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Selected New Books on Higher Education

Compiled by Nina C. Ayoub March 26, 2017

Higher Ed Books 6330
Being Black, Being Male on Campus: Understanding and Confronting Black Male Collegiate Experiences, by Derrick R. Brooms (State University of New York Press; 252 pages; $85). Draws on in-depth interviews with 40 black male students at two predominantly white institutions.

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Higher Ed Books 6330
Being Black, Being Male on Campus: Understanding and Confronting Black Male Collegiate Experiences, by Derrick R. Brooms (State University of New York Press; 252 pages; $85). Draws on in-depth interviews with 40 black male students at two predominantly white institutions.

Community Colleges and New Universities Under Neoliberal Pressures: Organizational Change and Stability, by John S. Levin (Palgrave Macmillan; 345 pages; $99.99). Examines the impact of neoliberalism on four community colleges, and three universities that were previously community colleges, in the provinces and states of Alberta, British Columbia, California, Hawaii, and Washington.

The Decoding the Disciplines Paradigm: Seven Steps to Increased Student Learning, by David Pace (Indiana University Press; 157 pages; $75 hardcover, $25 paperback). Discusses an instructional approach centered on identifying and dealing with “bottlenecks” that impede student learning.

The European Research Council, by Thomas König (Polity Press; 192 pages; $35). A study of the creation and first decade of the science-funding body, which was established by the European Commission in 2007.

Going Public: A Guide for Social Scientists, by Arlene Stein and Jessie Daniels (University of Chicago Press; 224 pages; $19). Offers advice to social scientists on becoming a “public scholar”; topics include writing op-eds and books for audiences beyond the academy, building an online presence, and dealing with pushback from colleagues who are dismissive of such work.

It Takes a Campus: 15 Initiatives to Improve Retention, by Kyle Ellis (Nautilus Publishing; 300 pages; $24.95). Offers advice on helping students succeed, particularly during the crucial first year; draws on the author’s experience with a Retention Task Force established at the University of Mississippi.

Knowledge for Sale: The Neoliberal Takeover of Higher Education, by Lawrence Busch (MIT Press; 155 pages; $24.95). Criticizes market-driven policies in higher education around the world, including a shift away from valuing education as a public good.

The Parent Track: Timing, Balance, and Choice in Academia, edited by Christina DeRoche and Ellie D. Berger (Wilfrid Laurier University Press; 278 pages; US$39.99). Essays by faculty and graduate students, almost all at Canadian institutions, on work-family balance; topics include expectations and realities of productivity on maternity leave, and juggling fatherhood, child disability, and academe.

Understanding Writing Transfer: Implications for Transformative Student Learning in Higher Education, edited by Jessie L. Moore and Randall Bass (Stylus Publishing; 165 pages; $95 hardcover, $29.95 paperback). Essays on helping students adapt and repurpose writing skills in varied contexts, as from high school to college, among varied disciplines, and from college to work.

Women in Global Science: Advancing Academic Careers Through International Collaboration, by Kathrin Zippel (Stanford University Press; 206 pages; $27.95). Focuses on STEM fields, and the social sciences, in a discussion of how international collaboration can benefit U.S.-based female academics.

A version of this article appeared in the March 31, 2017, issue.
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