African Perspectives in American Higher Education: Invisible VoicesFestus E. Obiakor, Jacob U. Gordon Nova Publishers, 2003 - Всего страниц: 139 Contents: Foreword; Preface; Through the Back Door: From Invisibility to Visibility; Close Encounters: A Pilgrimage of Penance and Expiation; Surviving the 'Killing Zones' of Higher Education; Connecting Teaching and Mentoring to Learning: My Contributions to the American Academy; Adventures in Turbulent Seas; A Complex Web of Acceptance and Misgiving: My Journey in American Higher Education; 'Seeing Colour': My Journey in American Higher Education; My Brother's Teacher: An African at the Vanguard of American Higher Education; Making a Difference: My Contributions to American Higher Education; And Don't Call me Arrogant; My Experiences as a Growing Scholar in US Higher Education; I am the Person I Know Best: Perspectives on American Higher Education; Index. |
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... politics , although he was failing the course . Our class discussions helped the officers get a better understanding of the distorted reports in the papers about events and killings in Nigeria . They were able to see beyond British and ...
... politics , although he was failing the course . Our class discussions helped the officers get a better understanding of the distorted reports in the papers about events and killings in Nigeria . They were able to see beyond British and ...
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... politics . In the meantime , Dr. Chorun was so undermined and neutralized that the administration began the search ... political games . I accepted it with reluctance and only with assurances from the faculty , the administration , and ...
... politics . In the meantime , Dr. Chorun was so undermined and neutralized that the administration began the search ... political games . I accepted it with reluctance and only with assurances from the faculty , the administration , and ...
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... politics at its peak and its worst , the committee did not recommend me for retention . The idea was to get rid of ... politicians , I accorded everyone the respect due him or her and I made certain that all meetings and resolutions were ...
... politics at its peak and its worst , the committee did not recommend me for retention . The idea was to get rid of ... politicians , I accorded everyone the respect due him or her and I made certain that all meetings and resolutions were ...
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... and in some way , highlighted the beauties of America . Surely , this book should be in the reading list of students , educators , community leaders , and politicians . SUGGESTED READINGS Achebe , C. ( 1959 ) . Things Foreword XV.
... and in some way , highlighted the beauties of America . Surely , this book should be in the reading list of students , educators , community leaders , and politicians . SUGGESTED READINGS Achebe , C. ( 1959 ) . Things Foreword XV.
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... political , economic , and social upheavals in Africa have minimized the absoluteness of such dreams . As a consequence , Africans are staying in the United States to survive against all odds . This survival has had far - reaching ...
... political , economic , and social upheavals in Africa have minimized the absoluteness of such dreams . As a consequence , Africans are staying in the United States to survive against all odds . This survival has had far - reaching ...
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Surviving the Killing Zones of Higher Education | 23 |
Bees in My Bonnet | 35 |
Connecting Teaching and Mentoring to Learning My Contributions to the American Academy | 47 |
Adventures in Turbulent Seas | 55 |
A Complex Web of Acceptance and Misgiving My Journey in American Higher Education | 65 |
Seeing Color My Journey in American Higher Education | 75 |
My Brothers Teacher An African at the Vanguard of American Higher Education | 89 |
Making a Difference My Contributions to American Higher Education | 97 |
And Dont Call Me Arrogant | 105 |
My Experience As A Growing Scholar In US Higher Education | 117 |
I am the Person I Know Best Perspectives on American Higher Education | 127 |
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Стр. 90 - If we work upon marble, it will perish ; if we work upon brass, time will efface it; if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal minds, if we imbue them with principles, with the just fear of God and love of our fellow-men, we engrave on those tablets something which will brighten to all eternity.
Стр. 35 - ... mind of the historian. Study the historian before you begin to study the facts. This is, after all, not very abstruse. It is what is already done by the intelligent undergraduate who, when recommended to read a work by that great scholar Jones of St Jude's...
Стр. 35 - The facts are really not at all like fish on the fishmonger's slab. They are like fish swimming about in a vast and sometimes inaccessible ocean; and what the historian catches will depend, partly on chance, but mainly on what part of the ocean he chooses to fish in and what tackle he chooses to use - these two factors being, of course, determined by the kind of facts he wants...
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Стр. 75 - To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Стр. 21 - Ikenberry, SO (1999). The university and the information age. In WZ Hirsch & LE Weber (Eds.), Challenges facing higher education at the millennium. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press.