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Selected New Books on Higher Education

Compiled by Nina C. Ayoub
October 25, 2015
Selected New Books 1

Against Apartheid: The Case for Boycotting Israeli Universities, edited by Ashley Dawson and Bill V. Mullen (Haymarket Books; 258 pages; $19.95). Writings by scholars and others active in the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement.

At This Time and in This Place: Vocation and Higher Education, edited by David S. Cunningham (Oxford University Press; 351 pages; $35). Essays that urge attention to calling and vocation in undergraduate education; topics include links among vocation, virtue, and a fulfilling life.

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Selected New Books 1

Against Apartheid: The Case for Boycotting Israeli Universities, edited by Ashley Dawson and Bill V. Mullen (Haymarket Books; 258 pages; $19.95). Writings by scholars and others active in the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement.

At This Time and in This Place: Vocation and Higher Education, edited by David S. Cunningham (Oxford University Press; 351 pages; $35). Essays that urge attention to calling and vocation in undergraduate education; topics include links among vocation, virtue, and a fulfilling life.

Challenges in Writing Your Dissertation: Coping With the Emotional, Interpersonal, and Spiritual Struggles, by Noelle Sterne (Rowman & Littlefield; 195 pages; $68 hardcover, $34 paperback). Emphasizes often-overlooked aspects of dissertation writing, including gearing up psychologically, relations with committee members, and handling the concerns of significant others, family, friends, and employers.

Engaging Risk: A Guide for College Leaders, by Paula Vene Smith (Rowman & Littlefield; 171 pages; $60 hardcover, $30 paperback). Adapts principles from the business method known as Enterprise Risk Management for use by presidents, provosts, deans, and other leaders, with particular attention to small to midsize liberal-arts colleges.

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Feminist Pedagogy in Higher Education: Critical Theory and Practice, edited by Tracy Penny Light, Jane Nicholas, and Renée Bondy (Wilfrid Laurier University Press; 331 pages; US$38.99). Writings on ways to bring feminist critical perspectives to teaching, learning, and community service.

Fostering Habits of Mind in Today’s Students: A New Approach to Developmental Education, edited by Jennifer Fletcher, Adela Najarro, and Hetty Yelland (Stylus Publishing; 307 pages; $95 hardcover, $28.95 paperback). Essays that focus on cultivating creativity, discipline, engagement, and other qualities beneficial to students.

From the Army to College: Transitioning From the Service to Higher Education, by Jillian Ventrone and Paul Karczewski (Rowman & Littlefield; 249 pages; $35). Offers advice for current or former soldiers.

The Future of Scholarly Writing: Critical Interventions, edited by Angelika Bammer and Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres (Palgrave Macmillan; 242 pages; $32). Essays by scholars in law, literature, history, anthropology, and other fields who argue for greater experimentation in writing and a view of form as part of scholarship itself, not simply a container for content.

MOOCs, High Technology, and Higher Learning, by Robert A. Rhoads (Johns Hopkins University Press; 168 pages; $29.95). Examines the technological and wider factors that spurred the rise of massive open online courses; considers various forms of “blowback,” including concerns for faculty labor and elite universities’ domination of the MOOC landscape.

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Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation, by Saundra Yancy McGuire with Stephanie McGuire (Stylus Publishing; 288 pages; $95 hardcover, $32 paperback). Pays particular attention to underprepared students.

University Reform: The Founding of the American Association of University Professors, by Hans-Joerg Tiede (Johns Hopkins University Press; 269 pages; $34.95). Examines the 1915 founding and early history of the AAUP, with particular attention to the efforts of Arthur O. Lovejoy.

Where Everybody Looks Like Me: At the Crossroads of America’s Black Colleges and Culture, by Ron Stodghill (Amistad/HarperCollins; 225 pages; $26.99). Draws on interviews at Howard University, Morehouse and Spelman Colleges, and other institutions in reporting on the challenges facing HBCUs.

A version of this article appeared in the October 30, 2015, issue.
We welcome your thoughts and questions about this article. Please email the editors or submit a letter for publication.
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