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Academic Capitalism and the New Economy: Markets, State and Higher Education by Slaughter, Sheila & Rhoades, Gary. (2004). Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Reviewed by Rebecca Barber, Arizona State University
Academic Capitalism: Politics, Policies, and the Entrepreneurial University. (1997) by Slaughter, Sheila and Leslie, Larry. Baltimore, MD.: The John Hopkins University Press. Reviewed by Jann Contento, Arizona State University.
Academic Disciplines: Holland's Theory and the Study of College Students and Faculty by John C. Smart, Kenneth A. Feldman, and Corinna A. Ethington. (2000). Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press. Reviewed by Marc Cutright, Johns Hopkins University
Academic Duty by Kennedy, Donald. (1997). Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Reviewed by Courtney Welch, Texas Woman's University
The access principle: The case for open access to research and scholarship by Willinsky, John. (2006). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Reviewed by Kate Corby, Michigan State University
Achievement Testing in U.S. Elementary and Secondary Schools by Baker, Joan M. (2006). New York, NY: Peter Lang. Reviewed by Arie J. van der Ploeg, Learning Point Associates
Action research in education by Ernest T. Stringer. (2004). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Reviewed by Eugene Bartoo, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Action research for teachers: traveling the yellow brick road by Arhar, Joanne M., Holly, Mary L. & Kasten, Wendy C. (2001). Merrill Prentice Hall. Reviewed by Terence A. Beck, University of Puget Sound.
Action for Social Justice in Education: Fairly Different by Griffiths, Morwenna. (2003). Philadelphia: Open University Press. Reviewed by Amy E. White, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Adolescent Literacy Research and Practice by Jetton, Tamara L. & Dole, Janice A. (Eds.) (2004). NY, NY: The Guilford Press. Reviewed by Patricia A. Gross, University of Scranton
Advancing Knowledge in Service-Learning: Research to Transform the Field by Casey, Karen McKnight; Davidson, Georgia; Billig, Shelley H., & Springer, Nicole C. (Eds.). (2006). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc. Reviewed by Beronda L. Montgomery, Michigan State University
Afirmando direitos: acesso e permanência de jovens negros na universidade. (Affirming rights: Entry and successful performance of Black youth at the university) by Gomes, Nilma Lino, & Martins, Aracy Alves (orgs.). (2004) Belo Horizonte: Autêntica, 2004. Reviewed by Dr. Francis Musa Boakari, Professor, Univ. of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
Affirmative action: Racial preference in black and white by Wise, Tim J. (2005). N.Y: Routledge. Reviewed by Sharon Yee, Arizona State University
Affirmative Action's Testament of Hope: Strategies For A New Era In Higher Education by Garcia, Mildred (Ed.) (1997). Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. Reviewed by Carlos Nevarez, Arizona State University
African American Men in College by Cuyjet, Michael and Associates (Eds.) (2006) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. Reviewed by Sheila T. Gregory and Raphael X. Moffett, Clark Atlanta University.
Against Common Sense: Teaching and Learning Toward Social Justice by Kumashiro, Kevin K. (2004). NY: RoutledgeFalmer. Reviewed by Regina Trudy Praetorius, Louisiana State University
Against the Terror of Neoliberalism: Politics Beyond the Age of Greed by Giroux, Henry (2008). Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. Reviewed by Morris, Scott. (2008). Henry Giroux—Urgently Necessary and Necessarily Urgent: An Essay Review.
Altered Destinies: Making life better for schoolchildren in need by Maeroff, Gene I. (1999). New York: St. Martin's Griffin. Reviewed by Richard W. Race, Keele University
Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation by Kozol, J. (1995). Crown Publishers. New York, NY. Reviewed by Shellie Jacobs, Duquesne University.
American Evangelicals and Religious Diversity: Subcultural Education, Theological Boundaries, and the Relativization of Tradition by Taylor, Kevin M. (2006). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Reviewed by Matthew Maruggi, University of St. Thomas
American Higher Education: A History. By Lucas, Christopher J. (1994). New York: St. Martin's Press. Reviewed by K.B. Melear, Florida State University
America's Teenager—Myths and Realities: Media Images, Schooling and the Social Costs of Careless Indifference by Nichols, Sharon L. and Good, Thomas L. (2004). Mahwah, NJ and London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Reviewed by Mindy Machanic, University of Maryland, University College
Anti-Semitism and Schooling under the Third Reich by Wegner, Gregory Paul. (2002). RoutledgeFalmer Press. Reviewed by Katherine T. Carroll, Loyola University, Chicago
Aristotle on the Necessity of Public Education by Curren, Randall R. (2000). Rowman & Littlefield. Reviewed by Jana Noel, California State University, Sacramento.
Asian American Education: Acculturation, Literacy, Development, and Learning by Park, Clara; Endo, Russell; Lee, Stacy and Ron, Xue Lan. (Eds.) (2007). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc. Reviewed by Ya Mo, Michigan State University.
Asian universities: Historical perspectives and contemporary challenges by Altbach, Philip G. & Umakoshi, Toru. (Eds). (2004). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Reviewed by Matthew Church, University of Louisville
Assessing Online Learning by Comeaux, Patricia (Ed.). (2005). Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc. Reviewed by Mikhail Turegun, Oklahoma City Community College
Assessment for Learning: Putting it into Practice by Black, Paul; Harrison, Chris; Lee, Clare; Marshall, Bethan; & Wiliam, Dylan. (2003). New York: Open University Press. Reviewed by Julie R. O'Brian, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Assessment Strategies for Self-directed Learning by Arthur L. Costa & Bena Kallick. (2004). Corwin Press/SAGE Publications. Reviewed by Anthony Truog, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Assessment: What's in it for Schools? by Weeden, Paul;, Winter, Jan & Broadfoot, Patricia. (2002). London: RoutledgeFalmer. Reviewed by Gale A. Mentzer, Toledo, Ohio
At War with Diversity: U.S. Language Policy in an Age of Anxiety. Crawford, James. (2000). Multilingual Matters. Reviewed by Daniel Choi, Arizona State University.
At Zero Tolerance by Ronnie Casella. (2001). Peter Lang. Reviewed by Dick M. Carpenter II, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Authentic Assessment Primer by Janesick, Valerie, J. (2006). NY, NY: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. Reviewed by Kristin Stang, California State University, Fullerton
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X (with the assistance of Alex Haley). (1992) New York, NY: Ballantine Books. Reviewed by Najee E. Muhammad, Ohio University

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Dancing with Bigotry: Beyond the Politics of Tolerance. by Macedo, Donaldo and Bartolomé, Lilia I. (1999). N.Y., N.Y.: St. Martin's Press Reviewed by Donald S. Blumenfeld-Jones, Arizona State University
Daughters of Suburbia: Growing up White, Middle Class, and Female by Kenny, Lorraine Delia. (2000). Rutgers University Press Reviewed by Emily R. Froimson, Arizona State University
Daughters of Suburbia: Growing Up White, Middle Class, and Female by Kenny, Lorraine Delia. (2000). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers. Reviewed by Kate K. Paxton, Arizona State University
Deconstructing Early Childhood Education. Social Justice & Revolution. by Gaile Sloan Cannella. (1997)New York: Peter Lang. Reviewed by Abdeljalil Akkari, Fribourg University (Switzerland)
Defining and Redefining Gender Equity in Education by Koch, Janice & Irby, Beverly (Eds). (2002).Information Age Publishing. Reviewed by Margaret Sallee, Ohio State University.
Degree mills: The billion-dollar industry that has sold over a million fake diplomas by Ezell, Allen and Bear, John. (2005). Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. Reviewed by Mitiku Adisu, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
The Demands of Liberal Education. Levinson, Meira. (1999). Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Sarah M. McGough.
Democracy Stretched Thin: How Complexity Challenges a Liberal Ideal by Blacker, David J. (2007). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. Reviewed by John F. Covaleskie, University of Oklahoma
Democratic Learning: The Challenge to School Effectiveness by MacBeath, John and Moos, Lejf. (Eds.). (2004). NY: RoutledgeFarmer. Reviewed by Aaron Cooley, Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods of Research Creswell, John W. & Plano-Clark, Vicki L. (2006). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. Reviewed by Dipendra Raj Subedi, Michigan State University
Developing a Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation System. Arreola, Raoul (2000). Anker Publishing. Reviewed by Thomas Diamantes, Wright State University
Developing Leadership: Creating the Schools of Tomorrow Coles, Martin J. and Southworth, Geoff. (Eds.) (2005). Buckingham: Open University Press. Reviewed by Jorge Aguilar, Arizona State University
Developing Reflective Judgment: Understanding and Promoting Intellectual Growth and Critical Thinking in Adolescents and Adults by King, Patricia M. and Kitchener, Karen S. (1994). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. Reviewed by Jan van Aalst, Simon Fraser University and Steven Katz, OISE/University of Toronto.
Developing the Teacher Workforce by Smylie, M. A. & Miretzky, D. (Eds.). (2004). Chicago: National Society for the Study of Education. Reviewed by Laura Goe, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.
Dialogue Is Not Just Talk: A New Ground for Educational Leadership by Shields, Carolyn & Edwards, Mark. (2005). New York: Peter Lang. Reviewed by Manuel Garay, Arizona State University

A Different View of Urban Schools: Civil Rights, Critical Race Theory, and Unexplored Realities by Epstein, Kitty Kelly. (2006). New York: Peter Lang. Reviewed by Jamel K. Donnor, Washington University in St. Louis
Epstein, Kitty Kelly. (2006). A Different View of Urban Schools: Civil Rights, Critical Race Theory, and Unexplored Realities. N.Y.: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. Reviewed by Ishwanzya Rivers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners, Grades 3-12 by Heacox, Diane. (2002). Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing. Reviewed by Rhea Duncan, Portland, Oregon
The Digital Revolution and the Coming of the Postmodern University by Carl A. Raschke. (2002). RoutledgeFalmer. Reviewed by Charalambos Vrasidas & Michalinos Zembylas, Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System that Shapes their Lives by Jeff Schmidt (2000). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. Reviewed by Andi O'Conor, Ohio University.
Distance Education: Definition and Glossary of Terms, 2nd Edition by Schlosser, Lee Ayers and Simonson, Michael. (2006). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc. Reviewed by Glen T. Fogerty, Arizona State University
Distributed Leadership in Practice by Spillane, James P. & Diamond, John B. (2007). New York: Teachers College Press. Reviewed by Cynthia Carver, Michigan State University
Diversity and Distrust: Civic Education in a Multicultural Democracy by Macedo, Stephen. (2000). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Reviewed by Michele S. Moses, Arizona State University
Doing Comparative Education: Three Decades of Collaboration. By Harold J. Noah and Max A. Eckstein. (1998). Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong Comparative Education Research Center. Reviewed by Katherine M. Brown, Loyola University of Chicago
Dollars, Distance, and Online Education: The New Economics of College Teaching and Learning. Finkelstein, M.J., Frances C., Jewett, F.I., Scholz, B.W. (2000). Oryx Press. Reviewed by Bryan R. Warnick, University of Illinois, Urbana—Champaign
Dying to Teach: the Educator's Search for Immortality. by David J. Blacker (1997). New York: Teacher's College Press. Reviewed by Stacy J. Stoyanoff

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Race, Class, and Family Intervention: Engaging Parents and Families for Academic Success by Sampson, William Alfred. (2007). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Education. Reviewed by Robbie J. Steward, Michigan State University