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Education

Off to College A Guide for Parents

Martin Roger H.

ISBN: HB: 9780226295633, University of Chicago Press, August 2015
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

For many parents, sending their child off to college can be a disconcerting leap. After years spent helping with homework, attending parent-teacher conferences, and catching up after school, college life represents a world of unknowns. What really ha...

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57 Ways to Screw Up in Grad School Perverse Professional Lessons for Graduate Students

Haggerty Kevin D., Doyle Aaron

ISBN: PB: 9780226280905, ISBN: HB: 9780226280875, University of Chicago Press, July 2015
208 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

Don't think about why you're applying. Select a topic for entirely strategic reasons. Choose the coolest supervisor. Write only to deadlines. Expect people to hold your hand. Become "that" student. When it comes to a masters or PhD program, most grad...

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Teaching Embodied Cultural Practice in Japanese Preschools

Hayashi Akiko, Tobin Joseph

ISBN: PB: 9780226263106, ISBN: HB: 9780226263076, University of Chicago Press, July 2015
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 188 halftones

When we look beyond lesson planning and curricula – those explicit facets that comprise so much of our discussion about education – we remember that teaching is an inherently social activity, shaped by a rich array of implicit habits, comportments, a...

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Aims of Higher Education Problems of Morality and Justice

Brighouse Harry, McPherson Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226259482, ISBN: HB: 9780226259345, University of Chicago Press, June 2015
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 2 line drawings

In this book, philosopher Harry Brighouse and Spencer Foundation president Michael McPherson bring together leading philosophers to think about some of the most fundamental questions that higher education faces. Looking beyond the din of arguments ov...

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High-Performing Preschool Story Acting in Head Start Classrooms

Dowley McNamee Gillian

ISBN: PB: 9780226260952, ISBN: HB: 9780226260815, University of Chicago Press, May 2015
200 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 5 line drawings

"The High-Performing Preschool" takes readers into the lives of three- and four-year-old Head Start students during their first year of school and focuses on the centerpiece of their school day: story acting. In this activity, students act out storie...

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America

Trying Biology The Scopes Trial, Textbooks, and the Antievolution Movement in American Schools

Shapiro Adam R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226273440, ISBN: HB: 9780226029450, University of Chicago Press, March 2015
208 pp., 23x15 cm, 10 halftones

In "Trying Biology", Adam R. Shapiro convincingly dispels many conventional assumptions about the 1925 Scopes "monkey" trial. Most view it as an event driven primarily by a conflict between science and religion. Countering this, Shapiro shows the imp...

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Teaching Artist Handbook Volume 1: Tools, Techniques, and Ideas to Help Any Artist Teach

Jaffe Nick, Barniskis Becca, Hackett Cox Barbara

ISBN: PB: 9780226256887, University of Chicago Press, February 2015
272 pp., 23x15 cm

The creation of art is deeply personal yet remains strongly rooted within the collaborative meeting of teacher and student. Over centuries, techniques and encouragement have been passed along from experienced mentors to budding novices. Those who can...

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Political Science

How the Financial Crisis and Great Recession Affected Higher Education

Brown Jeffrey R., Hoxby Caroline M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226201832, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, February 2015
360 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 halftones, 54 line drawings, 49 tables

The recent financial crisis had a profound effect on both public and private universities, which faced shrinking endowments, declining charitable contributions, and reductions in government support. Universities responded to these stresses in differe...

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Chicago Handbook of University Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship

Link Albert N., Siegel Donald S., Wright Mike

ISBN: HB: 9780226178349, University of Chicago Press, February 2015
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 17 halftones, 2 line drawings, 13 tables

As state support and federal research funding dwindle, universities are increasingly viewing their intellectual property portfolios as lucrative sources of potential revenue. Nearly all research universities now have a technology transfer office to m...

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Fair Access to Higher Education Global Perspectives

Mountford-Zimdars Anna, Sabbagh Daniel, Post David

ISBN: PB: 9780226250922, University of Chicago Press, January 2015
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

What does "fairness" mean internationally in terms of access to higher education? Increased competition for places in elite universities has prompted a worldwide discussion regarding the fairness of student admission policies. Despite budget cuts fro...

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