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A Matter of Conscience
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 366

A Matter of Conscience

Sherry Hoppe tells the story of her love for and the mystery surrounding her husband Bobby Hoppe, a hometown football hero with a dark secret from his past.

Maxine Smith's Unwilling Pupils
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 320

Maxine Smith's Unwilling Pupils

Maxine Smith's Unwilling Pupils is the authorized biography of Maxine Atkins Smith. As such it tells the story of the civil rights movement in Memphis from Smith's viewpoint. Primarily based on newspaper accounts from the 1960s and 1970s and on Smith's papers housed at the Memphis Public Library, the book also draws from a rich source of interviews conducted by the coauthors and others. This book presents a well-balanced historical background of the civil rights era even while serving as a tribute to Maxine Smith and her work. A panoramic view of Maxine's life, Maxine Smith's Unwilling Pupils, presents one woman's struggle as a prism for understanding the human dimensions of the fight for eq...

Service-Learning
  • Language: en

Service-Learning

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-07-30
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  • Publisher: Praeger

Although service-learning programs can have diverse theoretical roots, faculty who engage their students in service-learning may not be be cognizant of alternatives to the one they adopt. This book presents not only a historical perspective, but it also debates the theories and issues surrounding the conflicts inherent in those theories. One theory, based on a philanthropic model, engages students in a commitment to serve others from a sense of gratitude for their own good fortunes or from a desire to give back to communities from which they have benefited. Typically, service-learning programs based on the philanthropic or communitarian models deal with the overt needs of community members. ...

Searching for Spirituality in Higher Education
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 316

Searching for Spirituality in Higher Education

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: Peter Lang

Searching for Spirituality in Higher Education brings together eclectic points of view on spirituality, drawing upon various theoretical perspectives to frame a discussion of spirituality in higher education. Following a comprehensive review of the current literature on spirituality, chapters examine the relationship between religion and spirituality and explore related legal issues. Subsequent theory chapters make no unified claims about the basis of spirituality, reflecting the speculative nature of an ethereal subject. The final section contains rich examples that explore ways to integrate spirituality in several academic disciplines as well as in student affairs. In its entirety, the book encompasses a comprehensive review of the salient issues related to spirituality in higher education. The volume will be useful in courses on religion, nursing, business, and the humanities.

Let Me Tell You a Story
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 244

Let Me Tell You a Story

Storytelling has been an art and form of entertainment for many cultures for thousands of years. Every family has their special stories. In this way culture is created and passed down to future generations. The stories in this collection represent five generations of our family. Our family would sit around a dinner table or a campfire and tell and retell these stories from the past. Our family loved the sharing of humor through this special communication. In this way we also shared each other’s lives. My family has asked that I record these so that they will be passed on to future generations so that they might enjoy them as well. All of the stories elicit laughter because of the humor. The stories are organized around themes. The one thing that is constant about the stories is that they are all “true stories”.

Leading from the Middle
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 210

Leading from the Middle

Pity the humble academic. Moving from a faculty position to an administrative office frequently entails gaining considerable responsibility-but ambiguous power. The hope of these two authors is that this volume will serve as a reference and a source of support for current associate and assistant deans and as a window into these jobs for faculty who may be considering such a role. Staff positions often come with detailed job descriptions and reporting lines, but the role of associate/assistant deans is often ill-defined and dependent upon the personality of the dean they serve. The authors thus begin their discussion with an examination of the relationship between these two positions, setting...

The Writing Center Director's Resource Book
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 569

The Writing Center Director's Resource Book

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-11-12
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  • Publisher: Routledge

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 of specific settings that represent the types of challenges and possible outcomes writing center professionals may experience. This blend of theory with actual practice provides a multi-dimensional view of writing center work. In the end, this book serves not only as a resource but also as a guide to future directions for the writing center, which will continue to evolve in response to a myriad of new challenges that will lie ahead.

Hooked But Not Hopeless
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 189

Hooked But Not Hopeless

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-12-10
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Why are some people more vulnerable to addiction than others? Why isn't willpower enough to escape the lure of addiction? Why can't enablers and co-dependents help the addict? Where can the addict find hope? What are the keys to recovery? How can an addict stay unhooked? Addiction is ugly and it's not curable. But it doesn't have to be fatal-for the addict or the family. Many addicts survive to live a better life, and broken families are often healed. But admitting the condition, acknowledging the awful reality, requires courage. And staying clean takes commitment and determination. The temptation to abuse again is always present. But the power to fight-and even begin the battle anew-lies wi...

Sips of Sustenance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 218

Sips of Sustenance

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-12-19
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  • Publisher: Unknown

How can I find the strength to go on living without my spouse? Exactly what happens after death? How can I deal with the "why's" and "if only's" that haunt me? If I can't find peace, does that mean my faith isn't real? Will there ever be an end to my grieving? These and countless other questions swirl through our minds when death steals a beloved spouse. Heartbroken and alone, our spirit thirsts for nourishment. In the early stages of loss when our insides are heaving, though, a sip of sustenance is likely all we can swallow. Words of wisdom must come in small doses. Dr. Sherry Hoppe, author of A Matter of Conscience, shares sips of sustenance to help you through the grief journey. Tapping the wisdom of well-known writers, Dr. Hoppe explores the many difficult aspects of grieving, offering insight on how to survive sorrow and find life again on the other side of despair. While Dr. Hoppe writes about the experience of losing her husband, her words offer hope to anyone struggling with grief and looking for guideposts to climb from the chasm.

Handbook of Blended Shore Education
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 349

Handbook of Blended Shore Education

As we confront the future of our professional endeavors, we tend to rely with con?dence on longstanding and widely honored assumptions about the world and ourselves. We believe we have accumulated sturdy structures of knowledge, eff- tive practices, and sound values. Yet, we rely on these resources with scant c- sciousness that in the long run our assumptions, practices, and values may not only be inimical to the viability of our profession, but as well, oppressive in their effects on others. There is at least one assumption – common across many professions and cultures – that is of particular signi?cance. It is the assumption that the world is made up of discrete entities or units. Ther...