College Student Learning

Upward mobility through the path of higher education has been an article of faith for generations of working-class, low-income, and immigrant college students. While we know this path usually entails financial sacrifices and hard work, very little attention has been paid to the deep personal compromises such students have to make as they enter worlds vastly different from their own.

Decades of research demonstrate how important the relationships with peers and professors are for students academically, personally, and professionally. Yet many students lack the strategies to develop educationally purposeful relationships in college. Connections Are Everything shows students the simple steps they can take to make their own college experience meaningful and transformational.

If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a college degree and set yourself on the path to a good life, right? Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with Paying the Price, she shows in damning detail exactly why. Drawing on an unprecedented study of 3,000 young adults who entered public colleges and universities in Wisconsin in 2008 with the support of federal aid and Pell Grants, Goldrick-Rab reveals the devastating effect of these shortfalls.

Class ends. Students pack up and head back to their dorms. The professor, meanwhile, goes to her car...to catch a little sleep, and then eat a cheeseburger in her lap before driving across the city to a different university to teach another, wholly different class. All for a paycheck that, once prep and grading are factored in, barely reaches minimum wage.

Transitioning from high school to college so tough. Not only are you on your own to 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. On top of that, regardless if you even graduate, you’ll still have to find a way to pay for all of it. I’ll show you how to not suck at college. It doesn’t matter if you’re just starting out in college, whether you’re about to graduate wondering what comes next or somewhere in the middle, this audiobook has something for you.

You must have heard stories of people who you think earn enough money to live comfortably but still find themselves in debt, living paycheck to paycheck, or having to take loans to meet up with their expenses. If you take the steps highlighted in this audiobook, you will be well prepared for that stress-free retirement. These steps are so simple anyone can do them, even if you feel you are disorganized.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has come under fire. Fans have begun to realize that the athletes involved in the two biggest college sports, men's basketball and football, are little more than indentured servants. Millions of teenagers accept scholarships to chase their dreams of fame and fortune - at the price of absolute submission to the whims of an organization that puts their interests dead last.

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.

This information-packed audiobook relays solid expertise you will need to become an effective meeting administrator. As with any topic, the basics do not just come to you; you must make a conscious effort to learn what you need to know to become more skillful. Knowing these basics of planning and managing meetings will "head off" problems before they occur. If you are presently involved in meeting planning or responsible for chairing meetings or see that in your future, this audiobook is for you!

Navigate the challenges of student life with ease using our practical guide! In today's demanding academic landscape, we understand the need for a balanced approach to excel as a student. This guide is here to offer you sensible advice and proven techniques to help you enhance your academic performance, secure the grades you desire, and smoothly transition into the college programs of your choice. Discover the simplicity and effectiveness of our guide, divided into three sections, each with two chapters, providing you with a structured and easy-to-follow path. The first section delves into ...

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.

Discover how hundreds of thousands of students from all over the world are making the United States their second home! In 2021 alone, over 1.1 million international students were studying in the US, with 50 percent coming from Asia, 30 percent from Europe, and 10 percent from Latin America. The numbers are only growing, which is exciting, but also daunting for young learners who want to experience this adventure.

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.

Set The Rum Diaries or I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell in an out-of-control fraternity house, and you get Total Frat Move-- the next (d)evolution in college debauchery.

Getting into college is just as hard as figuring out how to pay for it. In this original audiobook, prospective students and their parents will learn how to think like informed consumers as you make this very important - and costly - decision. National expert, Reyna Gobel, MBA, provides you with money-saving processes to determine which colleges are right for you, which ones offer the best financial-aid package, and how to plan for this expense.

In this amusing and multiple award-winning how-to guide for professors, seasoned instructor Mike Kowis shares 44 college teaching tips that will help any teacher. This brutally honest audiobook is based on the many lessons that Mike learned during his 15 years of teaching, and it's filled with dozens of hilarious - and often embarrassing - anecdotes. Engaging College Students: A Fun and Edgy Guide for Professors will help you fully engage your students in classroom discussions.

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?).

Getting into college takes plenty of hard work, but knowing what your professors expect of you once you get there can be even more challenging. Will This Be on the Test? is the essential survival guide for high-school students making the transition to college academics. In this entertaining and informative book, Dana Johnson shares wisdom and wit gleaned from her decades of experience as an award-winning teacher in the freshman classroom - lessons that will continue to serve you long after college graduation.

Are you headed off to college or already in college? Do you want college to be as effortless as possible? Are you averse to writing papers? You need this book! Presented in a tough-love style, this guide book will teach you how to write papers yet keep from overworking or failing out of college. Author Juliana Griffo is straightforward with you and after a decade of freelancing as a tutor and editor, she's seen a huge range of hardworking and hardly working students and wants to give you the best advice to be an excellent student, without it taking over your life.

At a time of political tribalism and ideological purity tests, it can be hard to remember that cross-party hatred isn't an inherent feature of partisan politics. But, as this book reminds us, a backward glance - or a quick survey of so many retiring members of Congress - tells us that even in the past decade partisan rancor has grown exponentially. In Angry Politics, Stacy G. Ulbig asks why. Even more to the point, she traces the trend to the place where it all might begin - the college campus, among the youngest segment of the electorate.