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Selected New Books on Higher Education

Compiled by Nina C. Ayoub April 21, 2014
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The Attainment Agenda: State Policy Leadership in Higher Education, by Laura W. Perna and Joni E. Finney (Johns Hopkins University Press; 308 pages; $49.95). Examines the role of states in promoting access to higher education and degree completion; draws on data on public policies in Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Texas, and Washington.

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The Attainment Agenda: State Policy Leadership in Higher Education, by Laura W. Perna and Joni E. Finney (Johns Hopkins University Press; 308 pages; $49.95). Examines the role of states in promoting access to higher education and degree completion; draws on data on public policies in Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Texas, and Washington.

Beyond the Americans With Disabilities Act: Inclusive Policy and Practice for Higher Education, edited by Mary Lee Vance, Neal E. Lipsitz, and Kaela Parks (Naspa—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education; 221 pages; $34.95 for Naspa members, $39.95 for nonmembers). Includes discussion of “best practices” in a wide variety of realms, among them housing, athletics, study abroad, and student conduct.

Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters, by Michael S. Roth (Yale University Press; 228 pages; $25). Traces more than 200 years of debates in America over the value of a broad-based liberal education versus a more vocational approach; defends the former.

Faculty Retirement: Best Practices for Navigating the Transition, edited by Claire Van Ummersen, Jean McLaughlin, and Lauren Duranleau (Stylus Publishing; 280 pages; $95 hardcover, $32.50 paperback). Draws on 15 college and university models that were identified, through a competition, by the American Council on Education.

Girls Coming to Tech! A History of American Engineering Education for Women, by Amy Sue Bix (MIT Press; 360 pages; $34). Focuses on the postwar period with in-depth case studies of Georgia Tech, Caltech, and MIT.

Leadership in Academic Libraries Today: Connecting Theory to Practice, by Bradford Lee Eden and Jody Condit Fagan (Rowman & Littlefield; 234 pages; $75). Topics include mentoring to promote greater diversity in the leadership of academic libraries.

Preparing to Study Abroad: Learning to Cross Cultures, by Steven T. Duke (Stylus Publishing; 162 pages; $95 hardcover, $22.50 paperback). A guide to help students adapt to new environments and gain intercultural skills.

Retention and Resistance: Writing Instruction and Students Who Leave, by Pegeen Reichert Powell (Utah State University Press; 144 pages; $24.95). Uses the perspective of a first-year writing program to explore ethical, pedagogical, and other issues related to institutions’ drive for student retention.

Shared Governance in Times of Change: A Practical Guide for Universities and Colleges, by Steven C. Bahls (Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges; 105 pages; $39 for AGB members, $59 for nonmembers). Evaluates three traditional approaches to shared governance among boards, presidents, and faculties, and offers an alternative.

Should I Go to Grad School? 41 Answers to an Impossible Question, edited by Jessica Loudis and others (Bloomsbury; 248 pages; $18). Essays in which people in the arts, academe, and other realms reflect on choosing whether or not to attend graduate school and how that decision has affected their lives.

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The Strategic Guide to Shaping Your Student Affairs Career, by Sonja Ardoin (Stylus Publishing; 196 pages; $95 hardcover, $24.95 paperback). Draws on the experiences of 25 student-affairs professionals, with particular attention to the needs of people in early or midcareer.

A Toolkit for Deans, by Dianne Dorland and Patricia Mosto (Rowman & Littlefield; 142 pages; $55 hardcover, $25.95 paperback). Uses case studies, discussion scenarios, and other approaches to offer advice to both new and experienced deans.

Transforming Students: Fulfilling the Promise of Higher Education, by Charity Johansson and Peter Felten (Johns Hopkins University Press; 114 pages; $24.95). A study of transformational learning that draws on interviews with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents at Elon University.

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