This book explores new models and future possibilities of university governance in a Latin American context using management and leadership theories. The dramatic changes and uncertainty facing the world recently have forced us to reimagine the future of education. Changes such as digitalization, the increasing number of corporate universities, and the need for cost-effective educational programs and services require universities to keep evolving while ensuring that they maintain their essence as a critical social asset. This book offers a new approach to managing and leading the university, particularly by embracing the role and responsibility of delivering quality educational programs and services, by being innovative and flexible enough to make urgent decisions and act upon them in a timely and appropriate manner. With its contributions to management and the social sciences, this interdisciplinary book will serve as a valuable resource to researchers, administrators, and students alike.

This guide brings together a selection of the best walks in Mallaig & Ardnamurchan and their surrounding area. The walks include hill climbs, moorland tracks, and shoreline walks.

JACK BEAN was an adventurous kid with quick wit and a seemingly fearless attitude. Things take a turn for the worst when this sometimes bossy yet mischievous kid and his friends Jamie and Matt make a dangerous decision at the infamous Great Museum. In the small town of Ellerehc, the Great Museum is all the rave, but what happens on that fateful night inevitably changes the course of Jack's life forever. Years later, the choices he and his wife Mercy made while attending The University of Doomsburg, end up having an adverse effect on their future, and the future of their seven children: thirteen-year-old Mia, eleven-year-old Mitchell, eight-and-a-half-year-old Matthew, seven-year-old Halley, six-year-old identical twins David and Andrew, and four-year-old little Mary. The Beans weren't very wealthy but found richness in having a loving family. When Mercy's wicked sister Pigadamus and her family come to stay with the Beans, the esteem of the entire family is hit hard. With the Beans eldest daughter being much like her soft-hearted mother, the kids finally reached their breaking point. While being equipped with special and amazing powers, Mia and the rest of the Bean clan feel the need to turn away from their parents teachings to be passive citizens in the town where Betty Evilly and her family rule. When Mia's arch-nemesis Betty discovers a secret buried deep within the Nimba Mountains of Liberia, more havoc and adventure quickly ensues. The kids overwhelming desire to use their extraordinary powers against their enemies lead them into a world of fantasy, intrigue, and danger; a world known as Dreamecca where the impossible becomes possible. With the evil King Logicome in their way, the kids only hope of survival is to combine their strengths and get a little help from their newfound friends in this magical land.

This book is the third volume in the series on Research in Educational Diversity and Excellence. The goal of this series is to bring issues of diversity and educational risk to the forefront of national attention in order to assist the nation's diverse students at risk of failure to achieve academic excellence. This series focuses on critical issues in the education of linguistic and cultural minority students and those placed at risk by factors of race, poverty, and geographic location. The purpose of the present book is to summarize and discuss recent perspectives, research, and practices related to the use of educational technology in multicultural settings. Technology that is already ubiquitous in our daily lives brings a myriad of issues to the area of education. Although educational systems should be geared to address challenges appropriately, the systems should be designed and developed to provide opportunities to take advantage of technology use. This book is noteworthy in that it presents avariety of theoretical and practical considerations for technology use in diverse multicultural contexts. Consisting of 12 chapters, the book (a) proposes theoretical concerns for understanding technological learning environments today and envisions the potential impact of future technology use and (b) examines technology tools and models that have been used for interventions, programs, and projects and measures and documents specific outcomes and challenges involving complex interactions within low-income and languageminority families and students.

This official ICSA study text has been created to support students taking the Corporate Governance module, introducing corporate governance and explaining its significance and the role of the company secretary in corporate governance awareness and compliance. It covers all aspects of the governance obligations of organisations, the role that the chartered secretary plays in implementing corporate governance, and encompasses the most up-to-date changes in legislation, regulation and guidance, especially in the UK Corporate Governance Code and the Stewardship Code. The text provides an excellent guide for students, but is also a handy reference for anyone who works in a governance role, or who wants to learn more about the field of corporate governance.

In the small town of Dresden, Georgia, two people were found murdered along Interstate 20. One was a well-known and respected psychiatrist, Dr. Patricia Dean. The other was her husband, Dr. Robert Dean, a prominent cardiologist. What made this murder so sinister was only parts of Robert Dean were found at the crime scene. The police have no fingerprints and no leads.
With the help of Patricia's sister, Crystal, and college friend Karen Andrews, a lead emerges that even state officials can't believe, which leaves the one question that everybody has been asking:
Where's the rest of Robert Dean's body?

Bringing together international authors to examine how diversity and inclusion impact assessment in higher education, this book provides educators with the knowledge and understanding required to transform practices so that they are more equitable and inclusive of diverse learners. Assessment drives learning and determines who succeeds. Assessment for Inclusion in Higher Education is written to ensure that no student is unfairly or unnecessarily disadvantaged by the design or delivery of assessment. The chapters are structured according to three themes: 1) macro contexts of assessment for inclusion: societal and cultural perspectives; 2) meso contexts of assessment for inclusion: institutional and community perspectives; and 3) micro contexts of assessment for inclusion: educators, students and interpersonal perspectives. These three levels are used to identify new ways of mobilising the sector towards assessment for inclusion in a systematic and scholarly way. This book is essential reading for those in higher education who design and deliver assessment, as well as researchers and postgraduate students exploring assessment, equity and inclusive pedagogy. Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license

2023 Peter C. Rollins Book Award, Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations (SWPACA) A revisionist history of women's pivotal roles as creators of and characters in comic books. The history of comics has centered almost exclusively on men. Comics historians largely describe the medium as one built by men telling tales about male protagonists, neglecting the many ways in which women fought for legitimacy on the page and in publishers’ studios. Despite this male-dominated focus, women played vital roles in the early history of comics. The story of how comic books were born and how they evolved changes dramatically when women like June Tarpé Mills and Lily Renée are placed at the center rather than at the margins of this history, and when characters such as the Black Cat, Patsy Walker, and Señorita Rio are analyzed. Comic Book Women offers a feminist history of the golden age of comics, revising our understanding of how numerous genres emerged and upending narratives of how male auteurs built their careers. Considering issues of race, gender, and sexuality, the authors examine crime, horror, jungle, romance, science fiction, superhero, and Western comics to unpack the cultural and industrial consequences of how women were represented across a wide range of titles by publishers like DC, Timely, Fiction House, and others. This revisionist history reclaims the forgotten work done by women in the comics industry and reinserts female creators and characters into the canon of comics history.

In 2012, over four billion people tuned in to watch the London Summer Olympics. As the single largest mega-event in the world, the Olympics has the power to captivate the global imagination. Long before athletes vie for a gold medal, however, competition between cities eager to host the Games kicks off with a rigorous bid process. The lengthy and expensive endeavor to host the Olympics is as high-stakes as any sporting event. Rather than encouraging cities to refrain from bidding, Bidding for Development takes a policy approach that challenges stakeholders to bid responsibly and strategically in pursuit of concrete outcomes. Every bid city has the potential to accelerate long-term transportation development through a strategic and robust planning process. This book concentrates on the phenomenon of repeat Olympic bids and the opportunities that may come from bidding, particularly for those cities that never win the Games. In this context, Bidding for Development explores the intersection between transportation infrastructure development, the Olympic bid process, and the resulting legacies experienced by bid losers. The findings address the central question: how can participating in the Olympic bid process accelerate transportation development regardless of the bid result? In response, this book presents a Bid Framework outlining how and when cities may use the bid to unite resources, align transportation priorities, and empower leaders to achieve urban development objectives in preparation for the Olympic bid. The Bid Framework is then applied to two case studies, Manchester and Istanbul, to examine each bid loser's effectiveness in using the bid process to catalyze transportation development. Concurrently, the book takes into consideration how the International Olympic Committee's evolving bid regulations and requirements relate to urban development and positive social legacy. Bidding for Development delivers actionable recommendations for all Olympic stakeholders to improve the value of the bid process and transportation benefits beyond the Games.

This guide brings together a selection of the best walks in the area surrounding Fort William. The walks include hill passes, long moorland tracks, forest walks and coastal footpaths.

Trina Turk Multi Puzzle Set by Galison includes three 250 piece puzzles featuring Trina Turk's colorful op-art prints, creating a challenging and fun puzzle experience. When completed, turn these puzzles into a framed triptych! * Box: 9.25 x 7 x 2", 235 x 178 x 51 mm * Set of Three 250 Piece Puzzles * Puzzle Size: 8.5 x 15", 220 x 380 mm * Color-coded on reverse for sorting * Includes 3 Puzzle Inserts

This guide brings together a selection of the best walks in the area of Inverness and Loch Ness. The walks include short wooded paths to waterfalls, lochside walks, hill climbs and long moorland treks.

This original volume examines the collaboration between East Timorese and international staff in the rebuilding of the education sector during the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) 1999-2002. Using interviews, contemporary newspaper articles and reports from UN sources and the World Bank, the book enables a comprehensive analysis of Timorese agency. Examining choices made by the Timorese and drawing comparison with other former Portuguese colonies, the text considers the power of the Timorese elite, the role of nepotism and corruption, the preservation of the Indonesian curriculum and the selection of Portuguese as the medium of instruction and official language - together with Tetum. Concluding with a contemporary discussion on the educational achievements for East Timorese children during UNTAET compared with those of today, Rebuilding the Education Sector in East Timor during UNTAET will be of interest to academics, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of post-conflict studies, post-colonial education and language policy as well as East Timor more specifically. This book will also benefit graduate students and scholars in teacher education. Trina Supit completed her PhD at the University of Sydney, Australia. She was a member of the UNTAET Division of Education.

A unique biblical and practical approach to uncluttering our internal thoughts and feelings. We all want our lives to change for the better-to become the healthiest versions of ourselves in spirit, soul, and body. Yet we still struggle. Author Trina McNeilly, looking for order in her own life, embarked on an inward journey to the home of her heart and soul to find healing and health from the inside out. Unclutter Your Soul is for all of us who are cluttered and overwhelmed with loss, fear, chronic stress, unhealthy coping mechanisms, crippling depression, or anxiety. With the Holy Spirit as our guide, Trina says we can learn to observe: acknowledge the clutter, own: make space for a healthy internal environment, and overcome: take action with tools for living clutter-free from the inside out. Each chapter in these three sections is written as an essay and concludes with practical and soulful tips as well as prompts to put them into action. With discussion questions and a prayer guide, Unclutter Your Soul is the ultimate resource for finding freedom in our everyday lives by releasing limited mindsets and creating more space for peace and joy.

This original volume examines the collaboration between East Timorese and international staff in the rebuilding of the education sector during the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) 1999-2002. Using interviews, contemporary newspaper articles and reports from UN sources and the World Bank, the book enables a comprehensive analysis of Timorese agency. Examining choices made by the Timorese and drawing comparison with other former Portuguese colonies, the text considers the power of the Timorese elite, the role of nepotism and corruption, the preservation of the Indonesian curriculum and the selection of Portuguese as the medium of instruction and official language - together with Tetum. Concluding with a contemporary discussion on the educational achievements for East Timorese children during UNTAET compared with those of today, Rebuilding the Education Sector in East Timor during UNTAET will be of interest to academics, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of post-conflict studies, post-colonial education and language policy as well as East Timor more specifically. This book will also benefit graduate students and scholars in teacher education. Trina Supit completed her PhD at the University of Sydney, Australia. She was a member of the UNTAET Division of Education.