Showing results for "Kenneth" in Education

The Conflict over the Conflict chronicles one of the most divisive and toxic issues on today’s college and university campuses: Israel/Palestine.

"På zarens befaling" fortæller historien om de to danskledede ekspeditioner, der i 1700-tallet på den russiske zars ordre tog på opdagelsesrejse i et tyndt befolket, stort set ukortlagt og særdeles barskt hjørne af verden: Sibirien, Kamtjatka og det nordlige Stillehav.

When Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males appeared in 1998, it was hailed as "a crucial book" (Baltimore Sun) and "undoubtedly one of the most important tools the African American parent can possess" (Kweisi Mfume, President NAACP). Now, in response to enormous demand, the authors turn their attention to African American young women. Statistics indicate that African American females, as a group, fare poorly in the United States.

Im Job, in der Liebe, im Alltag: Glück ist eine Frage der Lebenskunst. Hundert Geschichten des chinesischen Zen-Meisters aus New York, die zeigen, worauf es ankommt. Was man sich merken und was man am besten vergessen sollte. Worüber man lachen, was man loslassen und wie man weitermachen kann: die Anleitung zum Glücklichsein.

As the revenues generated by big-time college sports continue to skyrocket, virtually all of the debate involves whether (and how much) student-athletes should be paid for play. Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams Jr., argue that "student" has to come first: the focus should be on prioritizing a meaningful education. They draw on new research to reveal that it has become increasingly difficult for college athletes to balance school and sports, much less a social life, leading to serious economic, professional, and emotional consequences for young people.