Higher Education Universities

In February 1962, three years into Fidel Castro’s rule of their Cuban homeland, the González family - an auto mechanic, his wife, and two young children - landed in Miami with a few personal possessions and two bottles of Cuban rum. As his parents struggled to find work, 11-year-old Gerardo struggled to fit in at school, where a teacher intimidated him and school authorities placed him on a vocational track. Inspired by a close friend, Gerardo decided to go to college. He not only graduated but placed himself on a path through higher education that brought him to a deanship at the Indiana University School of Education.

This is a must-listen book for anyone considering higher education or looking to understand the value of a college degree. Written by Dr. David K. Ewen, an esteemed educator with several decades of professional experience in the field, this book offers profound insights into the positive aspects and significance of a college education.

Your Ivy competitive edge. The most effective college application strategies ever published. Transform your college applications into Bam! Pow! Wow!—without high-priced consultants, tutors, or prep courses. Using actual common application personal essays, activities and honors sections, supplemental essays, and letters of continued interest from accepted applications to University of Virginia, Duke, and Princeton, Coach Mom Top College Admission Playbook shows you how to stand tall above thousands in one quick listen.

If you intend to be college-bound, the challenge is to be well informed, prepared, focused, and organized throughout the multi-step college search and admission process. Your solution is The College Bound Organizer, the ultimate guide to help students effectively navigate this very complicated and stressful process.

Want to ace your next exam? Claim victory as a beer pong champ? Remove that gross stain from your shirt before your interview? College Hacks gives you the tricks and tips you need to get ahead in life without breaking a sweat. Filled with hundreds of ways to simplify nearly every college situation, this guide tells you just what to do when your professor assigns you a twenty-page paper or you run out of clean dishes in your dorm room (chip bag bowl, anyone?).

Admissions by Design is a poignant, unorthodox, and thorough guide that upends the traditional paradigm of college admissions. Incorporating the latest research in brain science and human development and using stories from her nearly 20 years of work with students, Lisa Fisher offers students practical tools to reframe the college admissions process to one of an inspired and authentic journey toward self-discovery.

Everybody knows that the schools of the Ivy League - universally touted as the pinnacle of American higher education - have graduated countless political leaders, corporate titans, and global power brokers. But did you know these schools have also produced murderers, warmongers, traitors, plagiarists, slave traders, pederasts, and every other variety of moral reprobate?

Everything you need to know about choosing the right college for you! College life is a new chapter that every individual must face. After all the sacrifices throughout your high school life, choosing a community college is the next step you should take into consideration. It is very imperative to decide the right place for your ultimate learning experience and in order for you to attain this; there are various valuable factors that you should consider to come up with the best possible results that you are expecting.

College is hard enough as it is, so why not make your college experience a little easier? This audiobook will take you into detail on useful tips and tricks to help you through college classes and campus life.

Accelerated Learning is a must-have for anyone who wants to learn new and exciting subjects quickly and effectively. This book provides insights on learning techniques and habits that can be harmful to your study efforts. Additionally, Accelerated Learning reveals some of the most effective learning tools and techniques available to help you to get the most from your time and effort. By using the tools and techniques in this book, you will be able to learn any subject in as little as one month, regardless of how complex the subject is.

Erfolgreich studieren ab der ersten Vorlesung! Viele Studienanfänger sind auf die Zeit an der Uni nicht gut vorbereitet. Eigentlich sind sie überhaupt nicht vorbereitet - sie werden ins kalte Wasser geworfen; ins Haifischbecken. Doch damit ist jetzt Schluss - und dieses Hörbuch wird dir dabei helfen. Raus aus der Schule - rein in die Uni! Als Student ändert sich deine Lebensweise von Grund auf. Im Studium musst du dich ganz anders organisieren als zu Schulzeiten.

Hast du dein Studium im Griff? Oder ist es anders herum? Viele Studenten fühlen sich überfordert und wissen nicht, wie sie ihren Unialltag organisieren sollen. Wie auch? Es zeigt ihnen schließlich niemand! Aber damit ist jetzt Schluss: In diesem Hörbuch lernst du, wie du zielorientiert und entspannt studieren kannst, ohne dich selbst auszubeuten. Das hier ist deine Anleitung für ein glückliches und selbstbestimmtes Studium. Dazu sehen wir uns Schritt für Schritt die fünf DOEDL-Prinzipien an.

Designed to be compatible with virtually every standard textbook in its subject field, Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys gives you a valuable overview of your college-level course. From Middle English through the modern writers, English Literature covers the key themes, quotations, and literary terms.

Transitioning from high school to college is so tough. Not only are you on your own figuring out this whole adult thing, but you’re also juggling educating yourself in a system that couldn’t care less if you pass or fail. This is why I combined both of my best books for college students into one: to provide insight into the college scene from a guy who has been in your shoes, gotten spanked by a challenging curriculum, found a way to spank college back, and did it in a way that allowed me to exit college debt-free, confident, and with the job I actually wanted.

Do you want to know why? Because not a single one of those topics matter if you are scared to death to speak in front of a crowd. It is extremely difficult to appear professional when you are terrified to speak in public. Conquering that internal struggle is the focus us of this book. To get you comfortable in your own skin while speaking to an audience whether you’re looking to be a rock star at your next presentation, wanting to run for a leadership position, or simply wanting to have control over yourself whenever you speak Stage Fight. Is. Your. Answer.

For college admissions help, give your child that "unfair" advantage in applying to college, without cheating, offering bribes, using legacy, or giving donations. Here's the kind of insider information that’s made the author's own clients refer him to their friends for the past 17 years. It's a free, fast, and entertaining listen that's designed for the hard-bitten realist who takes nothing at face value, especially in light of the college admissions scandal of 2019.

After all the testing and touring and applying, your child has been accepted to college. Congratulations! Now what? Distilling lessons and sharing stories (some cautionary, some entertaining, all helpful) from her long college advisory career, three-time Ivy League Dean Monique Rinere presents a unique month-by-month road map to a college experience that is rich, rewarding, and successful for teens and parents alike.

Speed reading can make such a difference in your life. It can help you to take in more information that you could ever imagine, it can make you more efficient, and it can be a lot of fun. Anyone is able to learn how to speed read, it just takes some practice and the use of the right techniques and you can reach any speed reading goal that you have. This guidebook is going to take some time to talk about speed reading and provide you with all of the techniques that you need to see results.

Written by the premier author in Windows administration, William Stanek, and addressing the needs of Windows 2003 administrators and support staff, Classroom-To-Go Training Course for Managing Users, Computers, and Groups is designed to help you build your knowledge of Windows Server 2003.

Written by the premier author in Windows administration, William Stanek, and addressing the needs of Windows 2003 administrators and support staff, Managing Network Infrastructure Classroom-to-Go is designed to help you build your knowledge of Windows Server 2003.