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Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The United States is in the midst of a profound transformation the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Industrial Revolution, when America's classical colleges adapted to meet the needs of an emerging industrial economy. Today, as the world shifts to an increasingly interconnected knowledge economy, the intersecting forces of technological innovation, globalization, and demographic change create vast new challenges, opportunities, and uncertainties....
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Former dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and now Distinguished Fellow at the Bard Prison Initiative eloquently tells the stories of many formerly incarcerated college students and the remarkable transformations in their lifes. She argues that it is imperative, both for prisoners themselves and for society, that access to higher education be extended to include the incarcerated."--Jacket flap.
Series
ASHE-ERIC higher education report volume 1992, no. 8
Publisher
The University
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
ProQuest LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"International education in the United States is explored from its historical context to the contemporary constructs of the industry. Recent statistical insight from the Institute of International Education (IIE) Annual Open Door Report illustrates a very clear inequity within the participant demographic profiles. Considering that personal development outcomes associated with international education are resoundingly positive in nature and include...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This study explores integral education from the perspectives of educators who incorporate Ken Wilber's integral theory into their educational practice. With a specific focus on linking the theoretical and practical, this study examines the experiences and phenomenology of eight integral educators working across a variety of fields, including environmental science, social science, and health and wellness, as well as K-12 and college environments, in...