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All edge : inside the new workplace networks / by Spinuzzi, Clay.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Business networks.; Knowledge economy.; Business enterprises; Business communication.;

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The great upheaval : higher education's past, present, and uncertain future / by Levine, Arthur,author.; Van Pelt, Scott,1988-author.;

"The United States is in the midst of a profound transformation the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Industrial Revolution, when America's classical colleges adapted to meet the needs of an emerging industrial economy. Today, as the world shifts to an increasingly interconnected knowledge economy, the intersecting forces of technological innovation, globalization, and demographic change create vast new challenges, opportunities, and uncertainties. In this great upheaval, the nation's most enduring social institutions are at a crossroads. In The Great Upheaval, Arthur Levine and Scott Van Pelt examine higher and postsecondary education to see how it has changed to become what it is today--and how it might be refitted for an uncertain future. Taking a unique historical, cross-industry perspective, Levine and Van Pelt perform a 360-degree survey of American higher education. Combining historical, trend, and comparative analyses of other business sectors, they ask: how much will colleges and universities change, what will change, and how will these changes occur; will institutions of higher learning be able to adapt to the challenges they face, or will they be disrupted by them; will the industrial model of higher education be repaired or replaced; why is higher education more important than ever? The book is neither an attempt to advocate for a particular future direction nor a warning about that future. Rather, it looks objectively at the contexts in which higher education has operated--and will continue to operate. It also seeks to identify likely developments that will aid those involved in steering higher education forward, as well as the many millions of Americans who have a stake in its future. Concluding with a detailed agenda for action, The Great Upheaval is aimed at policy makers, college administrators, faculty, trustees, and students, as well as general readers and people who work for nonprofits facing the same big changes"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-299) and index.

Subjects: Education, Higher; Education, Higher; Educational change;

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The Great Upheaval : [electronic resource] : Higher Education's Past, Present, and Uncertain Future. by Levine, Arthur.;

The United States is in the midst of a profound transformation the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Industrial Revolution, when America's classical colleges adapted to meet the needs of an emerging industrial economy. Today, as the world shifts to an increasingly interconnected knowledge economy, the intersecting forces of technological innovation, globalization, and demographic change create vast new challenges, opportunities, and uncertainties. In this great upheaval, the nation's most enduring social institutions are at a crossroads. In The Great Upheaval , Arthur Levine and Scott Van Pelt examine higher and postsecondary education to see how it has changed to become what it is today -- and how it might be refitted for an uncertain future. Taking a unique historical, cross-industry perspective, Levine and Van Pelt perform a 360-degree survey of American higher education. Combining historical, trend, and comparative analyses of other business sectors, they ask: how much will colleges and universities change, what will change, and how will these changes occur? Will institutions of higher learning be able to adapt to the challenges they face, or will they be disrupted by them? Will the industrial model of higher education be repaired or replaced? Why is higher education more important than ever? The book is neither an attempt to advocate for a particular future direction nor a warning about that future. Rather, it looks objectively at the contexts in which higher education has operated -- and will continue to operate. It also seeks to identify likely developments that will aid those involved in steering higher education forward, as well as the many millions of Americans who have a stake in its future. Concluding with a detailed agenda for action, The Great Upheaval is aimed at policy makers, college administrators, faculty, trustees, and students, as well as general readers and people who work for nonprofits facing the same big changes.Electronic reproduction.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; Education.; History.;

© 2021.,

On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=6039081 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;

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Farming for us all : practical agriculture and the cultivation of sustainability / by Bell, Michael,1957-author.; Jarnagin, Susan,contributor.; Peter, Gregory,contributor.; Bauer, Donna,contributor.; Gunderson, Helen D.,1945-photographer.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index.Overture: Cultivating sustainability -- Part 1. The uncertain landscape of industrial agriculture. Economy and security ; Community and environment ; Home and family -- Part 2. The culture of cultivation. Farming the self ; Farming knowledge -- Part 3. The sustainable landscape of practical agriculture. Rolling a new cob ; Farming with practice ; New farms, new selves. -- Coda: Sustaining cultivation."Climate change. Habitat loss. Soil erosion. Groundwater depletion. Toxins in our food. Inhumane treatment of farm animals. Increasing farm worker exploitation. Hunger and malnutrition in the midst of plenty. What will it take for farmers in the United States to embrace sustainable practices? Michael Mayerfeld Bell's Farming for Us All first tackled this question twenty years ago, providing crucial insight into how the structure of US agriculture created this situation and exploring, by contrast, the practices of farmers who are working together to radically change how they think, learn, and grow. This updated edition of his now-classic work reflects on the lessons learned over the past two decades. Constrained by an oppressive nexus of markets, regulations, subsidies, and technology, farmers find themselves undermining their own economic and social security as well as the security of the land. Bell turns to Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI), that state's largest sustainable-agriculture group. He traces how PFI creates an agriculture that engages others--farmers, researchers, officials, and consumers--in a common conversation about what agriculture could look like. Through dialogue, PFI members crossbreed knowledge, discovering pragmatic solutions to help crops grow in ways that sustain families, communities, societies, economies, and environments. Farming for Us All makes the case that for sustainable farming to flourish, new social relations are as important to cultivate as new crops. This book is necessary--and hopeful--reading for anyone concerned about the present and future of food and farming." -- Publisher's description

Subjects: Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Agriculture; Sustainable agriculture;

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The outbreak atlas / by Katz, Rebecca,1973-author.; Moore, Mackenzie S.,1996-author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-295) and index."Provides an overview of outbreak activities alongside compelling case studies and visualizations to guide readers through the complexity involved in outbreak preparedness, response, and recovery"--Epidemiology : who, what, when, why, and how? -- Risk : should we be worried? and who and what should we be worried about? -- Laboratories and lab analysis : getting to know the pathogen -- Community engagement and humanitarian response : how can we help? -- Outbreak data : collecting, managing, and sharing disease data -- Declarations and notifications : announcing your outbreak -- Communicating with the public : spread knowledge, not disease! -- Staffing and training : meet the people behind the outbreak response -- Disease prevention and mitigation : stop the spread -- Treating patients : taking care of people -- Security : keeping the peace -- Money : finding it, giving it out, and keeping the economy from collapsing -- Governance : who is in charge and how? -- Animal health and safety : tackling zoonotic outbreaks -- Emergency operations and logistics : mobilizing people, supplies, and equipment -- Wrapping up : learning from the past to prepare for the future.

Subjects: Epidemics; Epidemiology; Public health; Epidemics;

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Immigrant, Inc. : why immigrant entrepreneurs are driving the new economy (and how they will save the American worker) / by Herman, Richard T.,1964-; Smith, Robert L.,1959-;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface : my immigrant experience -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : welcome to Immigrant, Inc. -- 1. A mighty new idea -- 2. The mounting evidence -- Discovering a phenomenon -- The accidental entrepreneurs -- Urban legend? -- A skill grows lucrative -- Mother of invention -- The VCs' keen eye -- New seeds, fertile soil -- A land of opportunity, still -- A true model minority -- An idea, an obsession -- Learning to persevere -- Survival, climbing, and thriving -- Where business is business -- 4. Restless dreamers -- Seeing it first -- A 24-hour job -- Mexico never tasted so good -- No room for a dream -- The colors of Palestine -- 5. Earth's best and brightest -- Attracting the striver class -- An African way -- The reluctant Italian-American -- Out of shadows, into solar -- Love, study, and a start-up -- At home far away -- 6. Cowboys of a new frontier -- A new kind of entrepreneur -- A melting-pot dream team -- The super prof -- Joining a new England tradition -- The guru -- New era of innovation -- Made in America? -- Reviving the motor city -- Spirits high, lights aglow -- 7. Desperate achievers : prequel to Google -- Starting from nothing -- The boat people -- An artful niche -- The family of Google -- Anxious wait for visas -- 8. Importing solutions -- A gateway re-emerges -- Tapping the tide -- Savvy pilgrims, creative shopkeepers -- A wave of home restorers -- A boost for everyone -- The power of one -- Pushing open the door -- Toward a "shared prosperity" -- A Harlem-like renaissance -- Seeds of progress -- 9. The stimulus we need -- An immigrant advantage -- America losing ground -- Suffering an antiquated system -- A better way -- The change we need--changing attitudes -- 10. Thinking like an immigrant -- The dream-keepers -- A nation of immigrants indeed -- Keys to success -- The explorer -- The knowledge advantage -- For pride, for family -- The power of teamwork -- The possible dream -- Appendix -- About the authors -- Index.

Subjects: Entrepreneurship; Immigrants; Job creation;

© c2010., John Wiley & Sons,

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Contemporary India / by Adeney, Katharine,1973-; Wyatt, Andrew,1966-;

"A broad-ranging introduction to politics and society in India, set in a historical and cultural context. Written by two expert authors it assumes no prior knowledge but aims to provide a balanced and nuanced understanding of the key issues that have faced India since independence and the challenges it confronts in the 21st century"--Provided by publisher.Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-273) and index.The making of modern India -- The diversity of India -- Governing structures -- Social change -- Politics and society -- Nationalism and culture -- Political economy -- India and the world.

Subjects: Politics and culture; Cultural pluralism; Nationalism; Nation-building; Social change;

© 2010., Palgrave Macmillan,

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The serviceberry : abundance and reciprocity in the natural world / by Kimmerer, Robin Wall,1953-author.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/authttps://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxWPchBjDr4pDwd3PdWjChttp://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n2002160074; Burgoyne, John(Illustrator),illustrator.http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/illhttps://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjxvDc3qyQbp3DmT3pM8hbhttp://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n2010038237;

"As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry's relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth -- its abundance of sweet, juicy berries -- to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution ensures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, 'Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.'"--

Subjects: Ethnobotany.; Ethnoecology.; Human ecology; Potawatomi Indians; Potawatomi Indians; Human-plant relationships.; Botany; Amelanchier.; Philosophy of nature.; Economics; Science and civilization.; Sharing; Traditional ecological knowledge.; Amelanchier; Berries; Philosophy.; Social sciences.; Nature.;

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Dark side of technology. by Townsend, Peter.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306).Have we the knowledge, willpower, and determination to survive? -- Technology and survival: are they compatible? -- Natural disasters and civilization -- Good technologies with bad side effects -- From trains to transistors -- Food, survival, and resources -- The 'Silent Spring' revisited -- Medicine: expectations and reality -- Knowledge loss from changing language -- Decay of materials and information loss from technology -- Technology, the new frontier for crime and terror -- Technology-driven social isolation -- Consumerism and obsolescence -- Rejection of knowledge and information -- Hindsight, foresight, radical suggestions, and a grain of hope.Technological progress comes with a dark side where good ideas and intentions produce undesirable results. The many and various unexpected outcomes of technology span humorous to bizarre, and even result in situations which threaten our survival. Development can be positive for some, but negative and isolating for others (e.g. older or poorer people). Progress is often transient, as faster electronics and computers dramatically shorten retention time of data and knowledge (e.g. documents, data, and photos will be unreadable within a generation). This is also destroying past languages and cultures in a trend to globalisation. Advances cut across all areas of science and life, and the scope is vast from biology, medicine, agriculture, transport, electronics, computers, long range communications, to a global economy. Our reliance on technology is now matched by vulnerability to natural events (e.g. intense sunspot activity) which could annihilate advanced societies by destroying satellites or power grid distribution. Similarly, progress of electronics and communication produced a boom industry in cyber crime, and cyber terrorism.0Medical technology may maintain our health, but we ignore possible drug related mutagenic changes, and we continue with errors in creating a global food economy by devastating the environment and causing extinction of species, just to support an excessive human population. This diverse coverage of the book is consciously presented at a level designed for an intelligent, but non-scientific readership. It includes suggestions for positive future progress with planning, investment, and political commitment, as well as contemplating how failure to respond endangers human survival.

Subjects: Technology; Technology and civilization.; Technological innovations;

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Science transformed? : debating claims of an epochal break / by Nordmann, Alfred,1956-; Radder, Hans.; Schiemann, Gregor.;

Science after the end of science? An introduction to the "epochal break thesis" / Alfred Nordmann, Hans Radder, Gregor Schiemann -- The age of technoscience / Alfred Nordmann -- We are not witnesses to a new scientific revolution / Gregor Schiemann -- "Knowledge is power," or how to capture the relationship between science and technoscience / Martin Carrier -- Climbing the hill: seeing (and not seeing) epochal breaks from multiple vantage points / Cyrus C. M. Mody -- Breaking up with the epochal break: the case of engineering sciences / Mieke Boon, Tarja Knuuttila -- Science and its recent history: from an epochal break to novel, nonlocal patterns / Hans Radder -- Knowledge-making in transition: on the changing contexts of science and technology / Andrew Jamison -- Alliances between styles: a new model for the interaction between science and technology / Chunglin Kwa -- Experimenting with the concept of experiment: probing the epochal break / Astrid Schwarz, Wolfgang Krohn -- Intensification, not transformation: digital media's effects on scientific practice / Valerie Hanson -- Technologies of viewing: aspects of imaging in natural sciences / Angela Krewani -- Technoscience as popular culture: on pleasure, consumer technologies, and the economy of attention / Jutta Weber -- The good old days: medical research then and now / James Robert Brown -- Toward a new culture of prediction: computational modeling in the era of desktop computing / Ann Johnson, Johannes Lenhard -- Epilogue: the sticking points of the epochal break thesis / Hans Radder."Advancements in computing, instrumentation, robotics, digital imaging, and simulation modeling are changing science into a technology-driven institution. The pragmatic interests of government, industry, and society increasingly exert their influence over science, raising questions of values and objectivity. These and other profound changes in the world of science have led many to speculate that we are in the midst of an epochal break in scientific history. This edited volume presents an in-depth examination of these issues from philosophical, historical, social, and cultural perspectives. It presents arguments both for and against the epochal break thesis in light of historical antecedents, offering an important occasion for philosophical analysis of the epistemic, institutional and moral questions affecting current and future scientific pursuits. "--P. 4 of cover.Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Science; Science; Science;

© c2011., University of Pittsburgh Press,

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