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Embark on a journey of self-discovery through the secret spiritual symbols of the universe. In her debut oracle deck, artist Cristina Gonzáles presents gorgeously hand-illustrated artwork representing three types of motifs—Situations, Spirits and Symbols. Infused with ancient wisdom, the hidden messages within the artwork will help you tap into aspects of yourself you’ve forgotten or repressed, as you learn to parse the patterns of the world around you. Embrace change. Awaken your heart’s innermost desires. Become who you were meant to be.

This volume provides an intellectual history of Kerr's vision of the "multiversity," as expressed in his most famous work, The Uses of the University, and in his greatest administrative accomplishment, the California Master Plan for Higher Education. Building upon Kerr's use of the visionary hedgehog/shrewd fox dichotomy, the book explains the rise of the University of California as due to the articulation and implementation of the "hedgehog concept" of systemic excellence that underpins the master plan.Arguing that the university's recent problems flow from a "fox culture," characterized by a free-for-all approach to management, including excessive executive compensation, this is a call for a new vision for the university and for public higher education in general. In particular, it advocates re-funding and re-democratizing public higher education and renewing its leadership through thoughtful succession planning, with a special emphasis on diversity.Gonzalez's work follows the ups and downs of women and minorities in higher education, showing that university advances often have resulted in the further marginalization of these groups. Clark Kerr's University of California is about American public higher education at the crossroads and will be of interest to those concerned with the future of the public university as an institution, as well as those interested in issues relating to leadership, diversity, and succession planning.

This volume provides an intellectual history of Kerr''s vision of the multiversity, as expressed in his most famous work, The Uses of the University, and in his greatest administrative accomplishment, the California Master Plan for Higher Education. Building upon Kerr''s use of the visionary hedgehog/shrewd fox dichotomy, the book explains the rise of the University of California as due to the articulation and implementation of the hedgehog concept of systemic excellence that underpins the master plan.Arguing that the university''s recent problems flow from a fox culture, characterized by a free-for-all approach to management, including excessive executive compensation, this is a call for a new vision for the university—and for public higher education in general. In particular, it advocates re-funding and re-democratizing public higher education and renewing its leadership through thoughtful succession planning, with a special emphasis on diversity.Gonzalez''s work follows the ups and downs of women and minorities in higher education, showing that university advances often have resulted in the further marginalization of these groups. Clark Kerr''s University of California is about American public higher education at the crossroads and will be of interest to those concerned with the future of the public university as an institution, as well as those interested in issues relating to leadership, diversity, and succession planning.

This volume provides an intellectual history of Kerr''s vision of the multiversity, as expressed in his most famous work, The Uses of the University, and in his greatest administrative accomplishment, the California Master Plan for Higher Education. Building upon Kerr''s use of the visionary hedgehog/shrewd fox dichotomy, the book explains the rise of the University of California as due to the articulation and implementation of the hedgehog concept of systemic excellence that underpins the master plan.Arguing that the university''s recent problems flow from a fox culture, characterized by a free-for-all approach to management, including excessive executive compensation, this is a call for a new vision for the university—and for public higher education in general. In particular, it advocates re-funding and re-democratizing public higher education and renewing its leadership through thoughtful succession planning, with a special emphasis on diversity.Gonzalez''s work follows the ups and downs of women and minorities in higher education, showing that university advances often have resulted in the further marginalization of these groups. Clark Kerr''s University of California is about American public higher education at the crossroads and will be of interest to those concerned with the future of the public university as an institution, as well as those interested in issues relating to leadership, diversity, and succession planning.

This volume provides an intellectual history of Kerr's vision of the "multiversity," as expressed in his most famous work, The Uses of the University, and in his greatest administrative accomplishment, the California Master Plan for Higher Education. Building upon Kerr's use of the visionary hedgehog/shrewd fox dichotomy, the book explains the rise of the University of California as due to the articulation and implementation of the "hedgehog concept" of systemic excellence that underpins the master plan.Arguing that the university's recent problems flow from a "fox culture," characterized by a free-for-all approach to management, including excessive executive compensation, this is a call for a new vision for the university—and for public higher education in general. In particular, it advocates re-funding and re-democratizing public higher education and renewing its leadership through thoughtful succession planning, with a special emphasis on diversity.Gonzalez's work follows the ups and downs of women and minorities in higher education, showing that university advances often have resulted in the further marginalization of these groups. Clark Kerr's University of California is about American public higher education at the crossroads and will be of interest to those concerned with the future of the public university as an institution, as well as those interested in issues relating to leadership, diversity, and succession planning.

American Higher Education in a Global Context: Historical Perspectives describes the current state of universities on each continent, providing a comprehensive analysis of the numerous factors that have affected higher education systems around the world. This book studies higher education from its emergence in antiquity to the establishment of the American research university model and its adoption around the globe, through the current Covid-19 pandemic and concomitant economic and political crisis. The author pays special attention to the shortcomings of the neoliberal trend of the last four decades, which increased social stratification at institutions of higher learning. Calling for an expansion of access to tertiary education, and in particular, to research universities, this book examines the competition between China and the United States in the field of higher education, stressing the importance of academic freedom, without which there can be no true academic excellence.

Un beso y un bofetón cambiarán su vida…Leire sueña con triunfar en la música.Un día asiste a un concierto de Aaric Lodge, y, sin esperarlo, la invitan a subir al escenario.Tras cantar una canción con él, Aaric la besa, y ella responde con un bofetón.Lo que Leire no sabía era que su vida cambiaría por completo a partir de ese momento.¿Podrá Leire resistir la tremenda química que hay entre ambos?

Claudia es profesora de historia en un instituto y, aunque lleva una vida tranquila y ordenada, una noche de copas con su amiga Moni puede ser impredecible. Sin saber cómo ni cuándo, pues no recuerda absolutamente nada de la salida nocturna con su amiga, Claudia termina la noche hablando con una desconocida, sentadas en la arena de la playa, frente al mar. Dicha desconocida es Majo, una «paisajista» con mucha labia y un carisma arrollador.A la mañana siguiente se despierta con una resaca importante, el bolso lleno de conchas y un mensaje en su teléfono de un número que no conoce. ¿Quién será esa persona que tiene un león marino como foto de perfil?

Paula es una mujer idealista cuya principal meta en la vida es encontrar un amor de película como el que vio en sus abuelos y en sus padres: inamovible, intenso y para siempre. Sin embargo, las consecuencias que ese amor ha tenido en la cordura de sus familiares han provocado en Paula una irónica dualidad, pues, aunque se muere por hallar a la mujer de su vida, teme acabar engullida ella también por la locura y la depresión. Por ello busca un ideal inalcanzable, una chica que le mate ese miedo con forma de animal que le habita dentro y así, por fin, vivir ese amor con el que tanto sueña.Ro, una mujer con los pies en la tierra que ha vivido ya mil vidas, no cree en la toxicidad del amor romántico ni en las relaciones de ningún tipo. Su pasado solitario ha hecho de ella una chica cínica, distante y práctica. Se limita a disfrutar sin pensar a largo plazo, sin establecer demasiados lazos y sin esperar de la vida nada trascendente.Cuando Paula y Ro se encuentran, sus mundos contrapuestos no colisionan y, contra todo pronóstico, intentarán averiguar juntas cómo calmar a ese minotauro cansado que Paula alberga en su particular laberinto.