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May Highlights... It's the end of one cycle and the beginning of a new one. We can help with Stretching the Budget. This is a great time to consider professional development needs and wants. Here's what we can do to help:
NISOD 2012 The annual NISOD conference will be held in Austin, TX from May 27-30. We will be exhibiting there, so please stop by to say hello and have an opportunity to review titles. Authors of our forthcoming title, Attaining an Academic Appointment, Bill McHenry and Jim McHenry will be there for the premier and will sign books and talk with people. New Book:
We are pleased to announce that Attaining an Academic Appointment by Bill McHenry, S. Kent Butler, and Jim McHenry will soon be available to our readers. The book is perfect for the new graduate or the academic searching for a new position, particularly as the end of the semester draws near. Pre-order and receive a 20% discount. Annual Hurt Book Sale Each year we offer our "hurt" books at drastically reduced rates. All of them are readable. Most have creased or scratched covers. It's a perfect opportunity for struggling grad students to save money on valuable materials, or for instructors to test out a title for course adoption. Quantities are limited! The sale lasts through May 31, 2012. Click here to review the list. Congratulations to Charles Taylor We wanted to congratulate colleague and long-time friend of Atwood Publishing, Charles Taylor, on the launch of his new website, Diversity Benefits Everyone. Dr. Taylor has spent his career and lifetime advocating for and working towards educational access and equity and his new site advances those efforts. We are pleased and excited to watch this unfold and encourage everyone to visit his site. • Searching for a New Textbook? • We offer a selection of texts for your new semester. Look them over to find a new textbook to enrich and enliven your education courses. Click here to see a list or browse any of our teaching titles. Announcing... We are pleased to announce that we will soon have a new website. In conjunction with the new site, we plan to have a variety of interactive components, such as special offers, announcements, White Papers, Occasional Essays (see below), conference previews, and more ideas as they develop. In preparation, we are inviting website visitors to subscribe to our mailing list so that you can learn about the new components just as soon as they happen. To subscribe, click here. NEWS Angela Provitera McGlynn has a wonderful essay featured in Community College Week's POV section. It focuses on the issues in her latest book, Envisioning Equity. We encourage you to visit their site and join the discussion. And view information about the book. New Case Studies Now Available We are launching a new project now: Our individual case studies for focusing on classroom communication with an emphasis on diversity and sustainability. Visit their page to learn more. New Titles: We have some really special new titles. Check them out by following the links. For those interested in distance or online education, see MindMeld: Micro-Collaboration between eLearning Designers and Instructor Experts by Jon D. Aleckson and Penny Ralston-Berg. For those interested in the inclusive classroom and how educators and administrators can work towards it, see Envisioning Equity: Educating and Graduating Low-income, First-generation, and Minority College Students by Angela Provitera McGlynn. And for teachers and administrators interested in a direct, succinct volume for new educators, see Elements of College Teaching David K. Irving. Each of these new titles is being offered at a special pre-publication rate. See the individual titles for details. Now Available
Department Chair Leadership Skills
A Process Approach to General Education Reform: Transforming
Institutional Culture in Higher Education
The Dynamic Classroom: Engaging Students in Higher
Education
The Archetypal Hero's Journey in Teaching and
Learning: Something New for Academic Leaders We have started an exciting new feature that we call Occasional Essays for those in leadership positions. We envision new essays at least 4 times a year. Because we do not wish to send you information that you may not want, we ask that you sign up to receive the Essays or notification that they have been posted. Click on the icon to subscribe or to view our Our premier essay was "Hard Times, Tough Decisions," by Harry Peterson, author of Leading a Small College or University and may be viewed as well. Doing More with Less... We know that many institutions are struggling to do just that do more with less resources. We want to help in the ways we can. From time to time, we will announce special offers, so check back frequently. We would like to highlight two special offers: The New Instructor Package and Veteran Instructor Package. Both packages offer several books for $50.00 about a 33% savings. Or, browse our site for other exciting ideas.
NOW AVAILABLE
Concepts and Choices for Teaching: Just in time for the new semester. An updated edition of a classic.
NOW AVAILABLE
Premiered at the Distance Teaching and Learning Conference in Madison, WI, this volume shares "tips" garnered from the accumulated years of work of the authors. It is a critical topic for a critical time.
Beyond Subject Matter
Expertise: Recently premiered at the annual meeting of NISOD, this new title is designed to help the new educator learn the basics of preparing a class, seminar, or training session. It is designed for educators as well as those who don't think of themselves as educators but find themselves in that role.
NEW!
147 Publishing Tips for
Professors Just in time for planning
your publishing projects. See what you can do now to prepare for a career of
publishing success. CONGRATULATIONS! 2009 AERA Outstanding Research Publication Award Congratulations to Kathleen King and Joan Griggs, editors of the collected volume, Harnessing Innovative Technology in Higher Education. The award was presented at the American Education Research Association Division I meeting on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 in San Diego. Kathleen King was there to accept the award. The book is a collection of analyses of a number of the FIPSE projects, each of which was designed to create and implement creative new programs to further the possibilities of technology in higher education. Click here to learn more about the book.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Susan Petrilli, author of
Approaches to Communication, has been
named the 2008 recipient of the Sebeok Fellow Award presented by the
Semiotics Society of America. The award is given in honor of Thomas A.
Sebeok.
NEWS: Atwood Publishing offers books and related products for higher education professionals. We invite you to preview our books, examine their tables of contents, and meet their authors. Click on your topic of choice. |
         
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