Leslie and Fretwell have produced as good a book as I have seen in the timely field of higher education's response to it pervasive long-range financial dilemmas.
--D. Bruce Johnstone, university professor and former chancellor, State University of New York

This creative and pioneering book adapts and extAnds the transformation theory of adult learning to the professional development of adult educators. Well written and easy to read, with many examples, this volume is highly recommAnded.
?Jack Mezirow, emeritus professor of adult education, Teachers College, Columbia University

A Publication of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Top practitioners and scholars detail a range of philosophies, frameworks, program designs, instructional strategies, and assessment methods being used to strengthen and transform the curriculum. They examine both the current state of knowledge and teaching in the disciplines and the forces that will reshape the curriculum in the coming years.

-This book is refreshingly personal and studded with insightful case study examples. It is a timely and major contribution to the literature of adult education.-
--Jack Mezirow, professor emeritus, Adult and Continuing Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

-A brilliant tribute to the value of teachers intentionally guiding students to sharpen what I believe Howard Gardner has named intrapersonal intelligence.-
--Margaret Holt, assistant professor, University of Georgia, Athens

-A valuable contribution to the growing dialogue centering around...

Sponsored by American College Personnel Association and National Association of Student Personnel Administrators

Good Practice in Student Affairs expands on key practice standards outlined in a joint document sponsored by the American College Personnel Association and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators: The Principles of Good Practice for Student Affairs. Based on the findings of the joint study group, this volume identifies the best practices in student affairs, presents research used to define the practices, and gives examples of how to these...

-A required read for every university administrator grappling with the complexities of technology and education. Bates has combined an impressive depth of experience and practice to produce an authoritative and well-reasoned approach.---Bruce Pennycook, vice-principal, Information Systems and Technology, McGill University

-Digital technologies are revolutionizing the practices of teaching and learning at colleges and universities all around the world. This book will be helpful for all those who are planning and managing such organizational and technological change on their...

Community-Based Research and Higher Education is the long-awaited guide to how to incorporate a powerful and promising new form of scholarship into academic settings. The book presents a model of community-based research (CBR) that engages community members with students and faculty in the course of their academic work. Unlike traditional academic research, CBR is collaborative and change-oriented and finds its research questions in the needs of communities. This dynamic research model combines classroom learning with social action in ways that can ultimately empower community groups...

Involving Colleges details the extracurricular environments of fourteen diverse involving colleges and universities and shows how and where successful conditions and characteristics can be adapted to institutions to complement the institution's unique educational purpose and mission.

All adult educators, whether they be trainers, counsellors, social workers, psychologists, or others, base their practice on a conception of how adults learn. Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning describes the dynamics of how adults learn and how their perceptions are transformed by learning as a framework for formulating educational theory and practice. Based on this comprehensive approach, called transformation theory, Jack Mezirow presents an in-depth analysis of the ways in which adults learn, how they make meaning of the learning experience and how their lives can be transformed...