Building the Field of Higher Education Engagement: Foundational Ideas and Future Directions, edited by Lorilee R. Sandmann and Diann O. Jones (Stylus Publishing; 288 pages; $125 hardcover, $37.50 paperback, $29.99 e-book). Examines how community engagement reflects the changing culture of the university, how faculty members become involved, and how the next generation of more-diverse scholars could affect the field.
The Community Engagement Professional’s Guidebook: A Companion to The Community Engagement Professional in Higher Education, by Lina D. Dostilio and Marshall Welch (Campus Compact; 250 pages; $95 hardcover, $39.95 paperback, $31.99 e-book). Tells community-engagement professionals how they can meet the goals of their jobs, like leading change, institutionalizing community engagement on campus, administering programs, and fostering students’ civic learning.
Contested Issues in Troubled Times: Student Affairs Dialogues on Equity, Civility, and Safety, edited by Peter M. Magolda, Marcia B. Baxter Magolda, and Rozana Carducci (Stylus Publishing; 513 pages; $125 hardcover, $35 paperback, $31.99 e-book). Twenty-four chapters offer ideas for student-affairs professionals on topics like how to help students whose learning is complicated by trauma, to prepare students for political activism, and to foster inclusive learning environments.
Course-Based Undergraduate Research: Educational Equity and High-Impact Practice, edited by Nancy H. Hensel (Stylus Publishing; 254 pages; $125 hardcover, $35 paperback, $27.99 e-book). Gives detailed examples of how to engage students in authentic research experiences — in areas including theater studies, literature, and business statistics — during their first two years of college.
ePortfolio as Curriculum: Models and Practices for Developing Students’ ePortfolio Literacy, edited by Kathleen Blake Yancey (Stylus Publishing; 274 pages; $125 hardcover, $29.95 paperback, $23.99 e-book). Provides models from Hampshire College, Stanford University, and elsewhere on how educators can help students create e-portfolios that reflect their understanding of the curriculum.
High-Impact Practices in Online Education: Research and Best Practices, edited by Kathryn E. Linder and Chrysanthemum Mattison Hayes (Stylus Publishing; 248 pages; $125 hardcover, $35 paperback, $27.99 e-book). Uses specific examples to show how high-impact practices like the creation of learning communities and support for undergraduate research can be adapted to meet the needs of online learners.
Integrating Worlds: How Off-Campus Study Can Transform Undergraduate Education, by Scott D. Carpenter, Helena Kaufman, and Malene Torp (Stylus Publishing; 187 pages; $125 hardcover, $32.50 paperback, $25.99 e-book). Suggests ways to overcome such obstacles to valuable off-campus learning as costs, the difficulty of assessment, cultural friction, and students’ feelings of dislocation.
Intersectionality and Higher Education: Identity and Inequality on College Campuses, edited by W. Carson Byrd, Rachelle J. Brunn-Bevel, and Sarah M. Ovink (Rutgers University Press; 295 pages; $99.95 hardcover, $34.95 paperback or e-book). Examines how individuals and institutions deal with the intersection of identities in areas including race and ethnicity, social class, LGBTQ experiences, undocumented-immigrant status, and disabilities.
On Active Grounds: Agency and Time in the Environmental Humanities, edited by Robert Boschman and Mario Trono (Wilfrid Laurier University Press; 366 pages; US$31.96 paperback, US$12.38 e-book). A look at how researchers in the emergent field of the environmental humanities study environmental problems around the world and recommend effective responses.
Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning, by Linda Darling-Hammond and Jeannie Oakes (Harvard Education Press; 407 pages; $66 hardcover, $34 paperback). Shows how seven teacher-education programs around the country prepared future teachers to foster deeper learning, equity, and social justice in their classrooms.
Transforming the Urban University: Northeastern, 1996-2006, by Richard M. Freeland (University of Pennsylvania Press; 229 pages; $69.95 hardcover). Analysis by a president emeritus of Northeastern University on how the institution changed from a struggling commuter school in Boston to a more-selective research university that preserved its emphases on undergraduate learning, cooperative education, and urban engagement.
Transparent Design in Higher Education Teaching and Leadership: A Guide to Implementing the Transparency Framework Institution-Wide to Improve Learning and Retention, edited by Mary-Ann Winkelmes, Allison Boye, and Suzanne Tapp (Stylus Publishing; 233 pages; $125 hardcover, $35 paperback, $27.99 e-book). Offers models for making small changes in instruction that involve being open with students on why work is assigned, and encouraging them to improve their own performances.
Understanding the Latinx Experience: Developmental and Contextual Influences, by Vasti Torres, Ebelia Hernández, and Sylvia Martinez (Stylus Publishing; 147 pages; $125 hardcover, $35 paperback, $27.99 e-book). Provides insights into how identity development and environmental differences influence the persistence and experiences of diverse Latinx students in college.
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