An Appreciative Approach to Reform
Focusing on positive aspects of higher education, this book emphasizes effective practices within colleges and universities. It offers alternative strategies to enhance institutional progress, moving beyond traditional critiques to celebrate successes and encourage innovation in the academic landscape.
"Losing Sleep analyzes the messages parents receive about infant sleep, including how race, class, and gender shape our understanding of personal responsibility, risk, and safety."--
Lessons Learned from Both Sides of the Classroom
Exploring the dual role of educator and student, the author shares her personal challenges in an introductory linguistics course, using these experiences as a foundation for autoethnographic analysis. By intertwining her narratives with research on college student learning and readiness, she critiques the simplistic binary views of student and faculty perspectives. The book advocates for a more nuanced understanding of learning, emphasizing the complex interplay of emotions, intellect, and socio-cultural contexts in educational environments.
A comparative analysis of the radical aesthetic and social experiments undertaken by two exile intellectuals who studied and attempted to carry forward the radical dissidence of the aesthetic and social practices they encountered in the predominantly black slums of Trinidad and Brazil.
Through a critical analysis of the current leadership practices and policy narratives that perpetuate socioeconomic inequality, this book outlines the trends that negatively impact low and middle income students and offers effective tools for creating a more equitable future for higher education.