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  • Black Women Navigating the Doctoral Journey

    Student Peer Support, Mentorship, and Success in the Academy

    With the increasing focus on the critical importance of mentoring in advancing Black women students from graduation to careers in academia, this book identifies and considers the peer mentoring contexts and conditions that support Black women student success in higher education. This edited collection focuses on Black women students primarily at the doctoral level and how they have retained each ... Read more

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  • The Internationalization of the Academic Library

    Series series Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science
    The Internationalization of the Academic Library presents a theoretically informed, empirically grounded analysis of the process of academic library internationalization.Drawing on interviews with library personnel from around the world, Lombard analyzes internationalization at the departmental level of an academic library. Demonstrating that college and library personnel have positive intentions ... Read more

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  • Rethinking EMI

    Multidisciplinary Perspectives from Chinese-Speaking Regions

    Series series Routledge Studies in English-Medium Instruction
    Due to the competitive edge it confers on students, educational institutions, and non-English speaking nations in a globalized economy, English as a medium of instruction (EMI) has been gaining popularity in tertiary education in non-native English-speaking (NNES) countries. Institute-wide EMI implementation has often been imposed by top-down decisions, in combination with the optimistic view that ... Read more

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  • Guia para a Internacionalização Universitária

    O mundo global, em constante transformação decorrente dos impactos provocados pela mídia, tecnologia e interatividade, tem desafiado Instituições de Educação Superior a repensar práticas e processos. Nesse contexto, a internacionalização torna-se não somente uma ferramenta, mas uma realidade possível. Este guia revela-se uma obra significativa, uma vez que atende às demandas atuais, propondo ... Read more

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  • Extensão universitária na UFFS

    trajetórias, alcances e desafios

    A discussão acerca da importância formativa da extensão universitária intensificou-se, nos últimos dez anos, na academia e no Conselho Nacional de Educação (CNE), culminando com a Resolução Nº 7, de 18/12/ 2018/CNE, que estabeleceu as Diretrizes para a Extensão na Educação Superior Brasileira e a curricularização da extensão. Impulsionado por essa movimentação, com o objetivo de produzir reflexões ... Read more

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  • Faith and Secularisation in Religious Colleges and Universities

    by James Arthur ...
    This book is a detailed study of higher education institutions affiliated to particular religions. It considers the debates surrounding academic freedom, institutional governance, educational policy, mission and identity together with institutions’ relations with the state and their wider communities.A wide range of institutions are examined, including: Christian, Islamic and Jewish universities ... Read more

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  • Desafíos educativos contemporáneos

    educación salesiana para la innovación y participación en contextos de crisis

    Este libro es el producto y la propuesta del quehacer intelectual, de la discusión y la investigación académica, de la preocupación pastoral y educativa de quienes conforman la red académica IUS Education Group de las Instituciones Universitarias Salesianas (IUS EG). Recoge las memorias del VI Seminario del IUS EG, que se llevó a cabo en la Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, sede Quito, del 26 al ... Read more

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  • Gender Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academia

    A Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Transformation

    Institutional focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion affects all parts of higher education management*. Gender Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academia: A Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Transformation* scrutinises the conceptual framework for diversity, equity, and inclusion actions in academia to facilitate research-based and critically reflected decisions in higher education ... Read more

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  • Transferwissenschaften: Mode oder Mehrwert?

    Unter Mitarbeit von Koray Parlar und Anna Malena Pichler

    Series Book 16 - Transferwissenschaften
    Wissenstransfer und kooperative Forschung an den Schnittstellen von Universität, Wirtschaft, Politik, Zivilgesellschaft und Kultur gewinnen für alle an Wissensproduktion und Innovationsprozessen beteiligten Akteure und Institutionen zunehmend an Relevanz. Schlüsselwörter wie Transferwissenschaften, Transdisziplinarität und transformative Wissenschaft bestimmen inzwischen die wissenschaftstheoretische ... Read more

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  • Compliance and Resistance Within Neoliberal Academia

    Biographical Stories, Collective Voices

    This open access book reflects on academic life under a neoliberal regime. Through collaborative autoethnographies, the authors share stories about the everyday experiences, dilemmas and conflicts of three academics: the struggle for promotion, teaching’s challenges, the race to publish, confronting bureaucracy and institutional politics, as well as the resulting emotional stress. These stories ... Read more

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  • Future Trends in Education Post COVID-19

    Teaching, Learning and Skills Driven Curriculum

    This open access book presents the proceedings of the first post COVID-19 conference on Education at the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, on March 14-16, 2022. The book offers state-of-the-art approaches and methodologies in education post-COVID-19. It showcases emerging technology utilization in improving the quality of education, teaching and learning. It discusses the transformation ... Read more

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  • First-in-Family Students, University Experience and Family Life

    Motivations, Transitions and Participation

    This open access book, now in its second edition, offers a comprehensive overview of the experiences of First in Family (FiF) or first-generation students in higher education. It draws upon narratives of students and their family members and spans the entire university student life cycle (pre-entry, commencement, progression and graduation) with a focus on specific cohorts including mature-aged ... Read more

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  • Professoren mit Migrationshintergrund

    Benachteiligte Minderheit oder Protagonisten internationaler Exzellenz

    by Ole Engel ...
    Ole Engel untersucht in diesem Open-Access-Buch erstmalig auf der Grundlage einer großen Studie die Bildungs-/Berufsverläufe, die Arbeitssituation, internationale Aktivitäten sowie die gesellschaftliche Teilhabe von Professoren mit Migrationshintergrund. Die empirische Grundlage bildet die MOBIL-Studie der HU Berlin, an der über 200 Professoren mit Migrationshintergrund teilgenommen haben. Die ... Read more

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  • Leading Change in Gender and Diversity in Higher Education from Margins to Mainstream

    This edited book provides international insights and recommendations around topics of gender and diversity in higher education linking to larger societal goals of improving equality.Within each of the four sections – Student recruitment and retention, Student experience, Faculty and staff experiences and culture, and Higher education cultures of teaching and research – topics unpack and speak to ... Read more

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  • Education for Sustainable Development in Foreign Language Learning

    Content-Based Instruction in College-Level Curricula

    Edited by María J. de la Fuente ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Language Education
    This unique volume utilizes the UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) framework to illustrate successful integration of sustainability education in post-secondary foreign language (FL) learning.Showcasing a variety of approaches to using content-based instruction (CBI) in college-level courses, this text valuably demonstrates how topics relating to environmental, social, and cultural ... Read more

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  • Integrating Timing Considerations to Improve Testing Practices

    Series series NCME APPLICATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT
    Integrating Timing Considerations to Improve Testing Practices synthesizes a wealth of theory and research on time issues in assessment into actionable advice for test development, administration, and scoring. One of the major advantages of computer-based testing is the capability to passively record test-taking metadata—including how examinees use time and how time affects testing outcomes. This ... Read more

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  • La universidad interrogada

    opacamiento de la formación y la experiencia

    Este texto busca organizar y sistematizar algunos de los problemas que tiene la universidad actual respecto a tres temas singulares: la pedagogía, la formación y la experiencia. Poner en común los problemas docente, en relación con estas tres variables, significó hacer y ensayar un esfuerzo compartido que recogemos ahora como libro. ... Read more

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  • Social Innovation in Higher Education

    Landscape, Practices, and Opportunities

    Series series Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management
    This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry leaders present new developments, research evidence, and practice expertise on social innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs), across academic and professional ... Read more

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  • Hochschulweiterbildung zwischen Wissenschaftsinstitution und Weiterbildungsmarkt

    Konventionenökonomische Analyse an Schweizer Hochschulen

    Series series Higher Education Research and Science Studies
    Dieses Open-Access-Buch basiert auf einer mikrosoziologischen Analyse des Akteursverhaltens in der Programmplanung und -entwicklung der Weiterbildung an Schweizer Hochschulen. Diese ist in einen ausgeprägten Weiterbildungsmarkt eingebettet, in welchem öffentliche und private Anbieter miteinander konkurrieren. Die Marktorientierung vollzieht sich dabei auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen, indem sowohl ... Read more

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  • Intercultural Competence and Pragmatics

    This Open Access book examines the link between intercultural competence (IC) and pragmatics by asking frontline modern foreign language teachers in higher education teaching a variety of languages (e.g., Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish) how they conceptualise intercultural competence and which skills, competences and knowledge they consider important in their teaching ... Read more

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  • Essential Concepts of Canadian Business Law Second Edition

    An introduction to the essential concepts of Canadian Business Law for students and individuals. This text provides both theory and an application of the relevant principles of law for business students and professionals.Second Edition ... Read more

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  • Educação das relações étnico-raciais

    avaliação da formação de docentes

    O livro analisa a implementação da Educação das Relações Étnico-raciais no Brasil, a partir da Lei 10639/2003, que estabelece a obrigatoriedade do ensino de história e cultura africana e afro-brasileira no currículo da educação básica. No livro é descrito o processo de implementação da lei no contexto da luta do movimento negro brasileiro. São apresentadas e sistematizadas avaliações sobre a ... Read more

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  • David y Goliat

    La epopeya de la educación universitaria de las ciencias de la salud en el siglo XXI. Cuarenta años de éxitos y aprendizajes en la formación de profesionales

    En la actualidad, los contextos de salud parecen volverse en contra de la historia médica. Día a día se incrementa el número de escuelas de medicina sin que exista un control de calidad para darles cabida en una realidad mexicana de servicios de salud con uno de sus peores desempeños, de acuerdo con las estadísticas nacionales e internacionales.La Universidad Anáhuac tiene un lema claro: vencer al ... Read more

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  • University Autonomy Decline

    Causes, Responses, and Implications for Academic Freedom

    Series series Routledge Research in Higher Education
    This book provides empirically grounded insights into the causes, trajectories, and effects of a severe decline in university autonomy and the relationship to other dimensions of academic freedom by comparing in-depth country studies and evidence from a new global timeseries dataset.Drawing attention to ongoing discussions on standards for monitoring and assessment of academic freedom at regional ... Read more

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