College Learning

A call to action for the scholarly community - introducing the merger of podcasting and peer review to encourage academics to think about the medium as an alternative outlet for research output.

A very brief guide to improving your ability to tell your story during the admissions interview. This book specifically speaks to pre-health students.

Much more than a collection of cool tools and apps, The Distance Learning Playbook for College and University Instruction mobilizes decades of Visible Learning® research to reveal those evidence-based strategies that work best in an online environment. Supplemented by opportunities to self-assess and reflect, the book addresses every dynamic that must be in place for students to learn, even at a distance.

Dive into the ultimate preparation experience with the MCAT Q&A Study Guide, meticulously designed to help you conquer the Medical College Admission Test with confidence and precision. This comprehensive book transforms the way you prepare, fitting seamlessly into your busy lifestyle—whether you're commuting, working out, or tackling chores, every moment becomes an opportunity to excel.

Tens of millions of Americans owe a combined $1.5 trillion in debt for student loans. Much of this staggering expense has been unnecessary. Attending college is more of a tradition - a cultural rite of passage - than a necessary step toward a successful career, thus not justifying its steep cost. As countless entrepreneurs and creative hustlers have shown, there is a path to success outside of the institutions of so-called higher learning.

Higher education has seen better days. Harsh budget cuts, the precarious nature of employment in college teaching, and political hostility to the entire enterprise of education have made for an increasingly fraught landscape. Radical Hope is an ambitious response to this state of affairs, at once political and practical - the work of an activist, teacher, and public intellectual grappling with some of the most pressing topics at the intersection of higher education and social justice.

This is the long-awaited update on the best-selling book that offers a practical, accessible reference manual for faculty in any discipline. This new edition contains up-to-date information on technology as well as expanding on the ideas and strategies presented in the first edition. It includes more than 61 chapters designed to improve the teaching of beginning, mid-career, or senior faculty members. The topics cover both traditional tasks of teaching as well as broader concerns, such as diversity and inclusion in the classroom and technology in educational settings.

The College Devaluation Crisis makes the case that employers and other learning and development entities are emerging to innovate new approaches to training talent that, at times, relies on the higher education sector, but increasingly operates independently in order to satisfy talent needs more agilely and effectively. Targeted primarily toward managers, the book focuses on case studies from leading companies, including Google, Ernst & Young, IBM, and Marriott, to illustrate their innovative strategies for talent development across education, age, and background.

If your child is starting life in college, there's a surprise around every corner.... But that doesn't mean you can't be prepared! The Naked Roommate: For Parents Only is a witty and wise guide to everything you need to know about the college experience. Harlan Cohen, America's most trusted college life expert, delivers the best advice, facts, stats, tips, and stories from parents, students, and experts across the country to ensure that you and your child will have an incredible and meaningful college experience.

This completely new edition of 50 Successful Harvard Application Essays gives listeners the most inspiring approaches, both conventional and creative, that won over admissions officers at Harvard University, the nation's top ranked college. From chronicling personal achievements to detailing unique talents, the topics covered in these essays open applicants up to new techniques to put their best foot forward.

After a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he'd experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom experience and the most persuasive research in contemporary composition studies, he devised an innovative new framework: a step-by-step method that moves the student through a series of writing problems, an organic, bottom-up writing process that exposes and acculturates them to the ways writers work in the world.

Career Planning for Teens is your ultimate roadmap to a fulfilling future. The book is packed with activities and advice and will empower you to discover your strengths and passions and translate them into a remarkable career path.

Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a great way to explore the subject of Greek mythology. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you might expect to learn in a typical undergraduate course in Greek mythology. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-size sections. There are quizzes and key takeaways following each section to review questions commonly tested and drive home key points.

For more than a decade, Letting Go has provided hundreds of thousands of parents with valuable insights, information, comfort, and guidance throughout the emotional and social changes of their children's college years—from senior year in high school through college graduation. Based on research and real life experience, and recommended by colleges and universities, Letting Go, Sixth Edition, has been updated and revised, offering even more insightful, practical, and up-to-date information.

Let the College Essay Guy take the stress out of writing your college admission essay. Packed with brainstorming activities, college personal statement samples, and more, this audiobook provides a clear, stress-free road map to writing your best admission essay. Writing a college admission essay doesn't have to be stressful. College counselor Ethan Sawyer (a.k.a. The College Essay Guy) will show you that there are only four (really, four!) types of college admission essays. And all you have to do to is figure out which type is best for you.

Author Doug Lemov offers the essential tools of the teaching craft so that you can unlock the talent and skill waiting in your students, no matter how many previous classrooms, schools, or teachers have been unsuccessful. This must-have resource is filled with concrete, specific, and actionable classroom teaching techniques that you can start using in your classroom tomorrow.

My clients have five times the average admission rate to Ivy League colleges. Want to know how do they do it? I wrote The Ivy League Roadmap so you can learn the strategy that helped hundreds of my clients gain admission to elite universities, including all eight Ivy League Universities, Stanford, and MIT, and win more than $20 million in scholarships.

Are you ready to finally pass the GED exam — and open the doors to college, career, and a better future? You’ve waited long enough. Now it’s your time. The GED isn’t just another test — it’s your gateway to opportunity. And this audiobook gives you everything you need to conquer it. GED Exam Prep combines proven test strategies, realistic practice, and subconscious training to help you stay sharp, confident, and fully prepared — no matter how long it’s been since your last class.

Do you need listening practice for the TOEFL test? Have you taken the TOEFL iBT before and been disappointed by your score? TOEFL Listening Practice Tests by Exam SAM can help! The book contains three complete TOEFL listening practice tests. Each of our practice test has six tasks each, just like the real exam, so there are 18 listening tasks in total in the audiobook.

This completely revised second edition includes new information on affordability and aid that addresses important financial considerations. It also explores changes in standardized testing and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Truth about College Admission is the practical and inspiring guidebook your family needs, an essential companion on the path toward acceptance to college.