America’s Broken Promise: Bridging the Community College Achievement Gap, by Eduardo Martí (Hudson Whitman Excelsior College Press; 201 pages; $22). Discusses the history and challenges of the sector, including tensions between the competing missions of access and achievement.
Asia Pacific Graduate Education: Comparative Policies and Regional Developments, by Deane E. Neubauer and Prompilai Buasuwan (Palgrave Macmillan; 231 pages; $100). Essays by scholars from eight countries on graduate education in the region and its links to economic and social change.
Barriers and Opportunities for 2-Year and 4-Year STEM Degrees: Systemic Change to Support Students’ Diverse Pathways, edited by Shirley Malcom and Michael Feder (National Academies Press; 194 pages; $54; also available free as a download at www.nap.edu). Research on factors that are keeping completion of STEM degrees low, including cost, instructional practices, disciplinary culture, and institutional, state, and national policies.
Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success, by Tia Brown McNair and others (Jossey-Bass; 208 pages; $40). Describes the creation of a campus ecosystem in which realms from academics to security work strategically together to advance student success.
Bridging the High School-College Gap: The Role of Concurrent Enrollment Programs, edited by Gerald S. Edmonds and Tiffany M. Squires (Syracuse University Press; 382 pages; $75 hardcover, $44.95 paperback). Discusses the design, benefits, and evaluation of programs that allow high-school students to take college credit-bearing courses taught by college-approved high-school teachers.
Canadian Universities in China’s Transformation: An Untold Story, edited by Ruth Hayhoe, Julia Pan, and Qiang Zha (McGill-Queen’s University Press; 362 pages; US$110 hardcover, US$37.95 paperback). Writings by scholars at both Chinese and Canadian institutions on collaboration between universities in engineering education, environmental research, law, agriculture, and other fields.
An Evidence-Based Guide to College and University Teaching: Developing the Model Teacher, by Aaron S. Richmond, Guy A. Boysen, and Regan A.R. Gurung (Routledge; 210 pages; $165 hardcover, $44.95 paperback). Describes a model of six areas of teaching competency developed by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and discusses its application to faculty members in all disciplines.
Fail U.: The False Promise of Higher Education, by Charles J. Sykes (St. Martin’s Press; 268 pages; $26.99). Criticizes American higher education for, among other things, spiraling costs, administrative and edifice bloat, faculty members who neglect teaching, and students with hair-trigger sensitivities.
Gender Shrapnel in the Academic Workplace, by Ellen Mayock (Palgrave Macmillan; 244 pages; $100). Offers accounts of sexual discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in the academic workplace and considers potential solutions.
Higher Education, Fiscal Administration, and Budgeting: An Applied Approach, by Gabriel R. Serna and Spencer C. Weiler (Rowman & Littlefield; 174 pages; $56 hardcover, $28 paperback). A step-by-step guide to institutional budgeting.
Matching Students to Opportunity: Expanding College Choice, Access, and Quality, edited by Andrew P. Kelly, Jessica S. Howell, and Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj (Harvard Education Press; 272 pages; $64 hardcover, $32 paperback). Draws on original empirical research in essays that argue for broadening the discussion of college matching beyond its current focus on high-achieving, low-income students and highly selective institutions; spotlights students at all levels of achievement and proposes consideration of price, geography, and other factors beyond selectivity.
Practical Leadership in Community Colleges: Navigating Today’s Challenges, by George R. Boggs and Christine J. McPhail (Jossey-Bass; 203 pages; $40). Offers advice for current and aspiring community-college leaders, as well as trustees, on a wide range of issues, including accountability, financial management, federal and state mandates, employee unionization, and campus safety.
