Author: Eugene OwenPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437916309
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Comparative Indicators of Education in the U. S. and Other G-8 Countries (2009)
Author: Eugene OwenPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437916309
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries
Author: Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries, 2006
Author: International encyclopedia of adolescence
Author: Jeffrey Jensen ArnettPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0415966671
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
Book Description
Publisher description
Education Statistics Quarterly
Author: Programs and Plans of the National Center for Education Statistics
Author: National Center for Education StatisticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Educational statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
The True Genius of America at Risk
Author: Katherine C. LyallPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1461645883
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A perfect storm of fiscal and political trends is rapidly forcing the privatization of America's public universities. Unless those who care about preserving these valuable public assets redefine the core purposes of public higher education, college will quickly become a very difficult goal for lower-income citizens to achieve, and the economic future of America will suffer as a consequence. To help avoid this crisis, Lyall and Sell have opened a candid public policy discussion about the future of public universities. This is the only book-length treatment of public higher education finance at the beginning of the twenty-first century that looks comprehensively at state experiments and dilemmas, and attempts to envision possible future paths. Lyall and Sell describe market forces that are eroding the traditional partnership between states and public universities, and explain how the search for new revenue sources is refocusing the basic goals of public universities. Through their focus on the past and the future of public higher education, the authors manage to clarify what has gone wrong and what can be done to save these valuable American institutions. A number of new state experiments in restructuring higher education governance and organization are summarized and used as models in the work. Both economic and political evidence is also summarized for the reader's benefit. The authors demonstrate how the interaction between recent trends has driven unintended consequences. Chapters in the book stand on their own and can be used selectively in courses, and appendix pages provide thumbnail summaries of individual issues. Higher education leaders, governors and legislators with education and economic development agendas, and statewide education governing boards should all find this book to be of strong interest.
The Journal of Materials Education
Author: Biomedical Ethics for Engineers
Author: Daniel A. ValleroPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080476104
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Biomedical Ethics for Engineers provides biomedical engineers with a new set of tools and an understanding that the application of ethical measures will seldom reach consensus even among fellow engineers and scientists. The solutions are never completely technical, so the engineer must continue to improve the means of incorporating a wide array of societal perspectives, without sacrificing sound science and good design principles.Dan Vallero understands that engineering is a profession that profoundly affects the quality of life from the subcellular and nano to the planetary scale. Protecting and enhancing life is the essence of ethics; thus every engineer and design professional needs a foundation in bioethics. In high-profile emerging fields such as nanotechnology, biotechnology and green engineering, public concerns and attitudes become especially crucial factors given the inherent uncertainties and high stakes involved. Ethics thus means more than a commitment to abide by professional norms of conduct. This book discusses the full suite of emerging biomedical and environmental issues that must be addressed by engineers and scientists within a global and societal context. In addition it gives technical professionals tools to recognize and address bioethical questions and illustrates that an understanding of the application of these measures will seldom reach consensus even among fellow engineers and scientists.· Working tool for biomedical engineers in the new age of technology· Numerous case studies to illustrate the direct application of ethical techniques and standards· Ancillary materials available online for easy integration into any academic program