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  • Putting Students First

    How Colleges Develop Students Purposefully

    by Larry A. Braskamp, Lois Calian Trautvetter, Kelly Ward ...
    Series series JB - Anker
    In Putting Students First, the authors argue that colleges can and should invest in holistic student development by recognizing and building on the students’ search for purpose in life, intellectually, spiritually, and morally. Based on a study conducted at ten religiously-affiliated schools, the book urges all colleges to rethink their approach to teaching and advising the increasingly diverse ... Read more

    $37.00 USD

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    The Ateneo-La Salle Rivalry

    by RJ Ledesma ...
    This book on Ateneo and De La Salle—two of Manila's top universities—is, overall, a thoughtful and honest collection of insights about one of the most storied rivalries that goes beyond school basketball courts during college-ball season. In true form, author RJ ledesma tells of little stories (if not known facts) about what might have started and has continuously fuelled the friendly fire between ... Read more

    $3.86 USD

  • The Career Book

    Help for Restless Realist

    by Jane Downes ...
    Instead of immediately focusing on what to do, the first section of the book (‘Principles’) asks detailed, probing questions about you. Knowing yourself and what makes you tick is the first step to getting the career you want. Using the unique ‘Ego Styles Theory’, which the author has used to great success with her own clients, the book can identify the ways in which you could be blocking your own ... Read more

    $10.00 USD

  • Inside the College Gates

    How Class and Culture Matter in Higher Education

    by Jenny M. Stuber ...
    To date, scholars in higher education have examined the ways in which students' experiences in the classroom and the human capital they attain impact social class inequalities. In this book, Jenny Stuber argues that the experiential core of college life-the social and extra-curricular worlds of higher education-operates as a setting in which social class inequalities manifest and get reproduced. ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Educating Elites

    Class Privilege and Educational Advantage

    by Beth Cooper Benjamin, Peter W. Cookson Jr, Raygine DiAquoi, Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández, Shamus Rahman Khan, Peter Kuriloff, June Newman-Graham, Sharon Ravitch, Michael Reichert, Joseph A. Soares, Brett Stoudt, Jenny M. Stuber ...
    The gaze of educational researchers has traditionally been turned "down" toward the experiences of communities deemed at-risk, presumably with the purpose of improving their plight. Indeed, theorizing about the relationship between education, culture, and society has typically emerged from the study of poor and marginalized groups in public schools. Seldom have educational researchers considered ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Helping Kids Live Mindfully

    A Grab Bag of Classroom Activities for Middle School Students

    by Catherine DePino ...
    Helping Kids Live Mindfully: A Grab Bag of Classroom Activities for Middle School Students helps students enhance their lives by using Mindfulness on a daily basis in school and at home. It gives them the tools to cope with anger, frustration, and stress, while helping them learn how to talk and listen to get positive results. The book aims to help students maximize their school experience ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Emotionally Intelligent Leadership

    A Guide for Students

    by Marcy Levy Shankman, Scott J. Allen, Paige Haber-Curran ...
    The only book for students which explores the connection between emotional intelligence and effective leadershipEmotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide for Students is based on a conceptual model that helps students to become emotionally intelligent leaders. Research from around the world has demonstrated that there is a relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership. For the ... Read more

    $27.00 USD

  • Adult Learning and Education in International Contexts: Future Challenges for its Professionalization

    Comparative Perspectives from the 2016 Wuerzburg Winter School

    by Regina Egetenmeyer, Sabine Schmidt-Lauff, Vanna Boffo ...
    Series Book 69 - Studien zur Paedagogik, Andragogik und Gerontagogik / Studies in Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Gerontagogy
    This volume analyses adult education and lifelong learning as international phenomena, which have a strong influence on professionals working in this field. Based on the 2016 Würzburg Winter School, the book identifies influences on policy at local, national and international levels. It examines the internationalization of adult education and emphasizes the emergence of different dimensions of ... Read more

    $58.39 USD

  • The Enlightened College Applicant

    A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process

    by Andrew Belasco, Dave Bergman ...
    Deluged with messages that range from “It’s Ivy League or bust” to “It doesn’t matter where you go,” college applicants and their families often find themselves lost, adrift in a sea of information overload. Finally—a worthy life preserver has arrived. The Enlightened College Applicant presents a no-nonsense account of how students should approach the college search and admissions process. Instead ... Read more

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    Gender, Race, and the Schooling of Pregnant Teens

    by Wendy Luttrell ...
    Focusing on fifty girls enrolled in a model public school program for pregnant teens, Luttrell explores how pregnant girls experience society's view of them and also considers how these girls view themselves and the choices they've made. Also includes an 8-page color insert. ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Student Diversity at the Big Three

    Changes at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Since the 1920s

    by Marcia Synnott ...
    Strengthening affirmative action programs and fighting discrimination present challenges to America's best private and public universities. US college enrollments swelled from 2.6 million students in 1955 to 17.5 million by 2005. Ivy League universities, specifically Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, face significant challenges in maintaining their professed goal to educate a reasonable number of ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • EMPOWER Your Students

    Tools to Inspire a Meaningful School Experience, Grades 6-12

    by Lauren Porosoff, Jonathan Weinstein ...
    Discover how to motivate students in the classroom, using the elements of EMPOWER—exploration, motivation, participation, openness, willingness, empathy, and resilience. Make school a positive, meaningful experience in your students’ lives and cultivate intrinsic motivation. This highly practical resource offers enjoyable, engaging classroom activities, as well as strategies for refining teaching ... Read more

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