Colleges of higher education

Consolidating Colleges and Merging Universities: New Strategies for Higher Education Leaders

By James Martin

Since the economic recession of 2008, colleges and universities have looked for ways to lower costs while increasing incomes. Not all have succeeded. Threatened closures and recent institutional mergers point to what might be a coming trend in higher education. The long-term economic weakness of colleges and universities means schools...

Coteaching in Teacher Education

By Colette Murphy

A concise and comprehensive overview of the practice of coteaching, including its benefits and educational and social implications.

Redesigning Courses for Online Delivery: Design, Interaction, Media & Evaluation

Redesigning Courses for Online Delivery takes a unique approach to course redesign. Both scholarly and practical, the considerations and methods will assist readers in the development of high quality online experiences. It moves beyond the technology, driving course development to best fit the content, the learners, and the instructor. Its...

College: What it Was, is, and Should be

By Andrew Delbanco

The traditional American four-year college experience is in danger of becoming a thing of the past. Cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich.

Community Colleges Worldwide: Investigating the Global Phenomenon

While two-year and community college institutions are called by different names and may not all be structured the same around the world, their core mission remains consistently: to respond to the needs of their local community. This volume examines various two-year and community college institutions worldwide.

British Labour and Higher Education, 1945 to 2000: Ideologies, Policies and Practice

By Tom Steele

This title explores the development of the Labour Party's policy on higher education from 1945 to 2000. The book questions the place higher education has occupied within Labour ideology.

Consuming Higher Education: Why Learning Can\'t be Bought

By Joanna Williams

Reflects on the link between constructing students as consumers and the purpose of higher education, and the implications for student identity and learning.

The University in Translation: Internationalizing Higher Education

By Suzy Harris

Explores fundamental questions about language and education that arise from the current debate into the 'internationalization' and 'harmonisation' of higher education systems throughout the world.

Analysing Teaching-Learning Interactions in Higher Education: Accounting for Structure and Agency

By Paul Ashwin

An investigation of the research, development, policy and practice of teaching and learning in Higher Education. It examines the ways in which teaching-learning interactions are shaped by teaching-learning environments, student and academic identities, disciplinary knowledge practices and institutional cultures.

New Technology and Education

By Anthony Edwards

Offers a look at the debates surrounding the benefits and dangers of the increasing use of technology in education. This title explores the benefits and dangers of the increasing use of technology in education, drawing on different cultural perspectives from across the globe to consider a variety of viewpoints.