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Education

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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Political Science

General

Awakening to Race Individualism and Social Consciousness in America

Turner Jack

ISBN: PB: 9780226817125, ISBN: HB: 9780226817118, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
216 pp., 23x15 cm, 15 halftones

The election of America's first black president has led many to believe that race is no longer a real obstacle to success and that remaining racial inequality stems largely from the failure of minority groups to take personal responsibility for seeki...

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Criminology

Law

Crime and Justice, Volume 40 Crime and Justice in Scandanavia

Tonry Michael, Lappi-Seppala Tapio

ISBN: PB: 9780226808833, ISBN: HB: 9780226808826, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
525 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Since 1979 the Crime and Justice series has presented a review of the latest international research, providing expertise to enhance the work of sociologists, psychologists, criminal lawyers, justice scholars, and political scientists. The series expl...

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Education

Law

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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Education

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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General

Culture Studies

Beauty and the Beast

Taussig Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226789866, ISBN: HB: 9780226789859, University of Chicago Press, July 2012
192 pp., 21.8x14.2 cm, 36 halftones

"Beauty and the Beast" begins with the question: Is beauty destined to end in tragedy? Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Colombia, Michael Taussig scrutinizes the anxious, audacious, and sometimes destructive attempts people make to transform their b...

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Education

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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Law

Interpretation of Law in China Roots and Perspectives

Tomasek Michal, Muhlemann Guido

ISBN: HB: 9788024619606, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, April 2012
204 pp., 23.1x16.5 cm

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! In March 2009, the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague, together with the University of Zurich, organized a seminar on Chinese legal culture. As a follow up to this event the pa...

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Fiction

IN & OZ A Novel

Tomasula Steve

ISBN: PB: 9780226807447, University of Chicago Press, April 2012
152 pp., 21.6x11.4 cm

Steve Tomasula is a novelist like no other; his experiments in narrative and design have won him a loyal following. Exemplifying Tomasula's style, "IN & OZ" is a heady, avant-garde book, rooted in convincing characters even as it simultaneously subve...

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Poetry

Rabbits Could Sing Poems

Thomas Amber Flora

ISBN: PB: 9781602231597, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2012
67 pp., 25x15 cm

The poems included in "The Rabbits Could Sing" delve farther into territory that Amber Flora Thomas visited in her prize-winning book "Eye of Water", showing even more clearly how "the seam has been pulled so far open on the past" that "the dress wil...

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