"Stephen Van Evera's Guide to Methods makes an important contribution toward improving the use of case studies for theory development and testing in the social sciences. His trenchant and concise views on issues ranging from epistemology to specific...

This book conveys the unique character of the early university and establishes Cornell's wider significance as a case history in the development of higher education.

The aim of this book is to explore in depth how the process-oriented approach can improve the quality of education and teaching in a wide variety of contexts, that is: (1) in several European countries with different traditions and cultures, (2) in...

An ideal approach to legal education, in Austin Sarat's view, would open up law and legal knowledge by making them the proper objects of inquiry in the liberal arts.

Research on learning disabilities has known a tremendous growth the last 25 years. Yet, despite the progress that is made in diverse domains, learning disabilities still stay a serious challenge to teaching and instruction. In this book the authors...

"This book about diversity offers a fresh perspective and is an important reminder to all that context matters, and what we say and do (our narrative practices) shape and are shaped by it."—Susan Murphy, Cornell University

The first comprehensive history of the world of books and libraries in Leuven in general and the university library in particular.

The Library reflects not only six centuries of University history, but also many chapters of European history and even world history in the last century.

The authors of this work have sought to accomplish the task of presenting to a wider public the story of the Universities of Louvain in their successive forms and multifarious aspects.

This ethnography details the activities of Arivoli Iyakkam (the Enlightenment Movement), in which thousands of Tamil villagers in southern India have participated in literacy lessons, science demonstrations, and other events.