books by Anker Publishing Company, Inc.     books:       Putting Students First: How Colleges Develop Students Purposefully (JB - Anker Series)4 reviews Larry A. Braskamp, Lois Calian Trautvetter, ... Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 Must have for anyone concerned about student success There's valuable insight in the authors' "4Cs" model -- culture, curriculum, co-curriculum, community -- for the creation of campuses that support holistic development in college students. This book joins Kuh et al's Student Success in College as among the best resources for both faculty and student affairs professionals at any college or university who are interested in addressing all of the ...             Making Teaching and Learning Visible: Course Portfolios and the Peer Review of Teaching (JB - Anker)2 reviews Daniel Bernstein, Amy Nelson Burnett, ... Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 Should be required for all faculty and administrators I have heard several of the authors talk at conferences/events over the years and am excited that they share their wisdom in a book. I have found this book to be incredibly useful - it offers a detailed guide to faculty peer review (faculty offering commentary, feedback, and development to faculty peers) through the use of course portfolios. The chapters are as follows: Chapter 1: Making ...             The Essential Department Chair: A Practical Guide to College Administration (Anker Resources for Department ...1 review Jeffrey L. Buller Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 Great author Though I have not read this book, I would imagine it to be interesting and of high quality. The author is currently a dean at the school that I attend, and is a fantastic rolemodel for any current or aspiring dean, or any other member of a college's administration.             Creating a New Kind of University: Institutionalizing Community-University Engagement (JB - Anker) Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 Creating a New Kind of University builds on the authors' previous book, A Time for Boldness , in its vision for creating ?engaged universities??institutions of higher education that partner with communities to solve universal problems. In order to identify critical elements of engagement and barriers to its progress, the authors begin by examining efforts made by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee toward propelling institution-wide ...             Community-Based Learning and the Work of Literature (JB - Anker) Susan Danielson; Ann Marie Fallon Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2007 This book examines how community engagement reimagines academic work in the humanities, proposing new methodological and theoretical approaches to scholarship and pedagogy in literary studies. The chapter contributors--scholars of English and foreign language literature and cultural studies--respond to three questions: How can literary theory inform community-based learning (CBL)? How does community service transform our assumptions about ...             Advancing Campus Efficiencies (JB - Anker) Sally M. Johnstone; WCET Associates Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2007 Current technologies, when planned and used properly, can improve the academy for students and for those who serve students. This can be done by making the academic enterprise more efficient while offering students more opportunities to learn in styles and at paces that are more individualized than has ever been possible. Many of these new ideas incorporate the wise use of information and communication technologies. Advancing Campus ...             Teaching at the People's University: An Introduction to the State Comprehensive University (JB - Anker)1 review Bruce B. Henderson Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 State Colleges defined Interesting look at state comphrehensive universities. I felt that the author could have provided further first-hand experiences and inside perspectives, but this is a wide angle view of academia at state schools. I would have preferred to read more about the state school student profile and information regarding alumni. Overall a good source for anyone researching state comprehensive ...             Assessing General Education Programs (JB - Anker) Mary J. Allen Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 General education is the core of the undergraduate experience. It provides a lasting foundation for lifelong learning, application, and appreciation of the various approaches to understanding individuals, cultures, and the world we live in. First-year experience programs are becoming virtually universal in colleges and universities, and first-year seminars often are integrated into general education programs to promote student retention, ...             The Department Chair Primer: Leading and Managing Academic Departments (Anker Resources for Department Chairs)5 reviews Don Chu Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 The Department Chair Primer: Leading and Managing Academic Departments An excellent and succinct insight into the requirements, conflicts, and leadership needs of university chairs and deans. In fact, this should be required reading for ALL in such positions. The paradigm shift from faculty to admnistration and the bi-directional demands are clearly addressed, illustrated, and suggestions provided. Short scenarios put you in the "hot seat" and stimulates one to ...             Academic Leadership: A Practical Guide to Chairing the Department (Anker Resources for Department Chairs)8 reviews Deryl R. Leaming Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2007 Most helpful book I am not only new to academic leadership, but I am new to this country. Deryl Leaming's book has served as an enlightening guide for me, and has helped me earn the assistance and respect of my faculty. This book is among the best investments I have made in my academic career. Thank you.             Leadership in Place: How Academic Professionals Can Find Their Leadership Voice (JB - Anker) Jon F. Wergin Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2007 Foreword by David W. Leslie In this innovative look at academic leadership, Jon Wergin argues that it's time to rethink how our colleges and universities are organized and led. The concept of leadership in place calls for a shift in attitude about leaders and leadership from a hierarchical view that academic leadership flows from a leadership position, to a more lateral view that leadership roles are available to everyone. The contributors ...             Learning the Language of Global Citizenship: Service-Learning in Applied Lingistics (JB - Anker) Adrian J. Wurr; Josef Hellebandt Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2007 This volume is a practical, topical book for service-learning and language educators in applied linguistics and related disciplines such as English, foreign language education, hearing and speech sciences, and TESOL. While introducing readers to up-to-date and unique approaches to and research on first- and second-language acquisition, language policy and planning, language testing and methodology, assessment, bilingualism, and interlanguages, ...             Meaningful Course Revision: Enhancing Academic Engagement Using Student Learning Data (JB - Anker) Catherine M. Wehlburg Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 Faculty often make course changes based on reasons other than data. Intuition or student comments and satisfaction may be important guides, but they don?t tell how much a student is learning or whether that learning transfers to other courses. This book makes the case for the use of multiple, direct measures of student learning outcomes data to enhance course development and guide meaningful course revision and decision-making. Focusing on ...             Faculty of Color: Teaching in Predominantly White Colleges and Universities (JB - Anker) Christin A. Stanley Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 This book provides a discussion forum for the experiences of faculty of color teaching in predominantly white institutions. The knowledge and insights gained from the narratives shared across a variety of colleges and universities provide faculty and administrators in higher education with helpful strategies for recruitment and retention. The experiences documented here extend beyond teaching in general to other areas such as administration, ...             Effective Leadership Communication: A Guide for Department Chairs and Deans for Managing Difficult Situations ... Mary Lou Higgerson; Teddi A. Joyce Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2007 Conflict can appear with varying degrees of intensity or hostility, but if it is not managed effectively, it can slow or jeopardize an institution s success. Chairs and deans compromise their leadership success unless they are able to effectively manage a variety of conflict-laden situations and difficult personalities. This book provides insight into managing challenging processes and offers guidance for dealing with such notable and ...             Evaluating Faculty Performance: A Practical Guide to Assessing Teaching, Research, and Service (JB - Anker) Peter Seldin & Associates Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 This book contains a wealth of material on current evaluation practices and realistic suggestions for upgrading methods and procedures. Seldin and his associates cover every aspect of the evaluation of teaching, research, and service?from gaining genuine faculty support to collecting and assessing various kinds of data?revealing what works and what does not. Offering numerous suggestions for improving evaluation methods, assessing program ...             Creating the Future of Faculty Development: Learning from the Past, Understanding the Present (JB - Anker) Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Ann E. Austin, ... Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2005 Efforts to support and enrich faculty work?particularly in a changing context?are critically important to faculty members, institutional leaders, and higher education itself. This book surveys faculty development from its beginnings, summarizes the challenges and pressures now facing developers and higher education as a whole, and proposes an agenda for the future of faculty development. Based on a study of nearly 500 faculty developers from all ...             Fixing the Fragmented University: Decentralization With Direction (JB - Anker) Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2007 A fatal flaw in accountability programs is the fragmented university that leaves academic departments the units most responsible for institutional results out of the performance loop. Currently, decentralization fosters a disabling disconnect among societal concerns, institutional goals, and departmental aims, the three links of public accountability. How then can the culture of many research universities be transformed from provider-driven ...             Faculty Development for Student Achievement: The QUE Project (JB - Anker) Ronald J. Henry Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006 Foreword by Peter T. Ewell This book describes a seven-year project?Quality in Undergraduate Education (QUE)?that produced important changes in departments and in the teaching of individual faculty in 21 two- and four-year institutions across four states. Rather than a blow-by-blow report of the project, it focuses on the problems that led to the development of QUE: concern about low levels of student learning in postsecondary institutions and ...             Developing a Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation System: A Guide to Designing, Building, and Operating ... Raoul A. Arreola Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2007 This highly successful handbook provides practical, proven models for developing and using a comprehensive faculty evaluation system. Based on 36 years of research and experience building and operating large-scale faculty evaluation systems, as well as consulting experience to thousands of administrators and faculty from hundreds of colleges and universities of all types, this new edition includes more detailed information about the process of ...              search for books achievement, administration, citizenship, communication, community-based, community-university, comprehensive, decentralization, departments, development, efficiencies, engagement, evaluation, fragmented, institutionalizing, introduction, large-scale, leadership, lingistics, literature, meaningful, performance, predominantly, professionals, purposefully, service-learning, situations, understanding, universities, university books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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