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Positive and Negative Outcomes of Sexual Behaviors

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 144

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Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014

Developing healthy sexual behaviors is critical to adolescents’ wellbeing. While more emphasis has been on negative outcomes, there are broad positive implications for physical health, mental health, intimate relationships, and identity development. To fully understand the impact, we need to understand...
by Vicki L. Baker, Aimee LaPointe Terosky, Edna Martinez
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017

Explore an important, yet understudied concept: faculty scholarly learning. Taking a broad view, this volume explains how scholarly learning is defined and conceptualized by scholars. The authors synthesize the recent literature and organize the findings according to Boyer's four forms of scholarship...
by Jeffrey W. Alstete
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014

Achieving successful financial viability by broadening revenue sources is one of the most important issues facing colleges and universities today. Increasing operating costs, along with the reliance on traditional student tuition, government support, and philanthropy, are challenging universities....
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Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015

This is the 145th issue in the New Directions for Evaluation series from Jossey-Bass. It is an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.
by Nathan F. Alleman, Cara Cliburn Allen, Don Haviland
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017

Dramatic shifts in the demographic and labor diversity of American faculty have pressed institutions and the profession to clarify who the “real” faculty are, from tenured to adjunct faculty. Efforts to equalize respect, resources, and treatment, although laudable, may be missing a vital aspect...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014

This issue coincides with the 10th anniversary of the American Evaluation Association’s (AEA’s) Graduate Education Diversity Internship (GEDI) program. It emphasize core decisions and developments of the GEDI program and feature key participants who have participated in and contributed to the...

English Language Arts, Grade 8 Module 3

Understanding Perspectives, Teacher Guide

by PCG Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015

Paths to College and Career Jossey-Bass and PCG Education are proud to bring the Paths to College and Career English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum and professional development resources for grades 6–12 to educators across the country. Originally developed for EngageNY and written with a focus...
by Dorian L. McCoy, Dirk J. Rodricks
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015

Critical race theory (CRT) was introduced in 1995 and for almost twenty years, the theory has been used as a tool to examine People of Color’s experiences with racism in higher education. This monograph reviews the critical race literature with a focus on race and racism’s continued role and presence...

The Practice of Leadership

Developing the Next Generation of Leaders

by Jay A. Conger, Ronald E. Riggio
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012

This book includes contributions from top scholars who outline the best leadership practices for the benefit of the practicing leader. Each chapter focuses on a specific area of leadership practice and ends with a set of "take away" best practices in each area—an executive summary in reverse—that...

The Bee Eater

Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation's Worst School District

by Richard Whitmire
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011

The inside story of a maverick reformer with a take-no-prisoners management style Hailed by Oprah as a "warrior woman for our times," reviled by teachers unions as the enemy, Michelle Rhee, outgoing chancellor of Washington DC public schools, has become the controversial face of school...

In Due Season

A Catholic Life

by Paul Wilkes
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009

Praise for In Due Season "Paul Wilkes's memoir is a love story—and also a story of a struggle with the lover, in his case, God. The son of an immigrant, Wilkes felt that he was called to a priestly vocation, indeed a Trappist vocation. God sent him many signals that this was not his...

Practice Perfect

42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better

by Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway, Katie Yezzi
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012

Rules for developing talent with disciplined, deliberate, intelligent practice We live in a competition loving culture. We love the performance, the big win, the ticking seconds of the clock as the game comes down to the wire. We watch games and cheer, sometimes to the point of obsession, but...

The Responsible Business

Reimagining Sustainability and Success

by Carol Sanford
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011

"When most people think of corporate responsibility, they are focusing on a business's effect on and relationship to stakeholders. A Responsible Business sees stakeholders as full partners and meaningful instruments for the evolution of healthier communities and more successful businesses." —from...

Impact Investing

Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference

by Antony Bugg-Levine, Jed Emerson
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011

A ground-breaking book on the transformative power of impact investing This is the first book to chart the catalytic path of this new industry, explaining how it is and can be a positive disruptive force. It shows how impact investing is a transformational vehicle for delivering "blended...
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