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A Dam in the River
Releasing the Flow of University Ideas
A Dam in the River challenges the academic culture and conventions that leave the vast majority of Americans out of contact with university ideas.

Jeff Camhi Price range: $23.95 through $33.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
College Attrition at American Research Universities:
Comparative Case Studies
College Attrition at American Research Universities offers a rare inside look at why students leave some of the nation’s most selective institutions—and what colleges can realistically do about it.

Joseph C. Hermanowicz Price range: $21.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Destroying the Republic
Jabez Curry and the Re-Education of the Old South
Jabez Curry was an aristocratic Alabamian. In the ante-bellum South he had a distinguished career in both the Alabama Assembly and the United States Congress. He tirelessly advocated the principles of state sovereignty and limited Federal Governmental power.

John Chodes Price range: $23.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Financing Higher Education in a Global Market
From Austria to India, university administrators and public policy makers are grappling with the high costs of higher education.

Steve O. Michael Price range: $29.95 through $36.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Improving Education in the US
A Political Paradox
So many studies have been carried out, so many experimental schools have shown success, and so many special interests have stood in the way of making real changes.

Rafael Yanushevsky Price range: $23.95 through $33.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Reconstructing Alma Mater
Higher education as we know it today is on the verge of a major transformation. We’ll be forced to re-examine our ways in light of rapid changes in demographics, costs, lifelong and distance learning, and even in the way we best learn, individually.

Philip H. Francis Price range: $22.95 through $28.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Finance of Higher Education
Theory, Research, Policy & Practice
Making college affordable is a goal of administrators and students alike. Yet even student aid is a complex issue, as there are pros and cons to both need-based aid and merit-based aid.

Michael B. Paulsen Price range: $40.00 through $80.00 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Informed Vision
Essays on Learning and Human Nature
Many of the essays in this book use science and mathematics education as the starting point for the author’s concern with the way children develop their understanding of the world around them – the principal focus of Hawkins’ work.

David Hawkins Price range: $32.95 through $48.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Ivory Tower of Babel: Why the Social Sciences Are Failing to Live Up to Their Promises
This book examines the history and philosophy of the social sciences and theoretical and empirical research on the impact of social science. Suggestions are offered at the end for enhancing the impact of the social sciences.

David Demers Price range: $23.95 through $33.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page