Faculty Support: Books

Readers from a range of disciplinary interests will find the book both compelling and valuable to understanding campus crime as a newly constructed social reality.

The Moral University examines the ways that universities act morally toward students, faculty, their communities and the nation. It considers the effectiveness of moral reasoning courses in the curriculum and the growth of leadership courses.

While outlining what makes the status quo dysfunctional, Lowering Higher Educational offers recommendations that have the potential to reinvigorate liberal education.

This comprehensive, encyclopedic review explores gender and its impact on American higher education across historical and cultural contexts.

Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self-control.