New Books in Higher Education

Discussions with thought-leaders about the future of higher education

Episodes

Total: 582

Pawan Dhingra's new book Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not E

On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they)--Asst. Prof. of Rhetoric and Com

With free college in the national conversation, there’s been no better time for Daniel T. Kirsch’s n

On this episode of the New Books Network, Lee Pierce (she/they)--Asst. Prof. of Rhetoric at SUNY Gen

Jeff McMahan is White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford. His research focu

Many have read and debated “How Political Science became Irrelevant” in The Chronicle of Higher Educ

Pretty much everyone knows that the American healthcare system is, well, very inefficient. We don’t,

The eight elite institutions that comprise the Ivy League, sometimes known as the Ancient Eight—Harv

How can educators ensure that young people who attain a postsecondary credential are adequately prep

Though many Americans, Republicans especially, regard universities as heavily disposed to the politi

In what ways do middle class students obtain advantages in schools? In her new book, Negotiating Opp

How do students become LGBT activists at Christian Universities and Colleges? And what is the impact

Deondra Rose has written Citizens by Degree: Higher Education Policy and the Changing Gender Dynamic

Andrea L. Turpin is an Associate Professor of History at Baylor University. Her book, A New Moral Vi

Lee Trepanier, Professor of Political Science at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan, edited

It’s common for colleges in the U.S. to have service learning programs of one kind or another. These

How might we account for the rapid rise of for-profit educational institutions over the past few dec

Ellen Hazelkorn, Policy Advisor to the Higher Education Authority (HEA), and Director, Higher Educat

Within the context of the social upheaval of the 1960s and 1970s, elite institutions of higher educa

Rebecca S. Natow, Senior Research Associate with the Community College Research Center at Teachers C