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  • Queer & Trans Advocacy in the Community College

    by Joshua Moon Johnson, Emilie Mitchell, Lemuel W. Watson ...
    Series series Contemporary Perspectives on LGBTQ Advocacy in Societies
    LGBTQ+ advocacy and support continues to be a priority in the U.S. higher education, and recent research shows this as a critical population who continues to be marginalized and mistreated on college and university campuses. Over the last few decades there has been significant research describing how LGBTQ students experience higher education and highlighting that these students are not graduating ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

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  • Ethics and Management in the Public Sector

    by Alan Lawton, Julie Rayner, Karin Lasthuizen ...
    Series series Routledge Masters in Public Management
    Grappling with ethical issues is a daily challenge for those working in organizations that deliver public services. Such services are delivered through an often bewildering range of agencies and amidst this constant change, there are fears that a public service ethos, a tradition of working in the public interest, becomes blurred.Using extensive vignettes and case studies, Ethics and Management in ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Changing Landscape of the Academic Profession

    Faculty Culture at For-Profit Colleges and Universities

    by Vicente M. Lechuga ...
    The rapid success of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) only recently has caught the attention of scholars in academe. The continuing expansion of the proprietary higher education sector has lead to fundamental questions regarding the purpose and function of FPCUs. As new technologies continue to emerge, education is becoming of increasing import to employees seeking to upgrade their ... Read more

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  • Sociology of Higher Education

    Contributions and Their Contexts

    by Patricia J. Gumport ...
    "Outstanding . . . it presents a comprehensive state of the field, and it explores the role of sociological research in guiding higher education practice." — ChoiceIn this volume, Patricia Gumport and other leading scholars examine the sociology of higher education as it has evolved since the publication of Burton Clark's foundational article in 1973. They trace diverse conceptual and empirical ... Read more

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  • Misconceiving Merit

    Paradoxes of Excellence and Devotion in Academic Science and Engineering

    by Mary Blair-Loy, Erin A. Cech ...
    An incisive study showing how cultural ideas of merit in academic science produce unfair and unequal outcomes.In Misconceiving Merit, sociologists Mary Blair-Loy and Erin A. Cech uncover the cultural foundations of a paradox. On one hand, academic science, engineering, and math revere meritocracy, a system that recognizes and rewards those with the greatest talent and dedication. At the same time, ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Managing Uncertainties in Networks

    Public Private Controversies

    by Joop Koppenjan, Erik-Hans Klijn ...
    As public and private sector organizations work more frequently in partnership, managing uncertainties, problems and controversies becomes increasingly difficult. Despite sophisticated technology and knowledge, the strategic networks and games required to solve uncertainties becomes more complex and more important than ever before. This unique text examines such developments in the area of network ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Men, Wage Work and Family

    Edited by Paula McDonald, Emma Jeanes ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Employment Relations
    In the last two decades there has been a plethora of research on a range of subjects collectively and rhetorically known as ‘work-life balance’. The bulk of this research, which spans disciplines including feminist sociology, industrial relations and management, has focused on the significant concerns of employed women and/or dual career couples. Less attention has been devoted to scholarship ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Anti-Racism in Higher Education

    An Action Guide for Change

    by Arun Verma, Briana Coles, Claire Lee, Deya Mukherjee, Eileen Gbagbo, Jalpa Ruparelia, Josephine Gabi, Manish Maisuria, Min Duchenski, Musharrat Ahmed-Landeryou0, Pamela Thomas1, Parise Carmichael-Murphy2, Jitesh Gajjar3, Shaminder Takhar4, Sonia Gomes5, Tamjid Mujtaba6, Zoe Nutakor7, Manvir Grewal8 ...
    How is your institution enabling Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff and students to thrive? Is your institution effectively tackling racism?Following the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, the higher education sector has started making bold commitments to dismantling structural racism. However, big questions remain about how higher education can combat institutional racism and achieve real ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Revitalizing Collegiality

    Restoring Faculty Authority in Universities

    Edited by Kerstin Sahlin, Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist ...
    Series Book 87 - Research in the Sociology of Organizations
    The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.The higher education and research system faces a constant dilemma. On the one hand, research and higher education are run by autonomous, interrelated academic communities, often described as collegial governance. On the other hand, they are an instrument for the fulfillment of goals that are often external to the ... Read more

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  • Researching Street-level Bureaucracy

    Bringing Out the Interpretive Dimensions

    by Mike Rowe ...
    Series series Routledge Series on Interpretive Methods
    Police officers, social workers, teachers, and many other street-level bureaucrats exercise discretion in dealing with clients. In so doing, they make policy as it is experienced at the frontline. Instead of puzzling at repeated public policy implementation failures and wondering why street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) don’t behave the way policy-makers expect, we need to understand the world as seen ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Higher Education Leadership

    Challenging Tradition and Forging Possibilities

    by Rozana Carducci, Jordan Harper, Adrianna Kezar ...
    Sharing the new and evolving approaches to higher education leadership that foster liberatory systemic change.Higher Education Leadership offers a groundbreaking exploration of leadership in higher education. Rozana Carducci, Jordan Harper, and Adrianna Kezar challenge traditional paradigms and ideologies that hinder progress—advocating instead for liberatory systemic change. The authors highlight ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Creating Campus Cultures

    Fostering Success among Racially Diverse Student Populations

    Edited by Samuel D. Museus, Uma M. Jayakumar ...
    Many colleges and universities have not engaged in the critical self-examination of their campuses necessary for effectively serving racially diverse student populations. This timely edited collection provides insights into how campus cultures can and do shape the experiences and outcomes of their increasingly diverse college student populations. By cultivating values, beliefs, and assumptions ... Read more

    $73.99 USD