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The first systematic analysis of American literature textbooks used by college instructors in the last century. Scholars have long noted the role that college literary anthologies play in the rising and falling reputations of American authors. Canons by Consensus examines this classroom fixture in detail to challenge and correct a number of assumptions about the development of the literary canon throughout the 20th century. Joseph Csicsila analyzes more than 80 anthologies published since 1919 and traces not only the critical fortunes of individual authors, but also the treatment of entire genres and groupings of authors by race, region, gender, and formal approach. In doing so, he calls into question accusations of deliberate or inadvertent sexism and racism. Selections by anthology editors, Csicsila demonstrates, have always been governed far more by prevailing trends in academic criticism than by personal bias. Academic anthologies are found to constitute a rich and often overlooked resource for studying American literature, as well as an irrefutable record of the academy's changing literary tastes throughout the last century. "[This] is an innovative piece of scholarship—provocative by implication, lucid in presentation, steady in judgment. What the author has done is to methodically drill test bores through strata of representations of American literature. . . . No one in the future ought to be able to make overarching claims about the American literary canon without first checking here the facts of the cases in question."—from the Foreword by Tom Quirk Joseph Csicsila is Assistant Professor of English at Eastern Michigan University where he was recognized with the 2002 Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching. Tom Quirk is Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the author of Nothing Abstract: Investigations in the American Literary Imagination. more...

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Challenging Boundaries   is a key resource for managers, researchers, and policy makers in the fields of Higher Education and Further Education. Around the world, post-compulsory education is divided between Universities and Community-based Colleges. However, in response to a range of social and economic forces there has been a growth in the number of dual sector institutions (or "duals") that span this divide. Challenging Boundaries brings together leading international thinkers, policy analysts, academic managers, and researchers who question whether duals can provide relevant education to students and appropriate graduates for the economy, while also offering greater opportunities to disadvantaged students. more...

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This fascinating book draws on the expertise of those currently making a stimulating contribution to the literature on doctoral education. Questions are posed about the purposes of doctoral study and how it is changing. more...

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This text is written for use in a second course in circuit analysis. It encompasses a spectrum of subjects ranging from the most abstract to the most practical, and the material can be covered in one semester or two quarters.The reader of this book should have the traditional undergraduate knowledge of an introductory circuit analysis material such as Circuit Analysis I with MATLAB®Computing and Simulink®/ SimPowerSystems®Modeling, ISBN 978-1-934404-17-1. Another prerequisite would be a basic knowledge of differential equations, and in most cases, engineering students at this level have taken all required mathematics courses. Appendix H serves as a review of differential equations with emphasis on engineering related topics and it is recommended for readers who may need a review of this subject. more...

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Collaborative working is increasingly becoming a key feature of academic life in Higher Education. Traditionally, university culture supported individual research and scholarship. Today, the academic role has shifted from a focus on the individual to a focus on the group or team. Collaborative Working in Higher Education takes the reader on a journey of examination, discussion, reflection and suggestions for developing practice via a broad overview of the key aspects of collaboration and collaborative working, informed by focused case studies and an international perspective provided by contributing authors. more...

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