Higher Education Universities

The Ultimate Guide to College Success provides actionable strategies to help students stay organized, motivated, and confident throughout their academic journey.

So, your child is a high school junior. You've heard other parents with kids older than yours whisper the word "college" like it was a terminal disease. You've seen their taut, maniacal grins as they try to hold it together. The process of weathering and conquering the college admissions process with a teenager is a daunting affair for many. Thankfully, Jill Margaret Shulman, a college admissions coach, application evaluator, college writing instructor, essayist, author, and empathetic parent, is here to be your fiercest ally.

This completely revised second edition includes new information on affordability and aid that addresses important financial considerations. It also explores changes in standardized testing and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Truth about College Admission is the practical and inspiring guidebook your family needs, an essential companion on the path toward acceptance to college.

Dave Shutler analyzes twelve faulty assumptions about obtaining a higher education and shows how they can lead to debilitating college debt. Analogizing to the two realities in the Matrix movies, he reveals underlying facts about the assumptions to high schoolers and their parents. These assumptions range from deciding whether to attend college in the first place, to the importance of selecting a major, to how to minimize college living costs. This book is a systematic guide to the many misconceptions that students hold in the college application process.

In Rethinking College, award-winning journalist Karin Klein sets out a new path for our country's students and their families. Klein examines why the traditional college-for-all model has been overhyped and is growing less relevant, then shares practical advice and real-world examples of exactly how others have succeeded without a four-year degree.

AudioLearn’s College Level Courses presents College Level Archaeology. Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a great way to explore the subject of Archaeology. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you might expect to learn in a typical undergraduate course in Archaeology. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-sized sections. There are quizzes and key takeaways following each section to review questions commonly tested and drive home key points.

Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a great way to explore the subject of Greek mythology. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you might expect to learn in a typical undergraduate course in Greek mythology. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-size sections. There are quizzes and key takeaways following each section to review questions commonly tested and drive home key points.

You've heard the horror stories. Brilliant kids getting rejection letters, acceptance rates plummeting, an elusive and impossible selection process. Not to mention, all of the contradictory advice that leaves you with more questions than answers. If this sounds all too familiar, this book is exactly what you need. Dr. Agnia Grigas has cracked the college admission code, and she shares it all with you here, in her groundbreaking book, How to Win the Million Dollar College Admissions Game.

The doctor of philosophy is a complex degree. The space between students and supervisors is vexed and volatile. It can be exploitative. The Pernicious PhD Supervisor enters this difficult space and provides both the models and the strategies to categorize and manage difficult supervisors and supervisory practices. From the Flamingo to the Wizard, from the White Pointer Shark to the Bower Bird, ten models of supervision are revealed.

Feeling like college is an impossible dream because of its steep price tag? I've been there.In high school, I wasn’t near the top of my class. Yet, I managed to secure over $50,000 in scholarships annually. How did I do it? By targeting colleges that actively support students from families like ours, those earning under $70,000. You can do the same thing too. This book is my step-by-step system, tailored for high schoolers and college first-years. It’s not too late to turn your college dream into reality.

Are you a member of a majority, minoritized or marginalized group, ready to face the unique challenges of university life? Meet Veronica Carey, PhD – your ultimate guide to navigating the complex world of higher education. Dr. Carey, an Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions, is a passionate advocate for students like you. With over twenty years of higher education experience, she's here to share her expertise and empower you on your journey to scholastic success.

Whether it's discussing household responsibilities, setting boundaries, or resolving disagreements, College Roommate Essentials on How to Talk to Anyone will equip you with the tools to foster peaceful conflict resolution. You will learn how to communicate with 16 personalities, embrace cultural differences, and master the art of adult conversations.

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.

La educación universitaria debe adaptarse necesariamente a la Cuarta Revolución Industrial. Todos los países e instituciones académicas se enfrentan al reto de volver a capacitar a varias generaciones de trabajadores y profesionales que se están quedando obsoletos ante el nuevo paradigma económico. El sistema educativo ha fallado. No ha evolucionado para responder al advenimiento de la revolución digital; hemos preparado a millones de personas para afrontar los desafíos de ayer pero no a las demandas de mañana.

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.

Frustrated or overwhelmed by the college admissions process? Imagine how confusing it may be for your college-bound teen. It's important for your maturing high schooler to be in the driver's seat of applying to and choosing the right school. But, how can you support and guide your teen without taking over? This book explains each step in the process and provides clear, concise tips on what your student should be doing, when they should be doing it, and why each step is so important.

The 1950s through the early 1970s are widely seen as American academia's golden age, when universities - well funded and viewed as essential for national security, economic growth, and social mobility - embraced an egalitarian mission. Swelling in size, schools attracted new types of students and professors, including radicals who challenged their institutions' calcified traditions. But that halcyon moment soon came to a painful and confusing end, with consequences that still afflict the halls of ivy.

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.

The first uncensored biography to investigate our era's most celebrated, distinctive, and confounding filmmaker reveals the controversial private life behind the iconic public persona.

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.