Inside Higher Ed Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Boro Chronicles Part I: The Buffalo
Rahul Roio T
The Buffalo shooter drew inspiration from a University of Notre Dame professor, among others. What’s to be done about academic racism and its apparent link to race-based violence? https://bit.ly/3LDSqWz
Paperback, 2020
$18.56$9.28 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery
Adam Gopnik
Opinion | Making Mastery a Core Educational Value: What instructors can learn from Adam Gopnik’s The Real Work: The Mystery of Mastery. #HigherEd https://t.co/i8vtk2PlBr https://t.co/PwenDQRqUt
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes
Jerry Z. Muller
Opinion | Scott @McLemee reviews @jerryzmuller's Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes. #HigherEd #BookReview https://t.co/ttJUbk1xdR
Paperback, 2024
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Special Agent Selection Process Candidate Information Packet: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, gave a defense Friday of the Justice Department’s efforts to investigate and prosecute academic fraud linked to China. #HigherEd https://t.co/L95uMij5Ze https://t.co/ViqcGYNE2j
Paperback, 2016
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
John Dewey
.@Steven_Mintz Opinion | Democracy and Education: The connections between education and democracy are far more fraught and complicated than John Dewey’s writings suggest. https://t.co/0yMZuihrx7 https://t.co/Q9cMS9LKyn
Paperback, 1997
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Why the Museum Matters
Daniel H. Weiss
Opinion | Museum Matters: Scott McLemee reviews Daniel H. Weiss’s Why the Museum Matters. #HigherEd #AcademicTwitter https://t.co/vW6cS8Y66z https://t.co/mPldPzvaZA
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Problem of Fit: How the Complexity of College Pricing Hurts Students-and Universities
Phillip B. Levine
Author explains his book on “how the complexity of college pricing hurts students and universities.” https://t.co/IQivC8WIw9
Paperback, 2022
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani Perry
Opinion | The Journey ‘South to America’: Traveling, sometimes to colleges, with @Princeton’s Imani Perry. #HigherEd https://t.co/15viPRcLyz https://t.co/1hpnzdSAt3
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brigham Young University
Jesse Russell
The University of Southern California’s athletic department issued a public apology to Brigham Young University on Sunday for an “offensive chant” that came from USC’s student section during a Saturday night football game between the two universities. https://bit.ly/3xCZJsc https://t.co/80yuvnmwdH
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University Reform: The Founding of the American Association of University Professors
Hans-Joerg Tiede
The American Association of University Professors’ governing council voted unanimously over the weekend to censure the University System of Georgia for controversial changes the system made to its posttenure review process last year. https://bit.ly/34pknSA https://t.co/M6MxkJ0mTo
Hardcover, 2015
$37.00$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book