Assessing Study Abroad: Theory, Tools, and Practice, edited by Victor Savicki and Elizabeth Brewer (Stylus Publishing; 344 pages; $95 hardcover, $35 paperback). Combines theoretical perspectives with case studies to examine what is achieved by study abroad.
Black Men in the Academy: Narratives of Resiliency, Achievement, and Success, edited by Brian L. McGowan and others (Palgrave Macmillan; 252 pages; $100). Offers 17 autobiographical narratives of professors, Ph.D. students, and others.
Changing the Face of Engineering: The African American Experience, edited by John Brooks Slaughter, Yu Tao, and Willie Pearson Jr. (Johns Hopkins University Press; 448 pages; $49.95). Combines statistical analyses with personal narratives in essays on the underrepresentation of African-Americans in engineering, and possible approaches to the problem.
Clickers in the Classroom: Using Classroom Response Systems to Increase Student Learning, edited by David S. Goldstein and Peter D. Wallis (Stylus Publishing; 160 pages; $95 hardcover, $24.95 paperback). Offers data on the effective classroom use of instantaneous student response systems (informally, “clickers”) across a wide range of disciplines, as well as the pitfalls of such technology; also discusses the cellphone as a transitional educational device.
Courtrooms and Classrooms: A Legal History of College Access, 1860-1960, by Scott M. Gelber (Johns Hopkins University Press; 264 pages; $44.95). Disputes the notion that judges during the period tended to defer to colleges and universities; focuses on litigation involving admissions, expulsion, and tuition.
Financing Community Colleges: Where We Are, Where We’re Going, by Richard M. Romano and James C. Palmer (Rowman & Littlefield/Association of Community College Trustees; 232 pages; $68 hardcover, $34 paperback). Topics include revenue, expenditures, affordability, productivity, quality, outcomes, and performance-based funding.
Guiding the American University: Contemporary Challenges and Choices, by Peter N. Stearns (Routledge; 200 pages; $160 hardcover, $49.95 paperback). Includes discussion of such contentious topics as tenure, online learning, administrative bloat, and campus culture.
Manifesto for the Humanities: Transforming Doctoral Education in Good Enough Times, by Sidonie Smith (University of Michigan Press; 225 pages; $69.95 hardcover, $29.95 paperback). Topics include new media and new forms of scholarly communication, promoting greater interdisciplinarity and public engagement in the humanities, and greater flexibility in the form of the dissertation.
Solitudes of the Workplace: Women in Universities, by Elvi Whittaker (McGill-Queen’s University Press; 336 pages; US$100 hardcover, US$37.95 paperback). Focuses on Canadian universities in essays documenting women’s experiences of marginalization, uncertainty, and segregation created by the hierarchies of the academic setting; covers faculty, administrators, staff, and students.
Transforming Institutions: Undergraduate STEM Education for the 21st Century, edited by Gabriela C. Weaver and others (Purdue University Press; 513 pages; $39.95). Includes case studies on enhancing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education at the institutional, departmental, and course levels, as well as writings on such topics as faculty development and STEM metrics and assessment.
Visual Design for Online Learning, by Torria Davis (Jossey-Bass; 189 pages; $34). Offers advice to faculty on visual elements to enhance learning and increase student engagement.
Why We Need the Humanities: Life Science, Law, and the Common Good, by Donald Drakeman (Palgrave Macmillan; 198 pages; $90 hardcover, $28 paperback). Asserts the practical value of the humanities to public policy making, particularly in the realms of health care and civil liberties.
