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The optimal approach to design, build, operate, and maintain buildings With this strategic guide to building information modeling (BIM), you’ll learn …

Colleges and universities constitute a special type of organization; and their complex mission, dynamics, personnel structures, and values require a d…

Gone are the days when the term diversity may have been used to solely signify the color of one's skin or gender. This volume examines how diverse and…

It's not all «fun and games.» A growing body of research suggests that recreation activities can be powerful development contexts when they are proper…

Student departure is a long-standing problem to colleges and universities. Approximately 45 percent of students enrolled in two-year colleges depart d…

The fully updated single-source guide to creating successful packaging designs for consumer products Now in full-color throughout, Packaging Design, S…

This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society's 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Day…

Instructors are under pressure to integrate technology into their traditional or online instruction, but often they aren't sure what to do or why they…

This volume delivers a cutting-edge analysis on vernacular globalization, or how local forces mediate global trends. It delves into the vital facets o…

By 2012 total college enrollment is projected to exceed 15.8 million, and a new generation of students and their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors wil…

Explore how the peer relationship and extracurricular organized activities—like sports, the arts, and community-based organizations—influence academic…

General Education Essentials «Full-time and part-time faculty in any discipline and at any size campus with any type of mission can pick up this volum…

Every era has its dominant representations. Just as landscape painters of previous centuries captured and expressed new modes of perceiving history, c…

A practical introduction to qualitative research across fields and disciplines Qualitative Research in Practice offers a hands-on introduction to qual…

Real-world leadership training for real-world students The Student Leadership Challenge tailors one of the world’s most respected leadership models to…

In a turbulent, unstable era of severe financial pressures, the development of strategic human resource (HR) practices has become an urgent mandate in…

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Many student affairs divisions are doing just that, leading the way in sustainability education …

Fashion Designer's Handbook for Adobe Illustrator 2nd Edition is a teach-yourself guide that provides step-by-step instructions and diagrams on how to…

This innovative text presents a comprehensive review of the theoretical and empirical support for a wellness approach to counseling with current techn…

The single most important contribution to our field's knowledge base in the past two decades. The authors have managed to shift the focus of adult edu…

While the term benchmarking is commonplace nowadays in institutional research and higher education, less common, is a solid understanding of what it r…

A practical overview of clinical issues related to end-of-life care, including grief and bereavement The needs of individuals with life-limiting or te…

Newly appointed academic managers are expected to conduct and lead a wide variety of meetings. Often, however, these managers lack the skills needed t…

Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniques The most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping th…

Creating learning environments and learning experiences for students is one of the primary purposes of student services. Student services professional…

European Media provides a clear, concise account of the structures, dynamics and realities of the changing face of media in Europe. It offers a timely…

Praise for Creating Interdisciplinary Campus Cultures «Klein's analysis shows convincingly that from research in the sciences to new graduate-level pr…

This distinctive text provides master’s- and doctoral-level students, as well as new professionals, with a thorough exploration of the range of respon…

Use graphic novels to teach visual and verbal literacy While our kids today are communicating outside the classroom in abbreviated text bursts with vi…

An accessible yet comprehensive guide to understanding and working with Asian American college students–a diverse but often misunderstood population o…

For over two decades, many liberals in Israel have attempted, with wide international support, to implement the two-state solution: Israel and Palesti…

Developing healthy sexual behaviors is critical to adolescents’ wellbeing. While more emphasis has been on negative outcomes, there are broad positive…

Prepare your institution for a new generation of disability services that embraces the growing student, as well as staff and faculty population with d…

This book will help new administrators (department chairs, directors, deans) understand and become more proficient in their financial management role …

The Shaping School Culture Fieldbook provides a variety of sources of information, inspiration, and suggestions and includes more than forty field-tes…

Institutions of higher education are constantly facing economic challenges to their survival. Nowhere are the challenges greater than in small private…

This volume is the continuation of a two-part series that focuses on salient topics and issues affecting Black males as they engage in adult education…

Undergraduate students come to college from a myriad of pathways for a variety of purposes, and the same can be said of them as they leave to head off…

Our approach to adult learners and the learning process is shaped by our knowledge of how adults change and develop across the life span. This issue o…

Efficiency in Learning offers a road map of the most effective ways to use the three fundamental communication of training: visuals, written text, and…

The field of coaching adult populations has grown dramatically over the past two decades. This volume brings together coaching scholars and experts to…

Written and edited by experts who have developed WiMAX technology and standards WiMAX, the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, represents…

Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniques The most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping th…

In this updated landmark book, the authors have gathered the seminal work and most current thinking on adult learning into one volume. Learning in Adu…

A powerful look at the risks inherent in the trend toward making higher education a market rather than a regulated public sector, The Future of Higher…