Academic Advising and the First College Year, edited by Jennifer R. Fox and Holly E. Martin (Nacada: The Global Community for Academic Advising; 248 pages; $30 paperback, $23.99 e-book). Describes the best practices for advising students through their first-year transition, and specifically for guiding the academically underprepared and special populations.
American Academic Cultures: A History of Higher Education, by Paul H. Mattingly (University of Chicago Press; 423 pages; $105 hardcover, $35 paperback or e-book). Examines in depth the seven generational cultures that shaped higher education, from the evangelical to the current pragmatic corporate model.
The Contemplative Mind in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, by Patricia Owen-Smith (Indiana University Press; 152 pages; $65 hardcover, $28 paperback, $27.99 e-book). Describes how instructors can integrate contemplative practices that emphasize students’ interior qualities into their teaching, and the historical roots of that approach.
Contextualizing and Organizing Contingent Faculty: Reclaiming Academic Labor in Universities, edited by Ishmael I. Munene (Lexington Books; 262 pages; $100 hardcover, $95 e-book). Sheds light on how conflicts over the use of contingent faculty play out at the local level, and gives strategies for mobilizing non-tenure-track faculty members.
Designing and Teaching Online Courses in Nursing, by Sally Kennedy (Springer Publishing Company; 309 pages; $65). Explains how to guide student discussion online without getting in the way of learning, and provides downloadable templates for the various steps of developing and presenting a course.
Higher Education Accountability, by Robert Kelchen (Johns Hopkins University Press; 258 pages; $39.95 hardcover or e-book). Describes the pressure to make colleges accountable for student outcomes, and discusses best approaches for developing accountability systems.
How to Run a College: A Practical Guide for Trustees, Faculty, Administrators and Policymakers, by Brian C. Mitchell and W. Joseph King (Johns Hopkins University Press; 196 pages; $27.95 paperback or e-book). Advice on how to deal with financial challenges, and to manage academic affairs, student life, and athletics, from experienced college leaders.
The Humanities and Everyday Life, by Michael Levenson (Oxford University Press; 172 pages; $20 paperback, $13.99 e-book). Examines the ways in which the humanities are woven into daily life, including visits to museums and explorations of a family’s genealogical past.
Transformational Encounters: Shaping Diverse College and University Leaders, edited by Anna K. Gonzalez and others (NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education; 300 pages; $39.95 for NASPA members, $44.95 for nonmembers). Offers advice from and for student-affairs officials on how to break through racial and ethnic gaps in leadership, and to lead effectively.
What’s Next for Student Veterans? Moving From Transition to Academic Success, edited by David DiRamio (University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition; 219 pages; $30 paperback, $23.99 e-book). Presents the findings of the latest research on student veterans, including data-backed evidence of what helps them to do well in the classroom.
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