Product Description: For many faculty the desire and need to go abroad is inherent in the nature of their discipline. For others the thought of going abroad for scholarly purposes is completely alien. This book, which was sponsored by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, looks in depth at the international experience of American faculty...read more

Product Description: This new, revised, and expanded edition of the popular Academic’s Handbook is an essential guide for those planning or beginning an academic career.Faculty members, administrators, and professionals with experience at all levels of higher education offer candid, practical advice to help beginning academics understand matters including:— The different kinds of institutions of higher learning and expectations of faculty at each...read more

Product Description: Roger Fry, a core member of the Bloomsbury Group, was involved with all aspects of the art market as artist, critic, curator, historian, journalist, advisor to collectors, and gallery operator. He is especially remembered as the person who introduced postimpressionist art to Britain...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is an examination of the interaction between economics and national security, which explores why the area of security studies has long been neglected by economists, even though defence and wartime expenditures regularly consume large portions of government income...read more

Product Description: In this book, Professors Goodwin and Nacht present the only examination to date on the burgeoning American interest in overseas study. Attempting to lead the reader into and through this broad field, the authors investigate the numerous foreign study policies and programs...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This new, revised, and expanded edition of the popular Academic’s Handbook is an essential guide for those planning or beginning an academic career.Faculty members, administrators, and professionals with experience at all levels of higher education offer candid, practical advice to help beginning academics understand matters including:— The different kinds of institutions of higher learning and expectations of faculty at each...read more