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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464975603321

Autore

Barr Margaret J.

Titolo

Making change happen in student affairs : challenges and strategies / / Margaret J. Barr, George S. McClellan, Arthur Sandeen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-90357-9

Edizione

[1]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Classificazione

EDU038000

Disciplina

378.1/97

Soggetti

Student affairs services

College student development programs

Student affairs administrators

Educational change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Preface iv Acknowledgments vii About the Authors ix 1 Using Foundational Documents and Ethics in Our Work 2 Applying Theory, Literature, and Data to Practice 3 Using Resources to Effect Change 4 Utilizing Technology in Search of Success 5 Advocating for Some Students While Serving All Students 6 Fulfilling Our Responsibilities as Educators 7 Reframing Our Professional Practice as Institutional Leaders, Entrepreneurs, and Change Agents 8 Looking Toward the Future References Cases Statutes.

Sommario/riassunto

Change is inevitable. Managing change is a choice. Authored by three esteemed leaders in the field of student affairs, Making Change Happen in Student Affairs: Challenges and Strategies for Professionals is a thought-provoking and pragmatic guide to the increasingly complex challenges and expectations that administrators face from both students and the public. Whether it's pressure to provide better programs and services with fewer resources, or difficulties grappling with economic challenges and technological change, the book teaches how to become an effective leader and skillful strategist i



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451032003321

Autore

Pratt H. Douglas (Harold Douglas), <1944->

Titolo

The Hawaiian honeycreepers [[electronic resource] ] : Drepanidinae / / H. Douglas Pratt ; colour plates, drawings, and photographs by the author ; bird photographs by Jack Jeffrey ; with an appendix by Sheila Conant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-281-34630-6

9786611346300

0-19-152403-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Collana

Bird families of the world ; ; 12

Disciplina

598.8

Soggetti

Drepanididae

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-333) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of colour plates; List of abbreviations; Plan of the book, names and terms; Honeycreeper Topography; Frequently mispronounced words of Hawaiian origin; PART I: General chapters; PART II: Species accounts; Appendix 1: Honeycreepers in Hawaiian material culture; Appendix 2: Scientific names and families of plants mentioned in the text; Appendix 3: Scientific names, families, and subfamilies of non-Hawaiian birds mentioned in the text; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the most up to date work on honeycreepers, covering the life history, relationships, and biology of the birds. The honeycreepers, with their bright colouration and canary-like songs, are famed for their unique evolutionary history as a geographically isolated group that has undergone a spectacular burst of adaptions to the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago. - ;The Hawaiian Honeycreepers are typified by nectar feeding, their bright colouration, and canary-like songs. They are considered one of the finest examples of adaptive radiation, even more diverse than Darwin's Galapagos fi