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Won’t Lose This Dream

Author : Andrew Gumbel
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1620974711
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Won’t Lose This Dream written by Andrew Gumbel and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary story of how Georgia State University tore up the rulebook for educating lower-income students "Georgia State . . . has been reimagined—amid a moral awakening and a raft of data-driven experimentation—as one of the South's more innovative engines of social mobility." —The New York Times Won’t Lose This Dream is the inspiring story of a public university that has blazed an extraordinary trail for lower-income and first-generation students in downtown Atlanta, the birthplace of the civil rights movement. Over the past decade Georgia State University has upended the conventional wisdom that large numbers of students are doomed to fail simply because of their economic background or the color of their skin. Instead, it has harnessed the power of big data to identify and remove the obstacles that previously stopped them from graduating and completely transformed their prospects. A student from a mediocre high school working two jobs to make ends meet is now no less likely to succeed than a child of wealth and privilege—an earth-shaking achievement that is reverberating across every college campus in the country. With unique access to the key players and drawing on his skills as an investigative reporter, Andrew Gumbel delivers a thrilling, blow-by-blow account of a long battle to determine whether universities exist for their students or vice versa. The story is told through the visionary leaders who overcame fierce resistance to tear up the rules of their own institution and through the many remarkable students whose resilience and determination, often against daunting odds, inspired the work at every stage. Their success shows how the promise of social advancement through talent and hard work, the essence of the American dream, can be rekindled even in an age of deep inequalities and divisive politics.

College Bound and Moving Up

Author : Mike Santaniello
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781463588519
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (885 download)

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Download or read book College Bound and Moving Up written by Mike Santaniello and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-06-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, there is a huge income gap between college graduates and high school graduates. Yet, many young Americans still believe that "they don't need college" to get rich or get ahead. For every "self made millionaire" who skipped college, there are millions of high school graduates who will struggle financially for the rest of their lives. For about the same cost to buy and insure a "nice" new car, then drive it for four years, many young adult Americans could pay for a four year college degree instead. That degree then would earn them enough extra income on average to buy a new car for cash every two years for the rest of their lives! Take out a car loan or a school loan? It's a no brainer!Dr. Mike Santaniello, who drove a truck for fourteen years and was the first person in his family to attend college, destroys the myths about college. His book proves once and for all that going to college is "worth it" for almost everyone. Based on years of research on college students and their families, this book teaches parents and grandparents who are not college graduates what they could do to encourage their children to become successful college students. From over twenty five years of teaching, advising, and studying working college students, Dr. Mike Santaniello offers the aspiring college student inside information on how to excel in college and beyond.ABOUT SOPHIAOMNI PRESSThis text is published by SophiaOmni Press. SophiaOmni is an independent press founded by educators to expand the domain of human wisdom. We publish works by past and contemporary authors who have something significant to say about the human condition and our continued existence on this fragile planet. Visit us on the web at www.sophiaomni.org.

After the Ivory Tower Falls

Author : Will Bunch
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063077019
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book After the Ivory Tower Falls written by Will Bunch and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Will Bunch, the epic untold story of college—the great political and cultural fault line of American life Winner of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia Literary Award | Longlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction | "This book is simply terrific." —Heather Cox Richardson | "Ambitious and engrossing." —New York Times Book Review | "A must-read." —Nancy MacLean, author of Democracy in Chains Today there are two Americas, separate and unequal, one educated and one not. And these two tribes—the resentful “non-college” crowd and their diploma-bearing yet increasingly disillusioned adversaries—seem on the brink of a civil war. The strongest determinant of whether a voter was likely to support Donald Trump in 2016 was whether or not they attended college, and the degree of loathing they reported feeling toward the so-called “knowledge economy" of clustered, educated elites. Somewhere in the winding last half-century of the United States, the quest for a college diploma devolved from being proof of America’s commitment to learning, science, and social mobility into a kind of Hunger Games contest to the death. That quest has infuriated both the millions who got shut out and millions who got into deep debt to stay afloat. In After the Ivory Tower Falls, award-winning journalist Will Bunch embarks on a deeply reported journey to the heart of the American Dream. That journey begins in Gambier, Ohio, home to affluent, liberal Kenyon College, a tiny speck of Democratic blue amidst the vast red swath of white, post-industrial, rural midwestern America. To understand “the college question,” there is no better entry point than Gambier, where a world-class institution caters to elite students amidst a sea of economic despair. From there, Bunch traces the history of college in the U.S., from the landmark GI Bill through the culture wars of the 60’s and 70’s, which found their start on college campuses. We see how resentment of college-educated elites morphed into a rejection of knowledge itself—and how the explosion in student loan debt fueled major social movements like Occupy Wall Street. Bunch then takes a question we need to ask all over again—what, and who, is college even for?—and pushes it into the 21st century by proposing a new model that works for all Americans. The sum total is a stunning work of journalism, one that lays bare the root of our political, cultural, and economic division—and charts a path forward for America.

What the Best College Students Do

Author : Ken Bain
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674070380
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book What the Best College Students Do written by Ken Bain and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the best-selling What the Best College Teachers Do is back with more humane, doable, and inspiring help, this time for students who want to get the most out of college—and every other educational enterprise, too. The first thing they should do? Think beyond the transcript. The creative, successful people profiled in this book—college graduates who went on to change the world we live in—aimed higher than straight A’s. They used their four years to cultivate habits of thought that would enable them to grow and adapt throughout their lives. Combining academic research on learning and motivation with insights drawn from interviews with people who have won Nobel Prizes, Emmys, fame, or the admiration of people in their field, Ken Bain identifies the key attitudes that distinguished the best college students from their peers. These individuals started out with the belief that intelligence and ability are expandable, not fixed. This led them to make connections across disciplines, to develop a “meta-cognitive” understanding of their own ways of thinking, and to find ways to negotiate ill-structured problems rather than simply looking for right answers. Intrinsically motivated by their own sense of purpose, they were not demoralized by failure nor overly impressed with conventional notions of success. These movers and shakers didn’t achieve success by making success their goal. For them, it was a byproduct of following their intellectual curiosity, solving useful problems, and taking risks in order to learn and grow.

Major in Success, 5th Ed

Author : Patrick Combs
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 9781580088657
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book Major in Success, 5th Ed written by Patrick Combs and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With so much at stake during college, students need smart and inspiring advice to help them excel. Now in its fifth edition, MAJOR IN SUCCESS reaches out to undecided freshmen and sophomores in search of a major that suits their interests and career ambitions; shows near-graduation students how to bolster their résumé and ace the interview to land their first real job; and presents innovative strategies for tackling the six biggest fears that hold students back. Revised edition of the best-selling guide for college students looking to discover their passion and make the most of their college years. Includes updated resources and websites, the latest job market research, and new student success stories. Named a "Best Book" by the New York Public Library. Previous editions have sold more than 120,000 copies.

Lighting Up

Author : Mimi Nichter
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814758398
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Lighting Up written by Mimi Nichter and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the past 40 years have seen significant declines in adult smoking, this is not the case among young adults, who have the highest prevalence of smoking of all other age groups. At a time when just about everyone knows that smoking is bad for you, why do so many college students smoke? Is it a short lived phase or do they continue throughout the college years? And what happens after college, when they enter the “real world”? Drawing on interviews and focus groups with hundreds of young adults, Lighting Up takes the reader into their everyday lives to explore social smoking. Mimi Nichter argues that we must understand more about the meaning of social and low level smoking to youth, the social contexts that cause them to take up (or not take up) the habit, and the way that smoking plays a large role in students’ social lives. Nichter examines how smoking facilitates social interaction, helps young people express and explore their identity, and serves as a means for communicating emotional states. Most college students who smoked socially were confident that “this was no big deal.” After all, they were “not really smokers” and they would only be smoking for a short time. But, as graduation neared, they expressed ambivalence or reluctance to quit. As many grads today step into an uncertain future, where the prospect of finding a good job in a timely manner is unlikely, their 20s may be a time of great stress and instability. For those who have come to depend on the comfort of cigarettes during college, this array of life stressors may make cutting back or quitting more difficult, despite one’s intentions and understandings of the harms of tobacco. And emerging products on the market, like e-cigarettes, offer an opportunity to move from smoking to vaping. Lighting Up considers how smoking fits into the lives of young adults and how uncertain times may lead to uncertain smoking trajectories that reach into adulthood.

Who Gets In and Why

Author : Jeffrey Selingo
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 1982116293
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Who Gets In and Why written by Jeffrey Selingo and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning higher education journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Selingo comes a revealing look from inside the admissions office—one that identifies surprising strategies that will aid in the college search. Getting into a top-ranked college has never seemed more impossible, with acceptance rates at some elite universities dipping into the single digits. In Who Gets In and Why, journalist and higher education expert Jeffrey Selingo dispels entrenched notions of how to compete and win at the admissions game, and reveals that teenagers and parents have much to gain by broadening their notion of what qualifies as a “good college.” Hint: it’s not all about the sticker on the car window. Selingo, who was embedded in three different admissions offices—a selective private university, a leading liberal arts college, and a flagship public campus—closely observed gatekeepers as they made their often agonizing and sometimes life-changing decisions. He also followed select students and their parents, and he traveled around the country meeting with high school counselors, marketers, behind-the-scenes consultants, and college rankers. While many have long believed that admissions is merit-based, rewarding the best students, Who Gets In and Why presents a more complicated truth, showing that “who gets in” is frequently more about the college’s agenda than the applicant. In a world where thousands of equally qualified students vie for a fixed number of spots at elite institutions, admissions officers often make split-second decisions based on a variety of factors—like diversity, money, and, ultimately, whether a student will enroll if accepted. One of the most insightful books ever about “getting in” and what higher education has become, Who Gets In and Why not only provides an unusually intimate look at how admissions decisions get made, but guides prospective students on how to honestly assess their strengths and match with the schools that will best serve their interests.

Why Does College Cost So Much?

Author : Robert B. Archibald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190214104
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Why Does College Cost So Much? written by Robert B. Archibald and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College tuition has risen more rapidly than the overall inflation rate for much of the past century. To explain rising college cost, the authors place the higher education industry firmly within the larger economic history of the United States.

Worked Up

Author : Luke Bobo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781697350722
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Worked Up written by Luke Bobo and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover color: Purple Worked Up comes in four different cover colors to choose from. Navigating life after college is difficult. Friendships change, transitions are tough, and answering the "right" call to work may feel like a job in and of itself. Regardless of how you feel about this new chapter -- excited, enthusiastic, anxious, or nervous -- answering the "call" to work after years of endless homework, curated schedules, and fewer limits on free time can often leave us feeling worked up, for one reason or another. Let's face it: Adulthood is hard. If you're in a season of change after college, Worked Up is for you. Diving into complex issues like faith, work, calling, and anxiety, the authors of this book aim to give you a solid foundation in a season that feels uncertain. For all the weary college students, the stressed-out high schoolers, and those shackled by anxiety surrounding the future, this book is for you. This book is intended to serve you as you navigate all of life's callings both in this season and the seasons ahead. Worked Up isn't only for reading. It includes sections for you to brainstorm, engage with the material, and work out your thoughts about career and calling. Take it with you as you go to coffee shops, the park, or even your job and use it as a guide (along with Scripture) to help you take the next step in where God is leading you. Work doesn't have to make us worked up, and taking time to reflect, pray, and consider what's best next is what this book will help you do!

The Years that Matter Most

Author : Paul Tough
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 9780544944480
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book The Years that Matter Most written by Paul Tough and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of How Children Succeed returns with a devastatingly powerful, mind-changing inquiry into higher education in the U.S.

College

Author : Andrew Delbanco
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691246386
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book College written by Andrew Delbanco and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strengths and failures of the American college, and why liberal education still matters As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a preprofessional credential. The traditional four-year college experience—an exploratory time for students to discover their passions and test ideas and values with the help of teachers and peers—is in danger of becoming a thing of the past. In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich. In describing what a true college education should be, he demonstrates why making it available to as many young people as possible remains central to America's democratic promise. In a brisk and vivid historical narrative, Delbanco explains how the idea of college arose in the colonial period from the Puritan idea of the gathered church, how it struggled to survive in the nineteenth century in the shadow of the new research universities, and how, in the twentieth century, it slowly opened its doors to women, minorities, and students from low-income families. He describes the unique strengths of America’s colleges in our era of globalization and, while recognizing the growing centrality of science, technology, and vocational subjects in the curriculum, he mounts a vigorous defense of a broadly humanistic education for all. Acknowledging the serious financial, intellectual, and ethical challenges that all colleges face today, Delbanco considers what is at stake in the urgent effort to protect these venerable institutions for future generations.

Waking Up in College

Author : David L. Mount
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781469178431
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (784 download)

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Download or read book Waking Up in College written by David L. Mount and published by . This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Up at the College

Author : Michele Andrea Bowen
Publisher : Walk Worthy Press
ISBN 13 : 0446537616
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book Up at the College written by Michele Andrea Bowen and published by Walk Worthy Press. This book was released on 2009-04-14 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring fan-favorite characters from Holy Ghost Corner, Up at the College is bestselling author Michele Andrea Bowen's fourth novel continuing her hilarious tradition of writing about the dramatic lives of church folk. Yvonne Fountain Copeland is determined to move on after her husband of fifteen years decides to leave her because their marriage became "boring." Returning to her hometown of Durham, North Carolina, Yvonne is convinced that a change of scenery will help her draw closer to God and find inner peace. Yvonne didn't know that the journey to peace would lead her to sexy, single childless basketball coach Curtis Parker. Yvonne and Curtis soon discover that you can't find true peace and joy without God's help. What began as a series of "why me's" evolves into an extraordinary journey consisting of victory, faith, joy and love.

College Success

Author : Amy Baldwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781951693169
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book College Success written by Amy Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 2020-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Get Up! College

Author : Dr. Chris Miller
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490879692
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Get Up! College written by Dr. Chris Miller and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only 57 percent of incoming college freshmen will graduate over the next six years. Your freshman year is critical! Learn time-tested strategies to help ensure that you won’t become the next dropout statistic. Discover how to: Strengthen your resilience to anxiety, depression, and stress by cultivating an impenetrable thought-life. Become a better time and money manager—”handle your business” easier. Implement the goal-setting strategies of top academic, entrepreneurial, and professional performers. Quickly realize your true purpose for college (and life)—graduate faster! Easily connect with peers to form friendships that will last a lifetime. Identify mentors who will help foster your inner genius. And much more!

Stepping Up to Stepping Out: Helping Students Prepare for Life After College

Author : George S. McClellan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118483006
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Stepping Up to Stepping Out: Helping Students Prepare for Life After College written by George S. McClellan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Undergraduate students come to college from a myriad of pathways for a variety of purposes, and the same can be said of them as they leave to head off into their next endeavors. Arguably, the most important goal of higher education is to prepare students to achieve their postcollege aspirations, and campuses typically pursue that goal through a combination of curricular and co-curricular programs and services for students. This issue offers readers a glimpse into contemporary context and practice related to helping students with their after-college transition from one form of education (two-year or four-year) to the next (four-year, graduate, or professional school), from education to workforce, or from education to military service. This is the 138th volume of this Jossey-Bass higher education quarterly series. An indispensable resource for vice presidents of student affairs, deans of students, student counselors, and other student services professionals, New Directions for Student Services offers guidelines and programs for aiding students in their total development: emotional, social, physical, and intellectual.

Waking up in College

Author : Dr. David L. Mount
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469178451
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book Waking up in College written by Dr. David L. Mount and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful book guides us through the tender struggles and silent suffering with an eye toward fi nding a greater inspiration and hope. Dr. Mount has captured a topic that requires ongoing conversation and 21st century strategies. Dr. B.J. Dunn, Founder and CEO of Clinical Enterprises Counseling Center, Montgomery, AL Waking Up in College integrates the mind, body, and spirit within the college community. This beautiful yet practical book provides a holistic dimension to student performance; this book foundational in reducing higher educational outcomes disparities. Dr. Mount shows important leadership in working to improve college performance. Kathy Townsend, Executive Director, Dorchester Y of The YMCA of Greater Boston A brilliant piece of work! The author was able to take an everyday subject and turn it into a compelling read that I will recommend to all of my students and colleagues. Professor Michael Canute Lambert, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, School of Social Work at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Dr. David L. Mount drives home the importance of building social capital and mobilizing the energy of feedback. A masterful work full of courage, honesty, and, above all, love. Invaluable for all of us. Michael Clements, Vice President, Community Investment, The Winston-Salem Foundation This is a must read. This book provides a perfect balance between discussion and real examples. Many themes run through the chapters that are organized around the complexities facing students. Brian Booton, Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Program Coordinator, Offi ce of Undergraduate Research University of Missouri The book is so accessible that the reader becomes heard, experienced, and championed. The absorbing chapters are much more than a how to book on coping with college. This book opens the door to all students by promoting self-evaluation and self-acceptance. The coaching and tailored academic guidance provided by Dr. Mount has seeded a higher purpose in me! Maria Isabel Rego (Salem College) Alethea Amponsah (Tufts University) Kara Morrison (Winston-Salem State University)