College Study

In this thought-provoking book, acclaimed cultural critic and professor of literature Richard Ohmann and noted critical scholar and pedagogue Ira Shor challenge the widely accepted notion of the "college premium": the economic advantage associated with obtaining a college degree. The authors show how the idea of a college premium is often merely a myth that furthers the commercialization of education.

Since 2000, America's most ambitious young evangelicals have been making their way to Patrick Henry College in Virginia, a small Christian school that has earned the nickname "God's Harvard". Most of these students are home-schoolers whose idealism and discipline put the average American teenager to shame. The school grooms them to become the Christian elite of tomorrow, dispatching them to the front lines of politics, entertainment, and science to wage the battle to take back a godless nation.

When photographer Adraint Bereal graduated from the University of Texas, he self-published an impressive volume of portraits, personal statements, and interviews that explored UT's campus culture and offered an intimate look at the lives of Black students matriculating within a majority white space. Bereal's work was inspired by his first photo exhibition at the George Washington Carver Museum in Austin, entitled 1.7, that unearthed the experiences of the 925 Black men that made up just 1.7% of UT's total 52,000 student body.

This book is the third in the Smarter Student series. I wrote this book to help students go after their dreams. Whether you want to get into your dream college, be eligible for a scholarship or pass a professional exam, I believe that the principles and strategies outlined in this book can be applied to studying for and acing any standardized test. Knowing the right way to study is an incredibly important factor in getting the most out of time spent studying. Doing well in school or college is not dependent on whether you are the smartest kid in class or whether you spend the longest hours ...

Increase your understanding of Materials Science Concepts by using simple multiple-choice questions that build on each other. Enhance your time-efficiency by reading these on your smartphone or tablet during those down moments between classes or errands. Make this a game by using the study sets to quiz yourself or a friend and reward yourself as you improve your knowledge. This book uses multiple-choice questions and answers to help students to test and improve their understanding of relevant topics in Materials Science. The book is oriented towards students who are taking an introductory ...

In the autumn of 1992, two young women students at Melbourne University went to the police claiming that they had been indecently assaulted at a party. The man they accused was the head of their co-ed residential college. The controversial book that Helen Garner wrote about the resulting Ormond College sexual harassment case caused a social media storm. Prominent feminists were outraged at Garner's perceived support for the man involved, but many saw her approach a necessary and much welcome nuance towards the power dynamic between men and women.

Parenting teenagers is hard enough without feeling locked out of knowing how to apply to and pay for college. With the right information to turn the key, moms and dads can open the gate so their sons and daughters enter successfully into the futures they deserve. Join Pamela Donnelly in her humorous, informative trainings on the four mission-critical strategies you must implement in order to position your teen for independence, not co-dependence.

Do you have a dream of higher education, but you’re unsure if you can afford it? Are you the parent of a student that is yearning for an education you can’t provide? In this audiobook, we go over the special tricks and tips for not only finding quality scholarships today, but also securing them for your student. We look at local, regional, and national scholarships, as well as the best websites for finding the most lucrative, available scholarships today. We even cover scholarship scams and how to avoid internet hackers in the world of education.

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.

Increase your understanding of Materials Science Concepts by using simple multiple-choice questions that build on each other. Enhance your time-efficiency by reading these on your smartphone or tablet during those down moments between classes or errands. Make this a game by using the study sets to quiz yourself or a friend and reward yourself as you improve your knowledge. This book uses multiple-choice questions and answers to help students to test and improve their understanding of relevant topics in Materials Science. The book is oriented towards students who are taking an introductory ...

From Biola president Barry Corey comes the perfect guide to making the college years count. It touches on everything from college romances to making friends, from getting sleep to embracing boredom, from your inner life to your social life. Barry Corey gives you wisdom that rings true but is rarely passed on. He serves up tips for survival, virtues to embrace, ideas to think about, and habits to cultivate for an enjoyable and flourishing journey through college. After all, you will remember your college experience for the rest of your life. Make the most of it.

Online Learning, What You Need to Know to Succeed! is a practical and easy-to-read book that is packed with the information you need to know to be successful with online learning.Whether you are a first-time online learner, or you are just looking for tips to maximize your performance, this book is the one for you. The tips and guidance are a breakthrough in how online learning should be approached to be able to maximize your learning and success. This book is for high school and college students who want to know how to succeed with online learning. With the huge growth in online learning, ...

How did this change happen, and was it justified? As this book explains, it was largely due to the onslaught of naturalism-based science during the 1800s as energized by the critical philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Science pressured the schools, but the addition of Kant's super-subjectivism turned science into a religion that could not live at peace with Christianity.

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

During the 1980s, Black athletes and other athletes of color broadened the popularity and profitability of major college televised sports by infusing games with a "Black style" of play. At a moment ripe for a revolution in men's college basketball and football, clashes between "good guy" white protagonists and bombastic "bad boy" Black antagonists attracted new fans and spectators. And no two teams in the 1980s welcomed the enemy's role more than Georgetown Hoya basketball and Miami Hurricane football. The Hoyas and the 'Canes made the bad-boy image look good. Pop culture took notice.

Recent Princeton graduate Caroline Kitchener weaves together her experiences from her first year after college with those of four of her peers in order to delve more deeply into what the world now offers female college graduates and how the world perceives them.

Increase your understanding of Materials Science Concepts by using simple multiple-choice questions that build on each other. Enhance your time-efficiency by reading these on your smartphone or tablet during those down moments between classes or errands. Make this a game by using the study sets to quiz yourself or a friend and reward yourself as you improve your knowledge. This book uses multiple-choice questions and answers to help students to test and improve their understanding of relevant topics in Materials Science. The book is oriented towards students who are taking an introductory ...

Are you from India and interested in studying abroad in the US, Europe, Australia, or Canada? This audiobook is a compilation of several of the most prominent scholarships that could benefit you in your studies and make a difference in your life. As a bonus for downloading this audiobook, you will get an extra chapter on how to carry out an effective search for a desired scholarship and tips on how you can write a winning proposal. You will also get tips on how you can avoid being scammed, among other beneficial insight.

Have you recently started higher education and feel overwhelmed? Do you need help to organize your studies? Have you failed an exam? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, this is the book for you. It’s a book for new—or not so new—college and university students who struggle with managing their time and studies. A short book with ten chapters, it’s quick to read and packed with examples. Improve your study technique today! Camilla Vavruch has a PhD in medicine and a degree of master of law. She now works as a physician at a primary care center in Sweden.