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Books by Joseph Devitis
  | | Colleges at the Crossroads(Updated) Taking Sides on Contested Issues (Counterpoints) by Joseph L. Devitis, Pietro A. Sasso Paperback, 524 Pages, Published 2018 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-3421-0, ISBN: 1-4331-3421-7 "Focusing on crucial issues in higher education, this book challenges readers to go beyond taken-for-granted assumptions about America’s colleges and universities and instead critically examine important questions facing them in today’s troubled world. Each chapter presents divergent perspectives, that is, "pro" and "con" views, in the hope of stimulating reasoned dialogue among students, faculty, administrators, and the public at large. ..." |
 | | Today’s College Students(Updated) A Reader (Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society) (English and English Edition) by Pietro A. Sasso, Joseph L. Devitis, Jane Doe Paperback, 424 Pages, Published 2014 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-2394-8, ISBN: 1-4331-2394-0 "A ReaderBroschiertes BuchAmerica's undergraduates truly represent a mind-boggling diversity. Today's College Students: A Reader looks at a wide variety of student groups and identities, which sets it apart from other texts on contemporary college students that do not cover such a broad spectrum. The editors and contributors also invite students, their instructors, and other college/university practitioners to be mindful of the crucial, ..." |
 | | Higher Education and Society(1st Edition) (Hardback) by Joseph L. Devitis, Pietro A. Sasso Hardcover, 310 Pages, Published 2015 by Peter Lang Publishing Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-2871-4, ISBN: 1-4331-2871-3 |
 | | The College Curriculum(1st Edition) A Reader (Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society) by Joseph L. Devitis Paperback, 444 Pages, Published 2013 by Peter Lang International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-1789-3, ISBN: 1-4331-1789-4 "Mark Van Doren, the noted literary scholar, once remarked, «The college is meaningless without a curriculum, but it is more so when it has one that is meaningless.» Many current critics of undergraduate curricula in America assent to the crucial need for programmatic renewal in our colleges and universities. They bemoan the cookie-cutter sameness in far too many of them. The oddity is that U.S. colleges have long touted their «diversity ..." |
 | | Adolescent Education(1st Edition) A Reader (Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society) by Linda Irwin-Devitis, Joseph L. Devitis Paperback, 506 Pages, Published 2010 by Peter Lang Publishing Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-0504-3, ISBN: 1-4331-0504-7 "Written by a prominent array of scholars and practitioners, this book elucidates the complexities, contradictions, and confusion surrounding adolescence in American culture and education. For too long, harmful public myths and lies have portrayed teenagers as a principal cause of our nation s social ills. Similar unfair charges have been lodged against America s teachers and schools throughout our history. This book offers public counte ..." |
 | | Character and Moral Education(1st Edition) A Reader (Hardback) by Joseph L. Devitis, Tianlong Yu Hardcover, 434 Pages, Published 2011 by Peter Lang Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-1100-6, ISBN: 1-4331-1100-4 "Against a formidable national discourse that emphasizes academic standardization, accountability, and high-stakes testing in educational policy, Character and Moral Education: A Reader seeks to re-introduce and revive the moral mission of education in public conversation and practices in Americas schools. With contributions from a prominent array of scholars and practitioners, the book critically analyzes moral education, broadly define ..." |
 | | Making College Better(Updated) Views from the Top (Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society) by Joseph L. Devitis Paperback, 234 Pages, Published 2018 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-3479-1, ISBN: 1-4331-3479-9 |
 | | Higher Education and Society(Updated) by Joseph L. Devitis, Pietro A. Sasso Paperback, 310 Pages, Published 2015 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-2870-7, ISBN: 1-4331-2870-5 "Higher education and society are becoming increasingly intertwined. Both act as a transmitter of culture, yet many colleges and universities also ideally seek to create a more perfectible society and more enlightened, engaged citizens. When the connections between social structures and post-secondary education are closely entangled, the university’s aims can take on a contentious struggle for identity in a vexing web of competing extern ..." |
 | | The Success Ethic, Education, and the American Dream (Suny Series, Education and Culture: Critical Factors in the Formation of Character and Community in American Life) by Joseph L. Devitis, John Martin Rich Paperback, 246 Pages, Published 1996 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-2994-5, ISBN: 0-7914-2994-6 "We also appreciate the encouragement on the project from Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., of the University of Miami; Paul Farber, of Western Michigan University; and Lois Patton, of SUNY Press. Finally, we owe Alan V. Hewat a debt of gratitude for ..." |
 | | Making College Better Views From the Top (Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society) by Irwin-DeVitis, Linda, and DeVitis, Joseph L Hardcover, Published 2018 by Peter Lang Publishing Inc, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-3480-7, ISBN: 1-4331-3480-2 "This timely book, Making College Better: Views from the Top, offers more rational and practical responses to that public outcry by allowing college presidents and chancellors from a wide variety of postsecondary institutions the opportunity ..." |
 | | Building Bridges for Educational Reform(1st Edition) New Approaches to Teacher Education by Joseph L. Devitis, Peter Andre Sola Hardcover, 236 Pages, Published 1989 by Iowa State Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8138-0004-2, ISBN: 0-8138-0004-8 |
 | | The Future of American Higher Education How Today's Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate by Joseph L. DeVitis Hardcover, Published 2022 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-64267-340-1, ISBN: 1-64267-340-4 |
 | | Popular Educational Classics(Updated) A Reader by Joseph L. Devitis Paperback, 422 Pages, Published 2016 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-2833-2, ISBN: 1-4331-2833-0 |
 | | Contemporary Colleges & Universities(1st Edition) A Reader (Adolescent Cultures, School and Society) (Adolescent Cultures, School & Society) by Joseph L. Devitis Paperback, 418 Pages, Published 2013 by Peter Lang Publishing Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-1601-8, ISBN: 1-4331-1601-4 "Today's colleges and universities face countless uncharted challenges and possibilities. They are often prized as national treasures, yet, in tough economic times, they are becoming a major focus of contestation and controversy. This richly comprehensive survey takes a frank look at both polarities of the puzzles of academe. Presenting multiple perspectives on a wide array of crucial issues, the book features realistic representations o ..." |
 | | Critical Civic Literacy(1st Edition) A Reader by Joseph L. Devitis Paperback, 505 Pages, Published 2011 by Peter Lang Publishing Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-1171-6, ISBN: 1-4331-1171-3 "This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2013. Do we live in a democracy? Have we ever practiced democratic education? Will our children and grandchildren inherit a sane or sick society and political order? Those are some of the profound questions that this book tackles, within a broad and evocative conversation on civic literacy in America. Amid calls for academic standardization a ..." |
 | | Student Activism in the Academy Its Struggles and Promise (Education) by Joseph L. Devitis, Pietro A. Sasso Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2018 by Myers Education Press ISBN-13: 978-1-975500-36-8, ISBN: 1-975500-36-9 |
 | | The Future of American Higher Education(1st Edition) How Today's Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate by DeVitis, Joseph L. Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2022 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-64267-341-8, ISBN: 1-64267-341-2 |
 | | The College Curriculum A Reader (Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society) by Joseph L. Devitis Hardcover, 444 Pages, Published 2013 by Peter Lang Pub Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-1788-6, ISBN: 1-4331-1788-6 |
 | | Colleges at the Crossroads Taking Sides on Contested Issues (Hardback) by Joseph L. Devitis, Pietro A. Sasso Hardcover, 524 Pages, Published 2018 by Peter Lang Publishing Inc, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-3422-7, ISBN: 1-4331-3422-5 |
 | | Character and Moral Education(1st Edition) A Reader by Tianlong Yu, Joseph L. Devitis Paperback, 419 Pages, Published 2011 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-1099-3, ISBN: 1-4331-1099-7 |
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