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In “Whatever It Is, I’m Against It,” president emeritus of Macalester College Brian Rosenberg draws on decades of higher education experience to expose the entrenched structures, practices, and cultures that inhibit meaningful postsecondary reform, even as institutions face serious challenges to their financial and educational models. A lively insider’s account, the book pinpoints factors that hinder the ability of U.S. colleges and universities to be creative and entrepreneurial amid calls to improve affordability, access, and equity for students.

If teaching your child feels like a daily battle of wills, you’re not alone—and you’re certainly not failing. You may just be following the wrong recipe. Most parents are taught that authority and control are the key ingredients to raising “good” kids. But what if the very strategies we rely on—overriding resistance, doubling down on power—are actually making things harder? This eye-opening, relatable guide offers a better way. One that doesn’t require shouting, bribing, manipulating, or second-guessing yourself every five minutes.

Pivoting from studies that emphasize the dominance of progressivism on American college campuses during the late sixties and early seventies, Lauren Lassabe Shepherd positions conservative critiques of, and agendas in, American colleges and universities as an essential dimension of a broader conversation of conservative backlash against liberal education. This book explores the story of how stakeholders in American higher education organized and reacted to challenges to their power from the New Left and Black Power student resistance movements of the late 1960s.

Author, Recovery Activist, and Researcher Piers Kaniuka is reimagining addiction, recovery, and community in the 21st century. The Resistance Recovery podcast is dedicated to the exploration of any and all topics related to recovery, spirituality, and culture.Join Piers as he interviews thought leaders working at the cutting edges of cultural transformation. Piers Kaniuka, MTS, MS, has worked with thousands of addicts and alcoholics in his 25+ years in the field. Discover RR's new paradigm of recovery by visiting http://resistancerecovery.com.Visit the RR channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/...

From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, Slaying Goliath is an impassioned, inspiring look at the ways in which parents, teachers, and activists are successfully fighting back to defeat the forces that are trying to privatize America’s public schools. Diane...