Doing Your Masters Dissertation is a practical and comprehensive guide to researching, preparing and writing a dissertation at Masters level. The book adopts a well-structured and logical approach, and takes the student through all the stages necessary to complete their research and write a successful dissertation. Written in an engaging and ......
Once rare, presidential transitions at institutions of higher education now command the attention of about one-quarter of the nation's colleges and universities at any given time. Though they occur frequently, transitions at this level are hardly routine, and American higher education has not developed a tradition of managing this process ......
In the United States, public colleges and universities educate more than 80 percent of the nation's 11 million college students. Public universities conduct the majority of the country's campus-based research and produce most of the nation's doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, and other professionals and public leaders. They provide critical ......
Before the Second World War, few universities in the United States could compete as research institutions with their European counterparts. Since 1945, however, America's top research universities are the best in the world. In The Rise of American Research Universities explains how this remarkable transformation occurred and offers a new, ......
This invaluable compendium offers guidance, support and advice for those contemplating or involved in ac ademic careers. The contributors provide rich, personal and often humerous accounts of shared and unique experiences in the world of academia. '
Faculty Groups That Work takes the research and theory of work groups and illustrates the concepts with examples, illustrations, and best practices drawn from schools. Susan Wheelan is an expert in teams and work groups and has worked extensively in education at all levels. The book also contains: information about the stages of group development, ......
In this trenchant and often hilarious guide, Patrick Allitt takes the reader along to his course in American history, offering a teacher's-eye view of the undergraduate classroom. The book offers background and guidance to those concerned with the state of higher education today, from educators to general readers, from young faculty facing the ......
Faculty Groups That Work takes the research and theory of work groups and illustrates the concepts with examples, illustrations, and best practices drawn from schools. Susan Wheelan is an expert in teams and work groups and has worked extensively in education at all levels. The book also contains: information about the stages of group development, ......
