Global Academic Publishing: Policies, Perspectives and Pedagogies, edited by Mary Jane Curry and Theresa Lillis (Multilingual Matters; 270 pages; $149.95 hardcover, $49.95 paperback, $40 e-book). Examines policies shaping academic journals, and efforts to teach scholars enough English to get published.
Hitting Pause: 65 Lecture Breaks to Refresh and Reinforce Learning, by Gail Taylor Rice (Stylus Publishing; 252 pages; $95 hardcover, $32.50 paperback, $25.99 e-book). Explains why pauses for activities enhance student learning and refocus attention, and offers ideas for such breaks during lectures.
How University Boards Work: A Guide for Trustees, Officers, and Leaders in Higher Education, by Robert A. Scott (Johns Hopkins University Press; 206 pages; $27.95 paperback or e-book). Covers such topics as structuring a governing board, managing enrollment, engaging faculty, and choosing a president.
The Humanities and Everyday Life: The Literary Agenda, by Michael Levenson (Oxford University Press; 172 pages; $20 paperback, $13.99 e-book). Helps make the case for the humanities by showing how they are woven into amateur activities outside the university.
Latinx/a/os in Higher Education: Exploring Identity, Pathways, and Success, edited by Angela E. Batista, Shirley M. Collado, and David Perez II (NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education; 358 pages; $39.95 for NASPA members, $44.95 for nonmembers). Intersperses scholarly chapters on understanding and guiding Latinx students with personal narratives from students, administrators, and faculty members who have overcome barriers.
Leading Colleges and Universities: Lessons From Higher Education Leaders, edited by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, and E. Gordon Gee (Johns Hopkins University Press; 310 pages; $34.95 hardcover or e-book). Collects stories from presidents and other higher-education leaders about how they handled challenges with athletics, governing boards, and donors.
Sport and the Neoliberal University: Profit, Politics, and Pedagogy, edited by Ryan King-White (Rutgers University Press; 231 pages; $99.95 hardcover, $34.95 paperback or e-book). Examines continuing issues in college athletics, including rape and football culture, college athletes as employees, and the NCAA’s “rebranding” of academic success.
The Transformation of Title IX: Regulating Gender Equality in Education, by R. Shep Melnick (Brookings Institution Press; 325 pages; $35.99). Traces the history of how a 1972 law intended to give women better access to sports expanded to encompass other discriminatory practices.
We Demand: The University and Student Protests, by Roderick A. Ferguson (University of California Press; 122 pages; $85 hardcover, $18.95 paperback, $16.95 e-book). Argues that universities are moving away from “the people” as the social advances spurred by student movements of a half-century ago come under attack.
Writing at the State U: Instruction and Administration at 106 Comprehensive Universities, by Emily J. Isaacs (Utah State University Press; 229 pages; $30.95 paperback, $25.95 e-book). Analyzes writing-instruction strategies at state universities and suggests improvements.
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Correction (4/26/2018, 2:37 p.m.): The description of the book Latinx/a/os in Higher Education was corrected to use the gender-inclusive term Latinx instead of Latina.
