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The American College and University: A History

The American College and University: A History

Frederick Rudolph

In his foreword to this new edition, John Thelin assesses the impact that Rudolph's work has had on higher education studies.
The Rising Costs of Higher Education: A Reference Handbook: ...

The Rising Costs of Higher Education: A Reference Handbook: ...

John R. Thelin

Providing a clear, logical guide to an illogical topic, this book provides an easy-to-understand guide for anyone who wants to successfully navigate the labyrinth of going to college—and paying for the experience.
Sound as a Gateway to a Personal Relationship with Nature

Sound as a Gateway to a Personal Relationship with Nature

Paul Thelin Nelson

In The Poetics of Myth, Eleazar M. Meletinsky takes a different view of mythology and defines myth as "much more a social and ideological phenomenon than the human imagination as such and its social orientation extends well beyond the ...
American Higher Education: Issues and Institutions

American Higher Education: Issues and Institutions

John R. Thelin

A blend of stories and analysis, this exciting new book challenges present and future higher education practitioners to be informed and active participants, capable of improving their institutions.
A History of American Higher Education

A History of American Higher Education

John R. Thelin

See Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr., “Honor and Dishonor at Mr. Jefferson's University: The Antebellum Years,” History of Education Quarterly26 (Summer 1986):155–79 . 14. DavidF. Allmendinger, Paupers and Scholars (New York: St. Martin's Press ...
Games Colleges Play: Scandal and Reform in Intercollegiate ...

Games Colleges Play: Scandal and Reform in Intercollegiate ...

John R. Thelin

Games Colleges Play provides historical background that will inform current policy discussions about the proper place of intercollegiate athletics within the American university.
Web Services Business Strategies and Architectures

Web Services Business Strategies and Architectures

Mike Clark

... Mittal Judith M. Myerson David O'Riordan Dimple Sadhwani Gunjan Samtani Bilal Siddiqui Jørgen Thelin Mark Waterhouse Chanoch Wiggers Liang Jie Zhang Assistant Editors Kristin Pálsson James Hart Dan Robotham Principal Reviewer ...
Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's ...

Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's ...

William G. Bowen

6 (May 1960): 569–76. 75. Thelin, p. 330. 76. John B. Gabel, The Jennings Years , 1981–1990, vol. 11 of History of The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1992), pp. 53–59. 77. Malcolm S. Baroway ...
Philanthropy and American Higher Education

Philanthropy and American Higher Education

J. Thelin

Philanthropy and American Higher Education provides higher education professionals, leaders and scholars with a thoughtful, comprehensive introduction to the scope and development of philanthropy and fund raising as part of the essential ...
Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education

Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education

John R. Thelin

Designed to be used alongside this groundbreaking book or on its own, Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education presents primary sources that chart the social, intellectual, political, and cultural history of American ...
Marijuana: A Reference Handbook: A Reference Handbook

Marijuana: A Reference Handbook: A Reference Handbook

David E. Newton

... Handbook David E. Newton SOCIETY The Rising Costs of Higher Education: A Reference Handbook John R. Thelin World Sports: A Reference Handbook Maylon Hanold Books in the Contemporary World Issues series address vital issues.

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