Building Transfer Student Pathways for College and Career Success, edited by Mark Allen Poisel and Sonya Joseph (University of South Carolina, National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, and the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students; 153 pages; $30 paperback, $23.99 e-book). Discusses the challenges faced by community-college students in transferring to four-year colleges, and suggests remedies.
College for the Commonwealth: A Case for Higher Education in American Democracy, by Michael T. Benson and Hal R. Boyd (University Press of Kentucky; 147 pages; $35 hardcover or e-book). Makes the case for state reinvestment in higher education, using Kentucky as a primary example.
Counternarratives From Women of Color Academics: Bravery, Vulnerability, and Resistance, edited by Manya C. Whitaker and Eric Anthony Grollman (Routledge; 167 pages; $140 hardcover, $54.95 e-book). Turns the focus from stories of surviving trauma to stories of courage and success.
Inside Academia: Professors, Politics, and Policies, by Steven M Cahn (Rutgers University Press; 106 pages; $99.95 hardcover, $19.95 paperback or e-book). A look at how professors perceive themselves and their place in the university, along with suggestions for improving decision-making and changing departmental culture.
Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education, by Thomas J. Tobin and Kirsten T. Behling (West Virginia University Press; 325 pages; $99.99 hardcover, $26.99 paperback or e-book). Explains how a model for learning that supports students with disabilities can help all kinds of learners.
Schooling, Democracy, and the Quest for Wisdom: Partnerships and the Moral Dimensions of Teaching, by Robert V. Bullough Jr. and John R. Rosenberg (Rutgers University Press; 180 pages; $99.95 hardcover, $26.95 paperback or e-book). A critical look at the partnerships that have developed between teacher-education programs and public schools, with particular attention to one involving Brigham Young University.
The Soul of a University: Why Excellence Is Not Enough, by Chris Brink (Bristol University Press; 385 pages; $19.38 paperback or e-book). Argues that the current model of higher education perpetuates inequality, and that universities should have a social purpose along with academic value.
White Guys on Campus: Racism, White Immunity, and the Myth of ‘Post-Racial’ Higher Education, by Nolan L. Cabrera (Rutgers University Press; 200 pages; $99.95 hardcover, $29.95 paperback or e-book). Analyzes the feelings of racial oppression among white male undergraduates at two universities, including the common suppositions that minorities have advantages in admissions and financial aid.
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