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Is inquiry-guided learning a universal answer for various teaching and learning ills in higher education? With eight institutional case studies drawn …

Lithium secondary batteries have been key to mobile electronics since 1990. Large-format batteries typically for electric vehicles and energy storage …

Landing a job in graphic design or multimedia starts with the creation of a portfolio that showcases a student's best work. With sample portfolios, in…

Biomass is a renewable resource, whose utilization has received great attention due to environmental considerations and the increasing demands of ener…

The first book to provide an introduction to the new theory of Net Locality and the profound effect on individuals and societies when everything is lo…

While issues of interpersonal boundaries between faculty and students is not new, more recent influences such as evolving technology and current gener…

Governments have failed to stem global emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases causing climate change. Indeed, climate-changing polluti…

Detection and Intelligent Systems for Homeland Security features articles from the Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security cove…

With petroleum-related spills, explosions, and health issues in the headlines almost every day, the issue of remediation of petroleum and petroleum pr…

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

Expanding the learning day is gaining national momentum as an important school-improvement and whole-child development strategy. This issue focuses on…

Illustrates theories and associated mathematical expressions with numerical examples using various methods, leading to exact solutions, more accurate …

A whole is worth the sum of its parts. Even the most complex structured bond, credit arbitrage strategy or hedge trade can be broken down into its com…

Learn to design interest-provoking writing and critical thinking activities and incorporate them into your courses in a way that encourages inquiry, e…

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

This book provides an important new contribution to debates around housing policy and its impact on community cohesion. There has never been a more pr…

This book provides a clear and understandable text for users and developers of advanced engineered materials, particularly in the area of thin films, …

This volume brings together the findings from separate studies of community-based and school-based mentoring to unpack the common response to the ques…

As student affairs units face increasing pressure to use data and evidence to inform planning and decisions, the research related to higher education …

Universities continue to struggle in their efforts to fully integrate information and communications technology within their activities. Based on exam…

Your hands-on guide to teaching adults. . . no matter what the subject In this expanded edition of How to Teach Adults, Dan Spalding offers practical …

Praise for Social Media for Educators «At last, a book that provides a straightforward discussion of the pedagogical reasons to use social media, and …

Gain a greater understanding of organizational capacity to do and use evaluation and implications for evaluation capacity building (ECB). This volume …

Chapters of this issue of New Directions for Higher Education present tenets of codes of conduct for the presidency, academic deans, admissions office…

Take a candid look into how some traditional liberal arts colleges have incorporated nontraditional adult degree programs. This volume of case studies…

A complete guide to freelance graphic design—created specifically for design students Why wait until you graduate? Freelancing is a great way to jumps…

With the latest insights from the world of communication studies into the nature of corporate reputation, this new addition to Wiley-Blackwell’s serie…

Fully revised and updated, the eighth edition of The World News Prism analyzes the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century globa…

This book presents both sides of a very controversial subject in today’s media: induced hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” It covers the technology …

Proton conduction can be found in many different solid materials, from organic polymers at room temperature to inorganic oxides at high temperature. S…

Given the myriad of complex problems facing higher education, it is difficult to imagine that an administrator at any level of the institution could b…

Case Studies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care uses a case-based approach to provide students and practitioners with an important learning tool to im…

“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 …

Between good intentions and great results lies a program theory—not just a list of tasks but a vision of what needs to happen, and how. Now widely use…

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…

An Introduction to Modern CBT provides an easily accessible introduction to modern theoretical cognitive behavioral therapy models. The text outlines …

Currently in its third edition, the NEC suite has become one of the UK’s leading families of standard forms of contract for major construction and civ…

Highlighting international approaches; the book details strategies to minimize contamination, residue monitoring programs, and classes of drugs and ch…

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…

The Excellent Online Instructor is a guide for new and seasoned faculty who teach online, those responsible for training and developing online instruc…

It is intended that the book will be a practical guide to provide any reader with the basic information to help them understand what is necessary in o…

A practical guide to establishing positive relationships with hard-to-reach parents. Includes research-based techniques for teachers on how to reach h…

This is the first New Directions volume related to young adult learners since 1984. Then, as now, young adults are an important segment of the adult p…

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

Reading R. S. Peters Today: Analysis, Ethics and the Aims of Education reassesses British philosopher Richard Stanley Peters’ educational writings by …