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Selected New Books on Higher Education

Compiled by Ruth Hammond
October 21, 2018
Selected New Books on Higher Education 1

Conduct and Community: A Residence Life Practitioner’s Guide, edited by JoCynda Hudson, Alan Acosta, and Ryan C. Holmes (Association of College & University Housing Officers-International; 398 pages; $40 paperback). Contributions from more than 30 professionals on understanding state and federal laws, building community, resolving conflicts, and connecting conduct to student mental-health issues.

Gender in the Political Science Classroom, edited by Ekaterina M. Levintova and Alison Kathryn Staudinger (Indiana University Press; 288 pages; $85 hardcover, $39 paperback, $38.99 e-book). Investigates gender-based inequities in the male-dominated field of political science, and offers ways to overcome them.

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Selected New Books on Higher Education 1

Conduct and Community: A Residence Life Practitioner’s Guide, edited by JoCynda Hudson, Alan Acosta, and Ryan C. Holmes (Association of College & University Housing Officers-International; 398 pages; $40 paperback). Contributions from more than 30 professionals on understanding state and federal laws, building community, resolving conflicts, and connecting conduct to student mental-health issues.

Gender in the Political Science Classroom, edited by Ekaterina M. Levintova and Alison Kathryn Staudinger (Indiana University Press; 288 pages; $85 hardcover, $39 paperback, $38.99 e-book). Investigates gender-based inequities in the male-dominated field of political science, and offers ways to overcome them.

Handbook on the Politics of Higher Education, edited by Brendan Cantwell, Hamish Coates, and Roger King (Edward Elgar Publishing; 541 pages; $279 hardcover). Discusses issues like who should pay for and regulate higher education across the globe, and the role of states and markets in keeping it affordable and assuring quality.

International Perspectives on Teaching With Disability: Overcoming Obstacles and Enriching Lives, edited by Michael S. Jeffress (Routledge; 291 pages; $149.95 hardcover, $44.96 e-book). Perspectives from scholars with disabilities throughout the world regarding their own struggles and successes in teaching.

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Leading a Diversity Culture Shift in Higher Education: Comprehensive Organizational Learning Strategies, by Edna Chun and Alvin Evans (Routledge; 236 pages; $175 hardcover, $38.95 paperback, $35.06 e-book). Relies on interviews with chief diversity officers and college leaders to assess best practices for changing the campus culture on diversity.

Learning to Be Latino: How Colleges Shape Identity Politics, by Daisy Verduzco Reyes (Rutgers University Press; 196 pages; $99.95 hardcover, $26.95 paperback or e-book). Observes how Latino/a students’ interactions with other students, faculty members, and administrators at three types of colleges affect their success and political ideas.

Race on Campus: Debunking Myths With Data, by Julie J. Park (Harvard Education Press; 199 pages; $60 hardcover, $31 paperback). Presents a positive portrait of diversity at colleges, dispelling arguments that self-segregation of students is pervasive and that inclusive policies haven’t dealt with socioeconomic diversity.

Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, edited by Paula A. Johnson, Sheila E. Widnall, and Frazier F. Benya (National Academies Press; 292 pages; $55 paperback, $44.99 e-book, free PDF download). Analyzes the conditions that foster sexual harassment in the sciences and suggests ways that universities can reduce the problem.

Teaching Teachers: Changing Paths and Enduring Debates, by James W. Fraser and Lauren Lefty (Johns Hopkins University Press; 231 pages; $39.95 hardcover or e-book). Examines the effectiveness of alternative ways for training teachers that have emerged in the past three decades.

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33 Simple Strategies for Faculty: A Week-by-Week Resource for Teaching First-Year and First-Generation Students, by Lisa M. Nunn (Rutgers University Press; 144 pages; $44.95 hardcover, $19.95 paperback or e-book). Tips based on interviews with students at one public and one private nonprofit university about what they find baffling and frustrating about their classes, and what they like about them.


New books on higher education can be submitted to the Bookshelf editor.

A version of this article appeared in the October 26, 2018, issue.
We welcome your thoughts and questions about this article. Please email the editors or submit a letter for publication.
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