, or minerals'revealed human remains. Other times, archeological excavation of ancient cities unearthed prehistoric fossils, while excavations for irrigation canals revealed buried cities. Concurrently, ......
In Space Travel: Ten Short Lessons, Paul Parsons takes us on an exhilarating journey to examine the game-changing discoveries in the history of space exploration that have illuminated the darkest corners of our universe.
From the amazing technology that has enabled us to look beyond the clouds to the development of rockets ......
