College Learning

Examines major myths informing American education and explores how educators can better serve students, increase college retention rates, and develop alternatives to college that don’t disadvantage students on the basis of race or income Each year, as the founding headmaster of the Boston Arts...

It's Called Presenting, Not Talking Out Loud - is a quick and easy-to-use guidebook on improving your presentation skills - for professionals and students. This guidebook takes out the fat and provides you with what you immediately need. No drawn-out communication theories, but a pragmatic how-to approach. Whether you need to brush up on your industry skills, enrolled in a communications course, or preparing for an important presentation or speech, you can rely on this guide as a handy reference. Presenting is both art and science.

The Universe-ity: A Spiritual Education Using the Law of Attraction is a new curriculum on life. This guidebook challenges the widely conceived notion that in order to be successful, we must have a standard education. The author, who has created his own successful business as well as published his own book, explains how you do not have to have years of education to live a prosperous, fulfilling life.

The college environment is constantly changing, and “The Successful Adult Student” will help you discover the right institutions and programs designed for older students, busy people with busy lives, and provide you with the tools and confidence to survive and prosper in the academic jungle. Download this witty and heartfelt guide that shows you there's no better time than the present to get back in the classroom and start learning!

For college admissions help, give your child that "unfair" advantage in applying to college, without cheating, offering bribes, using legacy, or giving donations. Here's the kind of insider information that’s made the author's own clients refer him to their friends for the past 17 years. It's a free, fast, and entertaining listen that's designed for the hard-bitten realist who takes nothing at face value, especially in light of the college admissions scandal of 2019.

College is hard enough as it is, so why not make your college experience a little easier? This audiobook will take you into detail on useful tips and tricks to help you through college classes and campus life.

You want to see the world: but you also want to help make it a better place. With so many aid opportunities on every continent, how do you find the one that's right for you? Whether you want to care for tropical birds in Costa Rica, work with disadvantaged children in Morocco, or raise money for research projects in the UK, this handy audiobook will answer all your volunteer questions.

Today, jobs for grads are hard to find. Promotions and raises can be tough to get. And, with continuing corporate downsizing, jobs are often difficult to keep.But, there are insiders' secrets to finding, landing and keeping dream jobs — even in tough economic times. And, by using the right methods and tactics, your chances for promotions and raises increase — even in shrinking organizations.That's what School's Over - Now What? is all about.

Do you know: How to analyze campus crime statistics, federal crime statistics legislation, who to contact in case of emergency, what harms are common to college students, what to do during natural disasters, or how to protect yourself during international studies? This and more inside!

Once you understand that you can avoid painful mistakes, like tanking your college applications with essays, honors, and extracurriculars that blend in with thousands of other applicants. Using actual essays, honors, activities, and letters of continued interest from accepted applications to the University of Virginia, Duke, Yale, Princeton, and Cambridge University, Standing Out by Stepping Back The Zen of Getting Into Selective Colleges shows you how to make your application stand tall above thousands in one quick listen.

La verdadera razón por la que la mayoría de las personas no obtienen las calificaciones que necesitan, o se desaniman tanto que abandonan la universidad antes de tiempo, no tiene nada que ver con la asignatura que están cursando, ni con sus ganas de triunfar... Es porque carecen de las habilidades de estudio esenciales y de conocimientos internos. Las habilidades y técnicas de estudio son solo una parte de la receta...

Want to graduate with your degree and not trade hours for dollars? Learn exactly how I received over $140,000 in grants and scholarships—and how you can too. If you're overwhelmed by outdated scholarship lists, broken links, or generic advice that doesn’t work for real families, this audiobook is your no-fluff, field-tested guide.

Every student, at some point in their educational journey, will sit in front of their computer screen trying to come up with a good thesis statement for their paper. It’s very common for students to get stuck on this step for long periods of time, waiting for an idea to come out of thin air. Sometimes that idea does come, but when it doesn’t, you can always turn to a guidebook for help. That’s where this book comes in!

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.

Learn how the 17-year-old author improved his SAT score by 240 points, putting his score into the 99.79th percentile. In this concise audiobook, the author reveals all the strategies and tips he picked up along the way. The audiobook also includes two smart study schedules that can be used to work through the practice exams released online for free by the College Board.

The Illiad & The Odyssey are two epic poems by Greek author Homer, works that have been entertaining—and perhaps exasperating—readers for centuries. In a series of lectures, literary scholar Elizabeth McNamer provides engaging insights into these two iconic works. McNamer first discusses how The Iliad portrays love, jealousy, pride, and the courage men and women display in war. McNamer then focuses on and The Odyssey in which the hero Odysseus endures strange adventures en route home to his faithful wife.

The Canterbury Tales & Paradise Lost are two epic works that have been entertaining—and sometimes exasperating—readers for centuries. In a series of lectures, literary scholar Elizabeth McNamer provides engaging insights into these two iconic works of British literature. Geoffrey Chaucer's merry charm and John Milton's high seriousness become relatable to modern minds when explored by Dr. McNamer. Chaucer's lively, lusty, and never boring Pilgrims have tales to tell that for six centuries have delighted the hearts of readers and listeners.

If you’re looking to live your best life as a chiropractor, it’s time to start now and become a master chiropractic student. With just a few simple mindset shifts, you can prioritize success, enjoyment, and productivity in your work and life, even if you’re not naturally the most impressive person in the room.

As the revenues generated by big-time college sports continue to skyrocket, virtually all of the debate involves whether (and how much) student-athletes should be paid for play. Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams Jr., argue that "student" has to come first: the focus should be on prioritizing a meaningful education. They draw on new research to reveal that it has become increasingly difficult for college athletes to balance school and sports, much less a social life, leading to serious economic, professional, and emotional consequences for young people.

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.