Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education, by David J. Staley (Johns Hopkins University Press; 268 pages; $34.95 hardcover or e-book). Poses “what if?” questions to reimagine the future forms that higher-education institutions might take, like microcolleges and nomad universities.
Becoming an Academic: How to Get through Grad School and Beyond, by Inger Mewburn (Johns Hopkins University Press; 253 pages; $19.95 paperback). Tips on writing, research, time management, staying motivated, dealing with sexism, and applying for promotion.
Delivering Effective College Mental Health Services, by Lee Keyes (Johns Hopkins University Press; 195 pages; $37.95 hardcover or e-book). Field-tested advice on how to create ethical, effective, affordable counseling services that fit the campus culture and keep students safe.
The Future of Academic Freedom, by Henry Reichman (Johns Hopkins University Press; 357 pages; $29.95 hardcover or e-book). Ten essays on the theory behind academic freedom, the history of the concept, and current debates over it, by a professor emeritus who leads the American Association of University Professors’ Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure.
Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University, by Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Johns Hopkins University Press; 260 pages; $29.95 hardcover). Recommends that humanities and other scholars refocus on building community and connection by emphasizing collaboration over competition.
How to Be a Dean, by George Justice (Johns Hopkins University Press; 186 pages; $27.95 paperback or e-book). Practical advice from an experienced dean on how to balance the academic-leadership and business-management aspects of the post, and how to perform tasks like selecting associate deans and dealing with accreditation.
How Boards Lead Small Colleges, by Alice Lee Williams Brown with Elizabeth Richmond Hayford (Johns Hopkins University Press; 194 pages; $27.95 paperback or e-book). Suggests strategies that boards of trustees of colleges with small endowments and low enrollment can use to strengthen and ensure the futures of their institutions.
The Instruction Myth: Why Higher Education Is Hard to Change, and How to Change It, by John Tagg (Rutgers University Press; 330 pages; $34.95 hardcover or e-book). A guide to shifting the focus of higher education from instruction to learning of lasting value, using research-tested practices.
Learning to Collaborate, Collaborating to Learn, by Janet Salmons (Stylus Publishing; 161 pages; $125 hardcover, $29.95 paperback, $23.99 e-book). Explains how to engage both classroom and online students in increasingly complex collaborative tasks that will prepare them for team projects in the workplace.
Out There Learning: Critical Reflections on Off-Campus Study Programs, edited by Deborah Curran and others (University of Toronto Press; 283 pages; US$80 hardcover, US$29.95 paperback or e-book). Examines what students can learn, and unlearn, about communities and places through short-term field trips.
Student Activism in the Academy: Its Struggles and Promise, edited by Joseph L. DeVitis and Pietro A. Sasso (Stylus Publishing; 225 pages; $179.95 hardcover, $55.95 paperback or e-book). Critical analysis of the problems and progress of a student movement that uses social media as an organizing tool and encompasses issues like identity politics and living wages for campus workers.
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