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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452309303321

Titolo

The writing center director's resource book / / edited by Christina Murphy, Byron L. Stay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-281-07605-8

1-135-60041-4

9786611076054

0-203-93311-7

1-4294-6300-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (473 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MurphyChristina

StayByron L. <1947->

Disciplina

808/.042/071

Soggetti

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching

Report writing - Study and teaching (Higher)

Writing centers - Administration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I : Writing Centers and Institutional Change; Chapter 1. Time Warp: Historical Representations of Writing Center Directors; Chapter 2. Kairos and the Writing Center: Modern Perspectives on an Ancient Idea; Chapter 3. Writing a Sustainable History: Mapping Writing Center Ethos; Chapter 4. The Writing Center Summer Institute: Backgrounds, Development, Vision; Chapter 5. Growing Our Own: Writing Centers as Historically Fertile Fields for Professional Development; Chapter 6. Designing a Strategic Plan for a Writing Center

Chapter 7. "If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail": Strategic Planning and Management for Writing Center DirectorsChapter 8. A Call for Racial Diversity in the Writing Center; Chapter 9. Managing the Center: The Director as Coach; Chapter 10. Documentation Strategies and the Institutional Socialization of Writing Centers; Chapter 11. Directors at the Center: Relationships Across Campus; Chapter 12. The Center Has



Two Faces: Developin

Sommario/riassunto

The Writing Center Director's Resource Book has been developed to serve as a guide to writing center professionals in carrying out their various roles, duties, and responsibilities. It is a resource for those whose jobs not only encompass a wide range of tasks but also require a broad knowledge of multiple issues. The volume provides information on the most significant areas of writing center work that writing center professionals both new and seasoned are likely to encounter. It is structured for use in diverse institutional settings, providing both current knowledge as well as case studies o

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464567403321

Autore

Barnosky Anthony D.

Titolo

Dodging extinction : power, food, money and the future of life on Earth / / Anthony D. Barnosky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-520-95909-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

576.8/4

Soggetti

Mass extinctions

Extinction (Biology)

Conservation of natural resources

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Last Ones Standing -- 2. It's Not Too Late (Yet) -- 3. A Perfect Storm -- 4. Power -- 5. Food -- 6. Money -- 7. Resuscitation -- 8. Back from the Brink -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Paleobiologist Anthony D. Barnosky weaves together evidence from the deep past and the present to alert us to the looming Sixth Mass Extinction and to offer a practical, hopeful plan for avoiding it. Writing



from the front lines of extinction research, Barnosky tells the overarching story of geologic and evolutionary history and how it informs the way humans inhabit, exploit, and impact Earth today. He presents compelling evidence that unless we rethink how we generate the power we use to run our global ecosystem, where we get our food, and how we make our money, we will trigger what would be the sixth great extinction on Earth, with dire consequences. Optimistic that we can change this ominous forecast if we act now, Barnosky provides clear-cut strategies to guide the planet away from global catastrophe. In many instances the necessary technology and know-how already exist and are being applied to crucial issues around human-caused climate change, feeding the world's growing population, and exploiting natural resources. Deeply informed yet accessibly written, Dodging Extinction is nothing short of a guidebook for saving the planet.