Oxford University Press

Buddhist monks are almost always imagined as ascetic spiritual practitioners, indifferent to mundane concerns. In fact, however, like any other institution, a monastery must be governed and the burden of these administrative duties necessarily falls on monks. This raises the interesting question of the status of monastic administrators. Looked at...

Black Youth and the Future of American PoliticsIn Democracy Remixed, award-winning scholar Cathy J. Cohen offers an authoritative analysis of the state of black youth in America today. Utilizing the results from the Black Youth Project, a groundbreaking national survey, Cohen focuses on what young black Americans actually experience and think--and...

Beyond the Roof of the World is a benchmark in Medical Ethnomusicology and integrative, complementary/alternative medicine. Koen explores ancient practices of music, prayer, and healing among the Pamiri people of Tajikistan....

An introduction to statistical data mining, Data Analysis and Data Mining is both        textbook and professional resource. Assuming only a basic knowledge of statistical        reasoning, it presents core concepts in data mining and exploratory statistical        models to students and professional statisticians-both those working...

A Case for Educational ChangeToo Simple to Fail presents a startling dissection of what is wrong with our educational system and a set of simple, common-sense steps for improving it. Here, Bausell demonstrates that classroom instruction is hopelessly obsolete, as are our current testing practices, both contributing to the widening opportunity gap...

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