Results for "Brown, Betsy"

Betsy Brown is no stranger to loss. Breast cancer runs rampant in her family; both her mother and her thirty-two-year-old sister died of the disease, and another sister has been diagnosed with its late stages. Her father also fell victim to cancer, this time pancreatic. The poems in Brown's stunning... Read More about Year of Morphines: Poems (National Poetry)

Introducing the only clinically proven program--steeped in ancient Chinese healing traditions--that has enabled hundreds of infertile couples to conceive. At Wu's Healing Center in San Francisco, miracles are happening. Women and their partners come to the clinic--often from across the country-- to ... Read More about Fertility Wisdom: How Traditional Chinese Medicine Can Help Overcome Infertility

Executive SummaryIn this briefing I describe trends in higher education that impact the hiringand success of tenure-track faculty: increasing competition for the "best and the brightest," the "generational change" expected as a cohort of retiring senior faculty is replaced by a new generation, and e... Read More about Effective Practices for Academic Leaders: Supporting and Retaining Early-Career Faculty

A joint publication from the American Association for Higher Education's New Pathways Project and Anker Publishing Company, this book is the second in a series on review, renewal, and vitality of tenured faculty. Discussed here is how to report the results of post-tenure review responsibly, accurate... Read More about Post-Tenure Faculty Review and Renewal II: Reporting Results and Shaping Policy (Jb - Anker #48)

Changing demographics and a new emphasis on economic development, internationalization, and technology, are changing the ways in which university faculty conduct their work. University and college administrators need to be prepared to recruit, hire, and retain new faculty for this new world, and thi... Read More about Faculty Career Paths: Multiple Routes to Academic Success and Satisfaction