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Education

Suddenly Diverse How School Districts Manage Race and Inequality

Turner Erica O.

ISBN: PB: 9780226675367, ISBN: HB: 9780226675220, University of Chicago Press, January 2020
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

For the past five years, American public schools have enrolled more students identified as Black, Latinx, American Indian, and Asian than white. At the same time, more than half of US school children now qualify for federally subsidized meals, a mark...

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Student's Guide to Writing College Papers Fifth Edition

Turabian Kate L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226430263, ISBN: HB: 9780226494562, University of Chicago Press, March 2019
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 9 halftones, 17 line drawings, 6 tables

Students of all levels need to know how to write a well-reasoned, coherent research paper – and for decades Kate L. Turabian's "Student's Guide to Writing College Papers" has helped them to develop this critical skill. For its fifth edition, Chicago...

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Write Your Way In Crafting an Unforgettable College Admissions Essay

Toor Rachel

ISBN: PB: 9780226383897, ISBN: HB: 9780226383750, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
164 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

Writing, for most of us, is bound up with anxiety. It's even worse when it feels like your whole future – or at least where you'll spend the next four years in college – is on the line. It's easy to understand why so many high school seniors put off...

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Old Boys The Decline and Rise of the Public School

Turner David

ISBN: PB: 9780300219388, ISBN: HB: 9780300189926, Yale University Press, March 2016
352 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 32 illus.

To many in the United Kingdom, the British public school remains the disliked and mistrusted embodiment of privilege and elitism. They have educated many of the country's top bankers and politicians over the centuries right up to the present, includi...

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More than Lore Reminiscences of Marion Talbot

Talbot Marion

ISBN: HB: 9780226316703, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
160 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 18 halftones, 1 table

The founding articles of the University of Chicago contained what was for the era a shocking declaration: "To provide, impart, and furnish opportunities for all departments of higher education to persons of both sexes on equal terms". In a time when...

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Education

Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction

Tyler Ralph W.

ISBN: PB: 9780226086507, University of Chicago Press, August 2013
144 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

In 1949, a small book had a big impact on education. In just over one hundred pages, Ralph W. Tyler presented the concept that curriculum should be dynamic, a program under constant evaluation and revision. Curriculum had always been thought of as a...

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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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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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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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