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The Civic University
Edited by John Goddard, Ellen Hazelkorn, Louise Kempton, Paul Vallance
This innovative book addresses the leadership and management challenges of maximising the contribution of universities to civil society both locally and globally. It does this by developing a model of the civic university as an academic ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Education, Occupation and Social Origin
Edited by Fabrizio Bernardi, Gabrielle Ballarino
This innovative book takes a comparative approach to the social origin–education–destination triangle (OED), looking at the intergenerational transmission of advantage in 14 countries. The intention is to debate the claim that education ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Gender, Education and Employment
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi, Sandra Buchholz
For much of the twentieth century, women lagged considerably behind men in their educational attainment. However, in recent decades, young women have become an important source of human capital for labor markets in modern societies, as w...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Restructuring Welfare Governance
Edited by Tanja Klenk, Emmanuele Pavolini
This innovative book explores the introduction and impact of marketization and managerialism in social policy by adopting a dual perspective, considering both governance and human resources. Welfare governance (e.g. welfare mix, regulati...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy – 2014]()
Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy – 2014
Edited by Michael H. Morris
A sizable gap exists between the ample demands for (and growing supply of) entrepreneurship education and our understanding of how to best approach the teaching and learning of entrepreneurship. To help close this gap, the United States ...eBook:Find out more$57.56
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Embracing Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines
Edited by Satish Nambisan
Unique ideas, insights and themes from diverse disciplines—from engineering, science and medicine to arts, design, and music—have the potential to enrich and deepen our understanding of entrepreneurship. This book brings together contrib...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Aid and Private Schools for the Poor
Pauline Dixon
This fascinating volume challenges the widely held belief that the state should supply, finance and regulate schooling in developing countries. Using India as an example, Dr. Pauline Dixon examines the ways in which private, for-profit s...eBook:Find out more$35.20
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Adult Learning in Modern Societies
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen, Daniela Vono de Vilhena, Sandra Buchholz
As industrial societies increasingly evolve into knowledge-based economies, the importance of education as a lifelong process is greater than ever. This comprehensive book provides a state-of-the-art analysis of adult learning across the...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Teaching Entrepreneurship
Heidi M. Neck, Patricia G. Greene, Candida G. Brush
Teaching Entrepreneurship advocates teaching entrepreneurship using a portfolio of practices, including play, empathy, creation, experimentation, and reflection. Together these practices help students develop the competency to think and ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Building the Knowledge Economy in Europe
Edited by Meng-Hsuan Chou, Åse Gornitzka
Building the Knowledge Economy in Europe investigates the integration of emerging knowledge policy domains on the European political agenda, and the dynamics of this in relation to knowledge policies. Professors Meng-Hsuan Chou and åse G...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Leadership and Cooperation in Academia
Edited by Roger Sugden, Marcela Valania, James R. Wilson
Across the world academic institutions are being questioned by their stakeholders and pressured to change. Answering these questions requires that academics and professional managers in universities think about their work, its value and ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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New Developments in Economic Education
Edited by Franklin G. Mixon, Richard J. Cebula
This innovative book offers targeted strategies for effectively and efficiently teaching economics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It provides professors and other teachers of economics various techniques to engage and ret...eBook:Find out more$40.00
