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Education May 22, 2017

Education and Society in Post-Mao China

Edward Vickers and Xiadong Zeng

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Dr. Edward Vickers, Professor of Comparative Education at Kyushu University, joins New Books Network to discuss his recently published book, entitled Education and Society in Post-Mao China (Routledge Studies in …
Education April 4, 2017

Researching Private Supplementary Tutoring

Methodological Lessons from Diverse Cultures

Mark Bray, et. al.

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Mark Bray, Chair Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, joins the New Books Network to discuss his recently coedited book volume, entitled Researching Private Supplementary Tutoring …
Education February 15, 2017

The Civic University

The Policy and Leadership Challenges

John Goddard, Ellen Hazelkorn, et. al., eds.

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Ellen Hazelkorn, Policy Advisor to the Higher Education Authority (HEA), and Director, Higher Education Policy Research Unit (HEPRU), Dublin Institute of Technology, joins the New Books Network to discuss her …
Education January 4, 2017

Higher Education Rulemaking

The Politics of Creating Regulatory Policy

Rebecca S. Natow

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Rebecca S. Natow, Senior Research Associate with the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, joins New Books Network to discuss her recently published book, entitled Higher Education …
Education October 21, 2016

First Strike

Educational Enclosures in Black Los Angeles

Damien M. Sojoyner

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Dr. Damien M. Sojoyner, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, joins the New Books Network to discuss his recently published book, entitled First Strike: Educational Enclosures …
Education September 12, 2016

Sartre and No Child Left Behind

An Existential Psychoanalytic Anthropology of Urban Schooling

Darian M. Parker

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Darian M. Parker joins the New Books Network to discuss his recently published book, Sartre and No Child Left Behind: An Existential Psychoanalytic Anthropology of Urban Schooling (Lexington Books, 2015) …
Education July 28, 2016

The Freedom Schools

Student Activists in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement

Jon Hale

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Dr. Jon Hale, Assistant Professor of Educational History, Department of Teacher Education, College of Charleston, joins the New Books Network to discuss his new book, entitled The Freedom Schools: Student …
Education June 18, 2016

Chinese Education Models in a Global Age

Chuing Prudence Chou and Jonathan Spangler, eds.

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Dr. Chuing Prudence Chou, Professor, Department of Education, National Chengchi University, rejoins the New Books Network to discuss her newly edited volume, Chinese Education Models in a Global Age (Springer …
Education May 19, 2016

Social Justice and Sustainable Change

The Impacts of Higher Education

Rajika Bhandari and Mirka Martel

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Rajika Bhandari, Deputy Vice President, Research and Evaluation Institute of International Education (IIE), and Mirka Martel, Assistant Director of Research and Evaluation at IIE, join New Books in Education …
Education May 4, 2016

Education GPS

Pedro Garcia de Leon

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Pedro Garcia de Leon, Policy Analyst for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), joins New Books in Education to discuss the organizations new data website, gpseducation.oecd.org. The new site …
Education March 2, 2016

Against Capitalist Education

What is Education for?

Nadim Bakhshov

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Nadim Bakhshov joins the New Books in Network to discuss his book Against Capitalist Education: What is Education for? (Zero Books, 2015). The book posits new alternatives to educational thought …
Education February 3, 2016

Citizenship Education and Migrant Youth in China

Pathways to the Urban Underclass

Miao Li

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Dr. Miao Li, assistant professor, Department of Sociology and School of Philosophy and Social Development at Shandong University, joins New Books in Education to discuss Citizenship Education and Migrant Youth …
Education January 18, 2016

The Global Testing Culture

Shaping Education Policy, Perceptions, and Practice

William C. Smith, ed.

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William C. Smith (ed.), senior associate with RESULTS Educational Fund, joins New Books in Education to discuss The Global Testing Culture: Shaping Education Policy, Perceptions, and Practice (Symposium Books, 2016) …
Education November 8, 2015

Romeo and Juliet in Palestine

Teaching Under Occupation

Tom Sperlinger

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Tom Sperlinger, Reader in English Literature and Community Engagement at the University of Bristol, joins New Books in Education to discuss Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching Under Occupation (Zero …
Education October 20, 2015

Revisiting Education in the New Latino Diaspora

Edmund Hamann, Stanton Wortham, Enrique G. Murillo

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Dr. Edmund Hamann, Dr. Stanton Wortham, Dr. Enrique G. Murillo (Eds.) have provided a fascinating and expansive volume on Latino education in the US that features an array of scholars …
Education September 21, 2015

College Disrupted

The Great Unbundling of Higher Education

Ryan Craig

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AirBnB has dramatically altered the landscape for the hotel, tourism, and real estate sectors. Uber and Lyft have done the same to transportation. But, how come we haven't seen the …
Education September 9, 2015

Ten Lessons from New York City Schools

What Really Works to Improve Education

Eric Nadelstern

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With 40 years of public school experience, from teacher to high-ranking official of one of the largest school systems in the US, Eric Nadelstern has a deep perspective and nuanced …
Education August 18, 2015

Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education

The Battle for World-Class Excellence

Ellen Hazelkorn

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Ellen Hazelkorn, Policy Advisor to the Higher Education Authority (Ireland) and Director of the Higher Education Policy Research Unit (HEPRU), Dublin Institute of Technology, provides an in-depth analysis of higher …
Education July 20, 2015

Real College Debt Crisis

How Student Borrowing Threatens Financial Well-Being and Erodes the American Dream

William Elliott III and Melinda Lewis

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Dr. William Elliott III, associate professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas, and Melinda Lewis, associate professor of practice in the School of Social Welfare …
Education June 23, 2015

The Good Immigrants

How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority

Madeline Y. Hsu

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With high educational and professional attainment, Asian Americans are often portrayed as the "Model Minority" in popular media. This portrayal, though, is widely panned by academics and activists who claim …
Education June 14, 2015

China Through the Lens of Comparative Education

The Selected Works of Ruth Hayhoe

Ruth Hayhoe

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Dr. Ruth Hayhoe, professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, has dedicated her academic career to the study of Chinese education. Now, after …
Education June 2, 2015

The SSCI Syndrome in Higher Education

A Local or Global Phenomenon

Chuing Prudence Chou

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Universities across the world have become more attuned to a global competition in higher education. International rankings and world class status are now critical focuses for these institutions. Academics have …
Education May 5, 2015

Asia

The Next Higher Education Superpower?

Rajika Bhandari and Alessia Lefebure

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The development of higher education in Asia has been as dramatic as the region's rapid economic rise. The landscape of this diverse and ever-changing sector is thoroughly explored in …
Education April 25, 2015

The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education

Origins, Discontinuations, and Transformations

Kevin Dougherty and Rebecca Natow

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Funding for higher education in the U.S. is an increasingly divisive issue. Some states have turned to policies that tie institutional performance to funding appropriations so to have great accountability …