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Enabling University Impairment, (Dis)ability and Social Justice in Higher Ed…
This work takes the most recent, interdisciplinary research and demonstrates how to make higher education institutions open, accessible and socially just for staff and students with disabilities. Combining the scholarly fields of media platform management, information literacy, internet studies, mobility studies and disability studies, this book offers a guide and method to consider how student…
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- 978-3-319-12802-3
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- 35 b/w illustrations
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Unsafe Space the Crisis of Free Speech on Campus
The academy is in crisis. Students call for speakers to be banned, books to be slapped with trigger warnings and university to be a Safe Space, free of offensive words or upsetting ideas. But as tempting as it is to write off intolerant students as a generational blip, or a science experiment gone wrong, they’ve been getting their ideas from somewhere. Bringing together leading journalists, a…
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- 978-1-137-58786-2
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- VII, 134
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Unsafe Space the Crisis of Free Speech on Campus
The academy is in crisis. Students call for speakers to be banned, books to be slapped with trigger warnings and university to be a Safe Space, free of offensive words or upsetting ideas. But as tempting as it is to write off intolerant students as a generational blip, or a science experiment gone wrong, they’ve been getting their ideas from somewhere. Bringing together leading journalists, a…
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- 978-1-137-58786-2
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Academic star wars :excellence initiatives in global perspective
"This book collects case studies on academic excellence initiatives in nine countries, and provide an analysis of how these initiatives shape higher education within national and international systems. This book updates and expands Altbach & Salmi's 2011 work on AEIs and the political economy of higher education"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262376693
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- 1 online resource
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The abundant university :remaking higher education for a digital world
"Digital technologies are making the scarcities on which higher education is based disappear. Smith outlines how universities can take advantage of educational abundance to create a system that is more fair and just"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262376341
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The evidence liberal arts needs :lives of consequence, inquiry, and accomplis…
"Detweiler's research statistically tests the relationship between specific liberal arts practices and later adult life, and considers the implications of those findings for higher education"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262367203
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The distributed classroom
"Joyner and Isbell describe a model for higher education -- the distributed classroom -- that combines the best aspects of traditional college attendance with the accessibility of online classes"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262366568
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The manifesto for teaching online
"An expanded version of a document that was first released in 2011 and updated in 2016, the Manifesto presents a critical and research-informed position on teaching online in higher education"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 026236106X
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Shadow libraries :access to educational materials in global higher education
This collection looks at how university students in Russia, Argentina, South Africa, Poland, Brazil, India, and Uruguay get the books and articles they need for their education. The death of Aaron Swartz and the more recent controversy around the SciHub and Libgen repositories have drawn attention to the question of access to knowledge, particularly for students facing financial and other const…
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- 9780262345699
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- 1 online resource (313 pages) :illustrations
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Writing for Publication Transitions and Tools that Support Scholars’ Success
This book offers systematic instruction and evidence-based guidance to academic authors. It demystifies scholarly writing and helps build both confidence and skill in aspiring and experienced authors. The first part of the book focuses on the author’s role, writing’s risks and rewards, practical strategies for improving writing, and ethical issues. Part Two focuses on the most common writin…
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