The Challenge of Independent Colleges: Moving Research Into Practice, edited by Christopher C. Morphew and John M. Braxton (Johns Hopkins University Press; 260 pages; $44.95). Offers research-based insights into the issues faced by leaders of small and midsize private nonprofit colleges.
Developing Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges: Aligning Individual Needs and Organizational Goals, by Vicki L. Baker, Laura Gail Lunsford, and Meghan J. Pifer (Rutgers University Press; 260 pages; $95 hardcover, $34.95 paperback). Draws on research at 13 institutions to analyze challenges faculty members must overcome, including lack of preparation for teaching and limited access to mentors.
Disability and Academic Exclusion: Voicing the Student Body, by E.R. Weatherup (Lexington Books; 116 pages; $85). Questions where universities stand today on accommodating disability in the classroom, weighing current practices against the historic denial of literacy to the disabled, minorities, and women.
Don’t Pay for Your MBA: The Faster, Cheaper, Better Way to Get the Business Education You Need, by Laurie Pickard (Amacom/American Management Association; 224 pages; $17.95). Guides students in how to create a customized M.B.A. through free or low-cost massive open online courses.
Game On! Gamification, Gameful Design, and the Rise of the Gamer Educator, by Kevin Bell (Johns Hopkins University Press; 203 pages; $39.95). Describes game-derived techniques that instructors can use to engage students as much as games do.
Implausible Dream: The World-Class University and Repurposing Higher Education, by James H. Mittelman (Princeton University Press; 261 pages; $39.50). Argues that the chase after world-class status erodes academic institutions’ core values; recommends alternative approaches.
The Market Imperative: Segmentation and Change in Higher Education, by Robert Zemsky and Susan Shaman (Johns Hopkins University Press; 152 pages; $29.95). Draws on new data to describe market forces in higher education and how they distribute students and faculty members among competing institutions.
Narratives of Educating for Sustainability in Unsustainable Environments, edited by Jane Haladay and Scott Hicks (Michigan State University Press; 278 pages; $39.95). Shows how curricula can be designed to teach sustainability through site-specific exploration.
Poison in the Ivy: Race Relations and the Reproduction of Inequality on Elite College Campuses, by W. Carson Byrd (Rutgers University Press, 244 pages; $95 hardcover, $34.95 paperback). Studies 28 highly selective colleges to see how elite students’ social interactions influence their racial beliefs.
Teaching With Tenderness: Toward an Embodied Practice, by Becky Thompson (University of Illinois Press; 143 pages; $95 hardcover, $24.95 paperback). Promotes a pedagogy in which instructors encourage deep listening among students and make room for emotions while fostering respect.
