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This edited book contains chapters related to the excellent management and leadership practices currently taking place at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the context an economic recession. Each chapter highlights successful operations at HBCUs from management, leadership, and administrative standpoints in a manner that is not comparative of or overly reliant upon dominant literature, standards, or theories. Amongst the deficit-laden literature regarding the fiscal, accreditation, and governance status of HBCUs are few studies highlighting those institutions successfully operating in a difficult economy. This book fills that gap of information by offering chapters on excellent management and leadership practices occurring at a variety of HBCUs today.

Data is the most important commodity, dubbed "the money of the twenty-first century," which is why data protection has become a global priority. Data breaches and security flaws can jeopardize the global economy. Organizations face a greater risk of failing to achieve strategy and business goals as cyber threat behavior grows in frequency, sophistication, and destructiveness. A breach can result in data loss, business interruption, brand, and reputation harm, as well as regulatory and legal consequences. Furthermore, cyber security has evolved into a critical component of national defense. Furthermore, its sphere of control encompasses all facets of a country's government, economy, and health, in addition to military realms. Companies of all sizes, markets, and market environments face the task of securing their vital systems and data daily. A company needs a strategic, well-thought-out cybersecurity strategy to secure its critical infrastructure and information systems to overcome these challenges. As a result, businesses should seek guidance from cybersecurity frameworks. When used correctly, a cybersecurity system allows IT security leaders to better handle their companies' cyber threats. The Framework can be applied in phases and hence customized to suit the needs of any organization. The Cybersecurity Framework is designed for businesses of all sizes, divisions, and stages. The system can be customized to be used by any company thanks to the built-in customization feature, designed to be flexible enough to be used by organizations that are developing information security and risk management systems. This book examines potential solutions, starting with an understanding of ICS security developments in terms of cyber threats, weaknesses, attacks and patterns, agents, dangers, and the effects of all of these on the industrial environment and the organizations that depend on it. Equipped with cybersecurity framework best practices, this book is an excellent resource for PG students, Ph.D. scholars, industry practitioners, manufacturing and service industries, researchers, professors, and academicians. The book provides an understanding of the specific, standards-based security controls that make up a best practice cybersecurity program.

There is growing pressure on teachers and faculty to understand and adopt best practices to work with diverse races, cultures, and languages in modern classrooms. Establishing sound pedagogy is also critical given that racial, cultural, and linguistic integration has the potential to increase academic success for all learners. To that end, there is also a need for educators to prepare graduates who will better meet the needs of culturally diverse learners and help their learners to become successful global citizens. The Handbook of Research on Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education is a cutting-edge research book that examines cross-cultural perspectives, challenges, and opportunities pertaining to advancing diversity and social justice in higher education. Furthermore, the book explores multiple concepts of building a bridge from a monocultural pedagogical framework to cross-cultural knowledge through appropriate diversity education models as well as effective social justice practices. Highlighting a range of topics such as cultural taxation, intercultural engagement, and teacher preparation, this book is essential for teachers, faculty, academicians, researchers, administrators, policymakers, and students.

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The continuously growing list of technological, economic, and social challenges in today's world has made it imperative for higher educational institutions to equip students with the necessary knowledge, skills, and competences to seek employment and work in such a challenging global context. Specifically, within the engineering field, today's businesses now seek innovative engineer-managers who can design engineering systems and also handle projects/design and development; create strategic plans; handle financing; and recognize, engage with, and evaluate market opportunities. This has created a need for current research on effective engineering management education that focuses on technical people, projects, and organizations and prepares engineer and science graduates to become future industry leaders and be successful long term. Cases on Engineering Management Education in Practice explores the crucial role of innovative and effective education that helps graduates develop critical leadership, negotiation, and communication skills in specific engineering disciplines. It presents the latest scholarly information on curriculum development, instructional design, and pedagogies of engineering management learning initiatives focusing on a range of topics that fall under the scope of engineering management education practices including management, marketing, finance, law, leadership, organizational behaviors, and human resources and statistics. While highlighting topics such as curriculum reform, student motivation and engagement, and innovative learning and education practices, this book is ideal for teachers, administrators, instructional designers, researchers, practitioners, stakeholders, academicians, and students who are interested in the management of engineering education practices.