An American Crisis: The Growing Absence of Black Men in Medicine and Science: Proceedings of a Joint Workshop, reported by Cato T. Laurencin (National Academies Press; 154 pages; $50 paperback, $40.99 e-book, free PDF). An exploration of why representation of black men in medicine and science is decreasing and what can be done to break down barriers.
Consent on Campus: A Manifesto, by Donna Freitas (Oxford University Press; 231 pages; $19.95 hardcover, $12.99 e-book). Calls upon colleges to teach not just the technicalities of consent to sexual intimacy but the underlying ethics of how people should treat each other.
The Globalisation of Higher Education: Developing Internationalised Education Research and Practice, edited by Timothy Hall and others (Palgrave Macmillan; 467 pages; $159 hardcover, $119 e-book). Contributors from around the world call for a recalibration of internationalized education.
A Good Job: Campus Employment as a High-Impact Practice, by George S. McClellan, Kristina Creager, and Marianna Savoca (Stylus Publishing; 238 pages; $95 hardcover, $35 paperback, $27.99 e-book). Suggests new campus student-employment strategies to make jobs more valuable in terms of learning and career development.
Making Education Work for the Poor: The Potential of Children’s Savings Accounts, by William Elliott and Melinda Lewis (Oxford University Press; 254 pages; $75 hardcover, $24.95 paperback, $18.99 e-book). Advocates a government- and family-supported system of Children’s Savings Accounts for college to reduce inequality.
Meaningful Grading: A Guide for Faculty in the Arts, by Natasha Haugnes, Hoag Holmgren, and Martin Springborg (West Virginia University Press; 203 pages; $99.99 hardcover, $26.99 paperback or e-book). Offers research-based, field-tested methods of assessing and grading students’ creative work.
Straight A’s: Asian American College Students in Their Own Words, edited by Christine R. Yano and Neal K. Adolph Akatsuka (Duke University Press; 232 pages; $94.95 hardcover, $24.95 paperback, $16.84 e-book). Collects stories of Asian-American students at Harvard University dealing with issues like family and social class, race, sexuality and gender, and mental health.
Truth Without Tears: African American Women Deans Share Lessons in Leadership, by Carolyn R. Hodges and Olga M. Welch (Harvard Education Press; 157 pages; $54 hardcover, $28 paperback). Former deans give advice on how to collect knowledge that informs decision making, support good hiring, and avoid quick fixes.
