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White American Youth: My Descent into America’s Most Violent Hate Movement – And How I got Out. (2017). Christian Picciolini. New York, Ne...

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Universities and their cities: urban higher education in America, by Steven J. Diner, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017, ISBN 978-1-4214...

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Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race, Book by: Reni Eddo-Lodge. Publisher: London: Bloomsbury Circus, Pages: 272. ISBN: 978-1408...

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Treadgold, W. (2018). The university we need: Reforming American higher education. Encounter Books. (1-184), $15.90 for hardcover, ISBN 978159403...

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Serving the New Majority Student: Working from within to Transform the Institution (2018). Edited by: Eric Malm and Marguerite Weber. Lanham, Maryland...

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Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success by: Tia McNair,  Susan Albertine, Michelle Asha Cooper, Nicole ...

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Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People (2013). by Banaji, Mahzarin & Greenwald, Anthony, 254 pp. Dawin Whiten, Mustang Success Center, Cal Po...

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Violence Goes to College: The Authoritative Guide to Prevention, Intervention, and Response (3rd edition). 2018. Authors: Christopher Bollinger, Rebec...

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High-Impact Advising: A Guide for Academic Advisors, Sue Ohrablo (2018). Denver, CO: Academic Impressions, 301 pp. $54.99 ISBN978-1-948658-00-3, https...

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Decoding College: Stories, Strategies, and Struggles of First-Generation College Students. (2017). Book by Kallie Clark. Review by Rafael R. Almanzar....

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BkRev #1849: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure. (2018). Grek Lukianoff and ...

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College Aspirations and Access in Working-Class Rural Communities. (2018). Sonja Ardoin. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. 123pp. Price: $85 (Hardcov...

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The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids, Alexandra Robbins, New York, NY, Hatchette Books, Price: $11.14, Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4013-0201-6...

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Learning Life: The Path to Academic Success and Personal Happiness. (2016) Adam Burke. San Francisco. Rainor Media. $46.80, ISBN 9780963396198 Revi...

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The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter- and How to Make the Most of Them Now. (2012). Dr. Meg Jay. New York: Hachette Book Group. 273 pp. $17.0...

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Book Rev 1837. How Higher-Ed Leaders Derail: A Survival Guide for Leaders. (2018). Patrick Sanaghan with Jillian Lohndorf. Denver, CO: Academic Impres...

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Smarter, Faster, Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity (2016). Charles DuHigg. New York. Random House. $17.00, ISBN 9780812983593...

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Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2018). Book by Joseph E. Aoun. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 216 pp. $17.95, (Pa...

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Ready, Willing, and Able: A Developmental Approach to College Access and Success, Mandy Savitz-Romer and Suzanne M. Bouffard, Cambridge, MA, Harvard E...

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Book Review #1845. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. Reprint edition (April 7, 2015). Malcolm Gladwell. New York,...

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Publicly Engaged Scholars: Next-Generation Engagement and the Future of Higher Education. (2016). Margaret A. Post, Elaine Ward, Nicholas W. Longo, Jo...

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So You Want to Talk About Race. (2018). Ijeoma Oluo. New York, NY: Seal Press. 256 pp., $19.65 (hardcover). ISBN 978-1580056779. Review by Kelsie Pie,...

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Concequences: A Memoir, by Eric Fair, ISBN: 978-1-250-11842-4, Picador Publishing, Review by Kenan Kurspahic, Mentoring and Advising Center, Georgia G...

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In Defense of a Liberal Education (CD Audiobook), Fareed Zakaria, ISBN: 978-1442-389672, $23.99. Review by Elicia Kimble Dick, M.A. College of Ar...

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Detained and Deported: Stories of Immigrant Families Under Fire. (2015). Margaret Regan. Beacon Press, 247 pp. $18.00 (Paperback). ISBN #978-0-8070-79...

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Smarter, Faster, Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity (2016). Charles DuHigg. New York. Random House. $17.00, ISBN 9780812983593. Rev...

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Hinton, Anthony Ray, et al. The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row. St. Martin's Press, 2018. Review by Frank Benefiel...

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What’s next for student veterans? Moving from transition to academic success. (2017). David DiRamio (Ed.). Columbia: University of South Carolin...

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BkRev #1830. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich. (2017) Norman Ohler. Boston: Houhgton Mifflin Harcourt. 292 pp. Price $28.00, ISBN: 978-1-328-66379-5 ...

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The New Geography of Jobs. (2013). Book by Enrico Moretti. Review by Dr. Heather N. Maietta. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Compan...

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#1817 Educated: A Memoir. (2018). Tara Westover. New York: Random House, 332 pp. ISBN: 978-0-399-59050-4. Price $28 Raquel Fong, Office of Student ...

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BkRev #1827.  The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters. (2016). Sean Carroll.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton ...

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Historian Page Smith offers a scathing and unvarnished assessment of the state of higher education in Killing the Spirit: Higher Education in America....

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BkRev #1825. Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy. (2012). Christopher Hayes. New York: Broadway. 292pp. $16.00. ISBN #978-0-307-72046-7,...

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BkRev#1824. The Jaguar’s Children. (2015). John Vaillant. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 268 pp. $14.95 (Paperback). ISBN # 978-0-544-5702...

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BkRev #1831. I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad. (2017). Souad Mekhennet. New York: Henry Hold and Company, 354 pp. $30.00...

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Refuge: A Memoir. (2017). Dina Nayert, Riverhead Books. 320 pp., $19.99, ISBN: 978-1-59448-705-7. Kim Wright, Utah Valley University, wrightki@uvu....

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#1832. Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream. (2014). Davis, Joshua. New York: Farrar, Strau...

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