Community College Finance: A Guide for Institutional Leaders, by Christopher M. Mullin, David S. Baime, and David S. Honeyman (Jossey-Bass; 305 pages; $45). Offers advice on budgeting, tuition, financial aid, and other topics.
The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere, by Kevin Carey (Riverhead Books; 288 pages; $27.95). Argues that the spiraling costs of college coupled with revolutions in technology foretell a future “University of Everywhere” in which MOOCs and other resources will be free and available to all.
A Guide to Becoming a Scholarly Practitioner in Student Affairs, by Lisa J. Hatfield and Vicki L. Wise (Stylus Publishing; 112 pages; $95 hardcover, $19.95 paperback). Discusses conducting, presenting, and publishing research in student affairs with the aim of having scholarship advance practice.
In Defense of a Liberal Education, by Fareed Zakaria (W.W. Norton & Company; 204 pages; $23.95). Argues that the current vocational emphasis in higher education is shortsighted and defends the long-term value of the liberal arts in terms of cultivating expression, critical thinking, openness to new ideas, and a desire for lifelong learning.
It’s the Student, Not the College: The Secrets of Succeeding at Any School — Without Going Broke or Crazy, by Kristin M. White (The Experiment Publishing; 254 pages; $15.95). Challenges the “elite college mystique” and suggests ways of developing a “success profile” in high school that can be maintained and enhanced in college.
Learning Under Neoliberalism: Ethnographies of Governance in Higher Education, edited by Susan Brin Hyatt, Boone W. Shear, and Susan Wright (Berghahn Books; 219 pages; $95). Essays that offer an ethnographic perspective on the impact of increasing corporatization and corporate ties at universities in the United States, Europe, and New Zealand.
Making Meaning: Embracing Spirituality, Faith, Religion, and Life Purpose in Student Affairs, edited by Jenny L. Small (Stylus Publishing; 208 pages; $95 hardcover, $29.95 paperback). Essays on how student-affairs administrators should engage issues of spirituality, religion, and secularism; topics include the influence of “faith frames” in students’ daily lives.
Multilingual Writers and Writing Centers, by Ben Rafoth (Utah State University Press; 157 pages; $24.95). Offers advice for writing-center tutors and directors on working with undergraduate and graduate students whose first language is not English.
Organizing Enlightenment: Information Overload and the Invention of the Modern Research University, by Chad Wellmon (Johns Hopkins University Press; 368 pages; $44.95). Examines the emergence of “disciplinarity” or specialization with the rise, historically, of the research university; draws lessons for today.
Preparing Students for Life Beyond College: A Meaning-Centered Vision for Holistic Teaching and Learning, by Robert J. Nash and Jennifer J.J. Jang (Routledge; 190 pages; $155 hardcover, $38.95 paperback). Offers advice to faculty members and student-affairs professionals on developing courses and programs that encourage critical thinking and reflection.
Student Involvement and Academic Outcomes: Implications for Diverse College Student Populations, edited by Donald Mitchell Jr. and others (Peter Lang Publishing; 252 pages; $159.95 hardcover, $40.95 paperback). Focuses on minority, first-generation, and low-income students in essays on how involvement in student organizations and other activities in and outside the classroom can promote academic achievement.
Teaching Online: A Guide to Theory, Research, and Practice, by Claire Howell Major (Johns Hopkins University Press; 320 pages; $59.95). Considers best practices in online teaching from using social media for communication with students to designing full-fledged MOOCs.
