BOOK REVIEWS

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BEATING THE COLLEGE BLUES, SECOND EDITION. Paul A. Grayson and Philip W. Meilman. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1999, 234 pages. Reviewed by Jeffrey S. Kaye.

CHEMICALS FOR THE MIND:PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS. Ernest Keen. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000, 142 pages. Reviewed by Gerald Amada.

RECLAIMING OUR CHILDREN: A HEALING PLAN FOR A NATION IN CRISIS. Peter R. Breggin. New York: HarperCollins, 2000, 340 pages. Reviewed by Leighton C. Whitaker.     

The Great Teacher is a Creative Individual

Paradoxes of Education in a Republic By Eva Brann The University of Chicago Press, 1979,172 pages, $12.95. Reviewed by Perry C. Mason.

Group Memory: A Guide to College and Student Survival in the 1980s By Alston Chase Boston: Little, Brown, xviii + 330 pages, $12.95 Reviewed by Robert L. Spaeth.

Paradigms Lost: Reflections on Literacy and Its Decline By John Simon New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1980, 222 pages, index, $12.95. Reviewed by Carol A. Martin.     

Recorded Student Interviews in Improving Instruction

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A Valuable Resource: Key Resources on Teaching, Learning, Curriculum, and Faculty Development By Robert J. Menges and B. Claude Mathis San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988, 406 pages, index, $35. Reviewed by Ohmer Milton

Accomplished Advocates for Change: Women in Academe: Outsiders in the Sacred Grove By Nadya Aisenberg and Mona Harrington Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1988, xii + 207 pages. Reviewed by Amy A. Kass

The Power of Scientific Thought: The Cultural Meaning of the Scientific Revolution By Margaret C. Jacob Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988, xii + 274 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Robert L. Spaeth     

An Analysis of Strategies for Teaching Environmental Concepts and Values Clarification in Kindergarten

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Earthwatching III: An Environmental Reader with Teacher's Guide, edited by Anne Hallowell, Tom Sinclair, Richard Hoops, and Stephen Wittman. University of Wisconsin, Madison: Institute for Environmental Studies and Sea Grant Institute, 1990. 160 pages. Paperback, $3.50 ($3.00 for ten or more). Reviewed by David C. Engleson.

The Global Ecology Handbook: What You Can Do about the Environmental Crisis, edited by Walter H. Corson, Boston: Beacon Press, 1990. 414 pages. Paperback, $16.95. Reviewed by David C. Engleson

Ecophilosophy: A Field Guide to the Literature, Donald Edward Davis. San Pedro, California: R &; E Miles, 1989. 137 pages. Paperback, $8.95. Reviewed by Deborah A. Simmons.

The Human Impact on The Natural Environment (third edition), Andrew Goudie. Basil Blackwell, Ltd., 1990. 388 pages. Paperback, $17.50. Reviewed by Margaret Millett Zemach.

Envisioning a Sustainable Society: Learning Our Way Out, Lester W. Milbrath. State University of New York Press, 1989. 403 pages. Paperback, $18.95. Reviewed by Margaret Millett Zemach.     

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A How-To Book that Inspires: A Practical Handbook for College Teachers By Barbara Schneider Fuhrmann and Anthony F. Grasha Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1983, 315 pages, index, $24.95 hardbound, $10.95 softbound. Reviewed by Anthony A. Ciccone

Disturbing Aspects of Private Power: Private Power for the Public Good: A History of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching By Ellen Condliffe Lagemann Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1983, xix + 246 pages, $17.95. Reviewed by Robert L. Spaeth

Good Strategy—But No Revolution: Academic Strategy: The Management Revolution in American Higher Education By George Keller Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983, xii + 211 pages, index, $18.50 hardback, $8.95 paperback. Reviewed by Sylvester P. Theisen     

Great Teaching and the Fullness of Life

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Issues in Academic Freedom George S. Worgul, Jr., editor Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1992, 184 pages, $32.50 Reviewed by Robert L. Spaeth

A Different Sort of Time: The Life of Jerrold R. Zacharias, Scientist, Engineer, Educator By Jack S. Goldstein Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1992, 310 pages, $35.00 Reviewed by Frieda A. Stahl     

BOOK REVIEWS

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CHEATING OUR KIDS: HOW POLITICS AND GREED RUIN EDUCATION. Joe Williams. Palgrave Macmillan, 272 pages, 2005, $24.95, Hardcover. Reviewed by JC Bowman.

THE TEACHERS UNIONS: HOW THE NEA AND AFT SABOTAGE REFORM AND HOLD STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND TAXPAYERS HOSTAGE TO BUREAUCRACY. Myron Lieberman. Free Press, 320 pages, 1997, $25.00, Hardcover. Reviewed by JC Bowman.

CRASH COURSE: IMAGINING A BETTER FUTURE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. Chris Whittle. Riverhead Books, 269 pages, 2005, $24.95, Hardcover. Reviewed by JC Bowman.     

Students' Views of Teaching

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Much To Do About Writing: Teaching and Assessing Writing By Edward M. White San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985, 304 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by David Taylor

A Poignant, Colorful Portrait: Refugee Scholars in America: Their Impact and Their Experiences By Lewis A. Coser New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1984, xviii + 351 pages, $25.00. Reviewed by R. W. Franklin     

Improving My Instruction

The Uncertain Profession: Harvard and the Search for Educational Authority Arthur G. Powell Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980, 341 pages, index, $18.50. Reviewed by Michael P. Zuckert

On College Teaching: A Guide to Contemporary Practices By Ohmer Milton and Associates San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1978, 404 pages, $14.95. Reviewed by Richard Leahy     

New books

Spoken and Written English. By Henry Bradley. Oxford, at the Clarendon Press. 1919. Pp. 35.

Talking Business. By John Mantle Clapp, Lecturer on the Language of Business in New York University. The Ronald Press Company. New York, 1920. 526 pages.

The New World. College Readings in English. By Harold Bruce and Guy Montgomery. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1920. 464 pages.

Abraham Lincoln. A play. By John Drinkwater. New York: Houghton‐Mifflin Company. 1920. 112 pages.

Choosing a Play. Revised and enlarged. By Gertrude E. Johnson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech Education in the University of Wisconsin. New York: The Century Co. 1920.

The Greek Orators. By J. F. Dobson, M.A.. London: Methuen. New York: Dutton. 1919. Pp.314.     

Sharing the Excitement of Learning

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Toward a Literate America Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs To Know By E. D. Hirsch, Jr. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987, xvii + 251 pages, $16.95. Reviewed by Fauneil J. Rinn

Changing the Odds Academic Women, Working towards Equality By Angela Simeone South Hadley, Massachusetts: Bergin &; Garvey, 1987, 161 pages, $27.95 hardbound, $10.95 softbound. Reviewed by Pheme Perkins

Fruitful Background for Reasonable Discussion Orators and Philosophers: A History of the Idea of Liberal Education By Bruce Kimball New York: Teachers College/Columbia University, 1986, xix + 293 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by Geoffrey Comber     

Toward an Urban Ecological Structure

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Environmental Education in the 21st Century: Theory, Practice, Progress and Promise , by Joy A. Palmer. London/New York: Routledge. 1998. Paperback. 284 pages. ISBN 0-415-13197-9.

Ecology: A Bridge Between Science and Society , 2nd Edition, by Eugene P. Odum. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates. 1997. Paperback. 330 pages. $24.95. ISBN 0-87893-630-0.

Yakoana: The Voice of Indigenous Peoples . New York: Parabola, 1997. Color video, 60 minutes, $29.95. ISBN 0-930407-43-1.

In Accord with Nature: Helping Students Form an Environmental Ethic Using Outdoor Experience and Reflection , by Clifford Knapp. Charleston, WV: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools. 1999. Paperback. $19.00. ISBN 1-880785-20-X.

An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues , 2nd Edition, by Kevin T. Pickering and Lewis A. Owen. New York: Routledge. 1997. Hardback. 512 pages. $100. ISBN 0-415-14098-6. Paperback. $22.99 ISBN 0-415-14099-4.

John Muir: To Yosemite and Beyond , edited by Robert Engberg and Donald Wesling. Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press. 1999. Paperback. 171 pages. $12.95. ISBN 0-87480-580-5.

Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today's Environmental Problems , by Steve Lerner. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 1998. Paperback. 397 pages. $16.50. ISBN 0-262-2124-X.     

College Students' Reasons for Concealing Suicidal Ideation

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THE MENTAL HEALTH DESK REFERENCE, by Elizabeth Welfel and R. Elliot Ingersoll. New York: John Wiley &; Sons, Inc., 2001, 529 pages. Reviewed by Deborah M. Megivern.

MENTAL HEALTH AND STUDENT CONDUCT ISSUES ON THE COLLEGE CAMPUS: A READING, by Gerald Amada. Asheville, NC: College Administration Publications, Inc., 2001, 230 pages. Reviewed by John L. DiMino.     

Campus Subculture and Academic Underachievement

Successful Writing in All Disciplines: Language Connections: Writing and Reading across the Curriculum Edited by Toby Fulwiler and Art YoungUrbana, Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English, 1982, 190 pages, $10.75 paperback. Reviewed by Richard Leahy

A Quiet Revolution: The Adult Learner on Campus By Jerold W. AppsChicago: Follet Publishing Company, 1981, 264 pages, index, $17.95. Reviewed by Gary W. Peterson     

Freshman Disorientation

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A Provocative Collection The War against the Intellect: Episodes In the Decline of Discourse By Peter Shaw Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1989, 181 pages, $22.50 hardcover, $10.95 paperback. Reviewed by Robert L. Spaeth

Giving Freshmen What They Deserve The Freshman Year Experience M. Lee Upcraft, John N. Gardner and Associates San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989, 443 pages, $32.95 Reviewed by Roy Starling     

The Lecture

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Inspiration from an “Oasis of Possibility” Lives on the Boundary: The Struggles and Achievements of America's Underprepared By Mike Rose New York: The Free Press, 1989, xiv + 242 pages, notes, bibliography, $22.95 Reviewed by Elizabeth A. Spaeth

Invitation to Eavesdrop Voices In American Education By Bernard Murchland Ann Arbor, Michigan: Prakken Publications, 1990, 219 pages, $15.00 Reviewed by Martha Kendall     

Aims in Communication Courses

Ethics Teaching in Higher Education Edited by Daniel Callahan and Sissela Bok New York: Plenum Press, 1980, 315 pages, index, $19.50. Reviewed by Linda M. Hansen

The Assessment of College Performance: A Handbook of Techniques and Measures for Institutional Self-Evaluation By Richard I. Miller San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1979, 374 pages, $15.95. Reviewed by Burton L. Grover

Showdown Semester: Advice from a Writing Professor By Martin Russ New York: Crown Publishers, 1980, 214 pp., $9.95. Reviewed by Marco A. Portales     

The Problem of the Inarticulate

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A Few Good Apples An Apple for My Teacher: Twelve Authors Tell About Teachers Who Made the Difference Edited by Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987, xiv + 186 pages, $10.95 Reviewed by Roy Starling

Abrasive but Hopeful: The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students By Allan Bloom New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987, 392 pages, $18.95 Reviewed by Robert L. Spaeth     

General Education and Graduate Education

Renewing Liberal Education: A Primer By Francis J. Wuest Kansas City, Missouri: Project for Change in Liberal Education, 225 pages, $6.50 paperback. Reviewed by Annette Atkins.

Academic Culture and Faculty Development By Mervin Freedman, with Wesley Brown, Norbert Ralph, Robert Shukraft, Michael Bloom, and Nevitt Sanford Orinda, California: Montaigne Press, 1979, 173 pages, index, $8.95 paperback. Reviewed by Frederick Stirton Weaver.     

The Troubled Student

Can Consensus Come from Our Present Disarray?: The State of the Nation and the Agenda for Higher Education By Howard Bowen San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1982, 212 pages, index, $13.95. Reviewed by W. B. Allen

A Valuable Tool for Educational Reform On Teaching and Learning in College By Paul L. Dressel and Dora Marcus San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1982, 241 pages, index, $16.95. Reviewed by Frederick Stirton Weaver