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Education
Experiencing Education: 1896-2012 Second Edition
Harms William
ISBN: PB: 9781467530590, University of Chicago Press, February 2013
181 pp., 25x17.8 cm, throughout illus.
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools were founded in 1896 by John Dewey as a way to apply and test his groundbreaking theories of education. Now, more than a century later, Dewey's approach to education is emulated the world over, and the Lab...
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Lives in Science How Institutions Affect Academic Careers
Hermanowicz Joseph C.
ISBN: PB: 9780226005645, ISBN: HB: 9780226327617, University of Chicago Press, February 2013
344 pp., 23x15 cm, 29 tables, 1 line illus.
hat can we learn when we follow people over the years and across the course of their professional lives? Joseph C. Hermanowicz asks this question specifically about scientists and answers it here by tracking fifty-five physicists through different st...
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Leaving College Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition
Tinto Vincent
ISBN: PB: 9780226007571, ISBN: HB: 9780226804491, University of Chicago Press, January 2013
312 pp., 23x15 cm, 17 tables, 3 line illus.
In this 1994 classic work on student retention, Vincent Tinto synthesizes far-ranging research on student attrition and on actions institutions can and should take to reduce it. The key to effective retention, Tinto demonstrates, is in a strong commi...
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Gender Studies
Sex Education Debates
Kendall Nancy
ISBN: PB: 9780226922287, University of Chicago Press, December 2012
296 pp., 25x15 cm, 6 tables
Educating children and adolescents in public schools about sex is a deeply inflammatory act in the United States. Since the 1980s, intense political and cultural battles have been waged between believers in abstinence until marriage and advocates for...
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Failing Law Schools
Tamanaha Brian Z.
ISBN: HB: 9780226923611, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
216 pp., 23x15 cm, 8 line illus.
On the surface, law schools today are thriving. Enrollments are on the rise, and their resources are often the envy of every other university department. Law professors are among the highest paid and play key roles as public intellectuals, advisors,...
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Empowering Science and Mathematics Education in Urban Schools
Tan Edna, Calabrese Barton Angela, Turner Erin, Varley Gutierrez Maura
ISBN: PB: 9780226037981, ISBN: HB: 9780226037974, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
224 pp., 23x15 cm, 8 tables, 4 halftones, 9 line illus.
Math and science hold powerful places in contemporary society, setting the foundations for entry into some of the most robust and highest-paying industries. However, effective math and science education is not equally available to all students, with...
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Uncivil Rights Teachers, Unions, and Race in the Battle for School Equity
Perrillo Jonna
ISBN: PB: 9780226660721, ISBN: HB: 9780226660714, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
264 pp., 23x15 cm
Almost fifty years after "Brown v. Board of Education", a wealth of research shows that minority students continue to receive an unequal education. At the heart of this inequality is a complex and often conflicted relationship between teachers and ci...
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How to Succeed in College (While Really Trying) A Professor's Inside Advice
Gould Jon B.
ISBN: PB: 9780226304663, ISBN: HB: 9780226304656, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
192 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 1 line illus.
After years of preparation and anticipation, many students arrive at college without any real knowledge of the ins and outs of college life. They've been focused on finding the right school and have been carefully guided through the nuances of the ad...
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American Universities in a Global Market
Clotfelter Charles T.
ISBN: PB: 9780226110479, ISBN: HB: 9780226110448, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2012
512 pp., 23x15 cm, 85 tables, 72 line illus.
In higher education, the United States is the preeminent global leader, dominating the list of the world's top research universities. But there are signs that America's position of global leadership will face challenges in the future, as it has in ot...
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Completing College Rethinking Institutional Action
Tinto Vincent
ISBN: HB: 9780226804521, University of Chicago Press, April 2012
283 pp., 23x15 cm, 11 tables
Even as the number of students attending college has more than doubled in the past forty years, it is still the case that nearly half of all college students in the United States will not complete their degree within six years. It is clear that much...
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