Linear Light from the Ivory Tower is a posthumous poetry anthology of Sheryl Williams Mathis. Sheryl, an African-American Wiccan in Georgia, was a lover of all things metaphysical and natural. She often expressed her deepest feelings through her poetry. After her death in 2001, her daughter, DaKarai Noshell Yuko, made it her mission to collect and compile her poems into two books, in honor of her mother's loving memory. Linear Light from the Ivory Tower is the first book.WHAT ARE YELLOW AND BLACK BUTTERFLIES, was a piece for FATE MAGAZINE MARCH 2002, written by D. K.N. Yuko
Following in the tradition of Thorstein Veblen's Higher Learning in America, Lionel S. Lewis has amassed solid evidence to support his conclusions about what leads to success in Scaling the Ivory Tower. As background to his consideration of academic freedom, sexism, merit, tenure, and other such highly charged subjects, Lewis examines the attitudes of those in universities toward academic qualification. The modern rule of thumb has become publish or perish. According to Lewis, however, research and publication may not be such prime considerations after all. Two thought-provoking chapters are devoted to an examination of letters of recommendation as important factors in hiring and promoting in the academic world. Lewis also scrutinizes academic freedom cases from the archives of the American Association of University Professors. Other intriguing issues examined by Lewis are: how spouses and significant others factor into whether or not a professor gets a promotion; a typical day in the life, both academic and personal, of a professor; how the celebrity syndrome has spread to campus; discrimination against women; and bureaucracy as a contributing factor to campus unrest. In the new introduction, Lewis affirms that the most apparent changes in higher education since Scaling the Ivory Tower was initially published have actually made the campus less meritocratic, and less a place where quality academic work is recognized and rewarded. One contributing factor is the necessity to consider age, gender, ethnicity, and race in personnel decisions. Because many on campus are convinced that academic life can only be improved when the demographics of faculty reflect those in the larger society, departments are routinely expected to explain why they did not fill an opening with someone from an underrepresented group. While showing some irreverence toward academia, Scaling the Ivory Tower should also provoke sober consideration of where our colleges and universities are headed. This is a significant volume for university administrators, academics, and graduate students.
Wilshire (philosophy, Rutgers) looks behind the shift of focus from teaching to research in universities, and sees a tight-knit fraternity bound by archaic initiation, purification, and exclusionary practices. He recommends some changes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
We increasingly view the world around us as a product of science and technology. Accordingly, we have begun to appreciate that science does not take its problems only from nature and then produces technological applications, but that the very problems of scientific research themselves are generated by science and technology. Simultaneously, problems like global warming, the toxicology of nanoparticles, or the use of renewable energies are constituted by many factors that interact with great complexity. Science in the context of application is challenged to gain new understanding and control of such complexity—it cannot seek shelter in the ivory tower or simply pursue its internal quest for understanding and gradual improvement of grand theories. Science in the Context of Application will identify, explore and assess these changes. Part I considers the "Changing Conditions of Scientific Research" and part II "Science, Values, and Society". Examples are drawn from pharmaceutical research, the information sciences, simulation modelling, nanotechnology, cancer research, the effects of commercialization, and many other fields. The book assembles papers from well-known European and American Science Studies scholars like Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Janet Kourany, Michael Mahoney, Margaret Morrison, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Arie Rip, Dan Sarewitz, Peter Weingart, and others. The individual chapters are written to address anyone who is concerned about the role of contemporary science in society, including scientists, philosophers, and policy makers.
This volume covers Pseudotsuga (douglas-fir), 93 different Sciadopitys, 44 Sequoia, 85 Sequoiadendron, and a shocking 353 cultivars of Taxus. This recent revision covers the "new yew" taxonomy based on recent research as well as the traditional nomenclature for the reader to chose on their own by the system's own merits and arguments. Cultivars of Woody Plants was created by taxonomist Larry Hatch to be the most complete catalog of tree, shrub, and vine varieties ever compiled. It's not just a compilation of names like so many websites. It has original research, cultivar histories, nomenclature notes, identification charts, detailed descriptions, and over 3000 high-resolution, digital images of 500-1200 pixels wide.
Lyndon LaRouche organized his life around creation of a better future for all humanity. He sought to enable a Renaissance in science, technology, and the arts. Necessarily, much of his work concentrated upon making conscious the methodology of discovery; as he succeeded in becoming more and more self-conscious of his own thought processes, he worked tirelessly to develop pedagogies to evoke the creative capabilities of everyone he met, and the posterity he would never meet. We are pleased to present you with this collection of some of Mr. LaRouche’s most important and influential writings and presentations upon the subject of education, pedagogy, creativity and curriculum. Because he never stopped thinking about the future and uplifting humanity, his entire life’s work revolved around these topical areas. Therefore, we encourage you to continue reading more of Mr. LaRouche’s writings once you have digested this book
John Laurence—minister, modern mystic, and direct disciple of the great spiritual master and world teacher, Paramhansa Yogananda (author of the bestselling classic, Autobiography of a Yogi)—presents, in this volume of talks, an outline of the inner path with practical spiritual teachings. Laurence’s speaking style is refreshingly straightforward and lively as he highlights timeless truths via fascinating stories from the lives of saints from East and West. Laurence’s message of how to grow spiritually is universal and non-denominational, and his compelling discussions of life after death are centered in the foundation of Laurence’s own psychic abilities and high spiritual state.
Part of the authoritative four-volume reference that spans the entire field of child development and has set the standard against which all other scholarly references are compared. Updated and revised to reflect the new developments in the field, the Handbook of Child Psychology, Sixth Edition contains new chapters on such topics as spirituality, social understanding, and non-verbal communication. Volume 4: Child Psychology in Practice, edited by K. Ann Renninger, Swarthmore College, and Irving E. Sigel, Educational Testing Service, covers child psychology in clinical and educational practice. New topics addressed include educational assessment and evaluation, character education, learning disabilities, mental retardation, media and popular culture, children's health and parenting.
