Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&browse=true&N=3+4019+4294966508 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667414 Find The Right College For You : Thorough, easy-to-read profiles with photos of more than 100 colleges & universities throughout the United States and abroad. Helpful articles offering great tips for your college search - PLUS sample SAT questions, with detailed answer explanations to boost your test-prep efforts. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687076 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518281 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1662339 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615033 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 Americas 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. --from publisher description http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657333 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1211963 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1376661 Anxiety about getting into college has never been greater, and as an admission dean at Stanford, Swarthmore, and Sarah Lawrence, Robin Mamlet has had a front-row seat to all the angst and antics. Now she reveals the truth about admission, and the simple, honest approaches that really do work. Journalist and coauthor Christine VanDeVelde is a parent who has experienced the process first hand and knows the questions, anxieties, and concerns of students and parents. College admissions directly addresses all the questions that plague parents and students along the way to an acceptance letter and will be their definitive resource during the sophmore, junior, and senior years of high school.-- Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518696 The Europa World of Learning is your annual guide to the organizations and institutions currently active in higher education and learning, on a truly international scale. Users will find detailed information for every type of institution, from libraries and universities to learned societies, museums and arty galleries. The new 62nd edition has been given the Europa treatment and is fully revised and updated for 2012; there are nearly 2,000 brand new entries and over 4,500 updated ones. Every type of academic institution is covered, including over: 7,800 universities and colleges 5,800 research institutes 3,400 museums and art galleries 5,000 learned societies 3,600 libraries and archives 850 regulatory and representative bodies 26,000 publications. World of Learning boasts detailed entries for all the established beacons of higher education, including the University of Cambridge, Columbia, The University of Paris 06 and Stanford. At the same time, users will find details for more obscure institutions in the developing world. For example, did you know that Honduras has a fantastic archaeological museum in the Comayagua Valley? Or that there is a Vietnamese Association of Historians active in Hanoi? Users of World of Learning 2012 will benefit from: contact details (physical mailing address, email addresses, phone numbers etc.) for each entry where relevant guaranteed accuracy of information; entries are sourced from the organizations themselves a breakdown of current staff by faculty and colleges for large institutions easy-to-use format, with separate chapters for each country and distinct sections organised by type of institution an introductory survey per country, giving general background to the education system and recent changes over the last twelve months. This highly acclaimed resource includes separate chapters for every country from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, each with an introductory survey giving details of the countrys higher education system. There is a separate section detailing more than 600 international organizations concerned with higher education and scholarship, such as UNESCO, the International Association of Universities and ERASMUS. New Essays for 2012 Each year the editors of World of Learning bring on board leading commentators on higher education to examine some of the recent phenomena that have been impacting learning over the last twelve months. For the 2012 edition, we are delighted to announce five new introductory essays, which look at topical issues ranging from social media in higher education to academic integrity in the digital age. Here is a brief overview of our new specially-commissioned essays: Social Media in Higher Education by Neil Selwyn, social scientist at the Institute of Education, University of London Paying for Higher Education: the Global Shift Towards Privatization by Dr. Gill Wyness, Research Officer at the Centre for Economic Performance within the London School of Economics Academic Integrity in the Digital Age: Are Standards Changing, or On the Decline? by Teddi Fishman, Director at the International Center for Academic Integrity, South Carolina, USA Is Education Getting Lost in University Mergers? by Helena Aittola , Jani Ursin and Jussi Valimaa at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, and Dr Charles Henderson, University of Michigan, USA Progress and Challenges to the Recognition and Reward of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education by Denise Chalmers, Director of the Centre for Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Australia Also available online. The online version of The Europa World of Learning builds on the success of the printed version by providing a full range of sophisticated search and browse functions, and regular content updates: www.worldoflearning.com http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1208387 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1299043 Andrew Fergusons widly entertaining memoir of his absurd experience trying to do all the right things to get his son into college. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1054797 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1004435 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1199297 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1127697 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=985982 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1048400 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=930265 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=985637 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=945964 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=740410 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=729733 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=689772 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=726660 Specifically written to assist high school students with learning disabilities and their guidance counselors, this directory is intended to identify options and steps for obtaining post-secondary education. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=713102 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=685272 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=666345 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=740415 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=651632 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=739860 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=617658 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=643130 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=666581 This guide offers a step-by-step program to get kids into the school of their dreams, with proven strategies for successfully navigating the college admissions process from a former Yale admissions officer. Teachers/parents.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=652956 It is widely known that the competition for excellence among the nations top research universities has never been fiercer. And no school represents the climate of competitiveness and achievement more than Harvard. But while striving to be unsurpassed in the quality of its faculty and students, Harvard has forgotten that the fundamental purpose of undergraduate education is to turn young people into adults who will take responsibility for society. In Excellence Without a Soul, Harry Lewis, a Harvard professor for more than thirty years and Dean of Harvard College for eight, draws from his experience to explain how our great universities have abandoned their educational mission. Harvard is unique; it is the richest, oldest, and most powerful university in America, and so it has set many standards, for better or worse. Lewis evaluates the failures of this grand institution, from the hot button issue of grade inflation to the controversy over Harvards handling of date rape cases and the turbulent leadership of President Lawrence Summers. He also provides an intimate history of these struggles at Harvard, showing how its mission evolved from education to consumer satisfaction - and makes an impassioned argument for change.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=670200 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=694312 Readers can jump start their planning with these easy-to-navigate regional guides. Packed with advice on careers and colleges, Get a Jump! provides the questions (and answers) students need to get ahead!--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=689751 This guide to the stressful and exciting challenge of applying to college provides parents with the tools to teach their teen self-advocacy, time management, and how to rebound from disappointment. Making clear the two issues--one academic and the other maturational--the authors hold the admissions requirements of highly selective colleges responsible for overstretching, overscheduling, and panicking teens about getting into the perfect college. Adding that teens thinking patterns at this pivotal stage are changing and not fully mature, the book urges parents to counterbalance this pressure and offers sensible tips and strategies that begin with searching for a college that fits rather than one that impresses, and end with a plan to turn the application deadlines into opportunities to teach coping skills such as good organization, relaxation, and keeping worries in perspective.--Publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=670199 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=666159 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=602848 The competition for a spot in the Ivy League - widely considered the ticket to success - is fierce and getting fiercer. But the admissions policies of elite universities have long been both tightly controlled and shrouded in secrecy. In The Chosen, the Berkeley sociologist Jerome Karabel lifts the veil on a century of admission and exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. How did the policies of our elite schools evolve? Whom have they let in and why? And what do those policies say about America?--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=636779 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=533514 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=724308 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=536332 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=543962 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=739865 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=533995 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=470874 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=739863 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=739879 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=311365 This manual is a comprehensive guide to preparing for life after home schooling. The equivalent of a traditional schools guidance counselor, the reference gives parents the information they need to successfully mentor their children in grades seven through 12. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=340062 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=333070 Children who get informed guidance from their parents are generally better able to focus their educational goals and become better students. This book gives moms and dads that extra information and advice, covering everything from helping children avoid academic stress to selecting the college that best fits their interests and needs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=327188 Ronald G. Ehrenberg explores the causes of tuition inflation, drawing on his many years as a teacher and researcher of the economics of higher education and as a senior administrator at Cornell University. Using incidents and examples from his own experience, he discusses a wide range of topics including endowment policies, admissions and financial aid policies, the funding of research, tenure and the end of mandatory retirement, information technology, libraries and distance learning, student housing, and intercollegiate athletics.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=729677 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=740417 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=740276 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=279157 Across the country, in courts, classrooms, and the media, Americans are deeply divided over the use of race in admitting students to universities. Yet until now the debate over race and admissions has consisted mainly of clashing opinions, uninformed by hard evidence. This work, written by two of the countrys most respected academic leaders, intends to change that. It brings a wealth of empirical evidence to bear on how race-sensitive admissions policies actually work and what effects they have on students of different races. William G. Bowen, argue that we can pass an informed judgment on the wisdom of race-sensitive admissions only if we understand in detail the college careers and the subsequent lives of students - or, to use a metaphor they take from Mark Twain, if we learn the shape of the entire river. The heart of the book is thus an unprecedented study of the academic, employment, and personal histories of more than 45,000 students of all races who attended academically selective universities between the 1970s and the early 1990s.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=89841 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=118326 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=118325 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=206265 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=740304 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=146407 Students from families in the bottom income bracket are eight times less likely to graduate from college than those in the rest of the population. The gap in college attendance between rich and poor is actually growing. The stark reality today is that poverty is becoming increasingly inescapable, and the traditional pathways out of poverty are failing. But some poor people do escape. Beating the Odds asks how the barrier of poverty can be overcome. It focuses on the anomalies, or success stories - the small percentage who somehow make it to college. Drawing on their own study of twenty-four poor, first-generation college students, the authors ask what factors - relationships, resources, and activities - made a difference? What happened in their lives that enabled them to beat the odds? How did they come to attend college when their parents had not, when their neighbors had not, and when most students at their local schools had not? The aim of the book is to try to understand the reasons for their success. The authors ask the most critical question: Is it possible to reproduce those factors and thereby provide college opportunity and access for disadvantaged people generally? And they conclude with recommendations about what social and educational policy toward the poor should look like to be most effective in the future.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=158450 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=156437 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=729679 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=161149 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=87107 How do the college you attend and the choices you make in college shape your life? Is an elite education worth the investment? This book, based on a major longitudinal study, is the first to examine these vital issues systematically. In Cream of the Crop, we meet members of the Stanford University class of 1981 ten years after graduation. Their stories show how the rising professional elite has dealt with such issues as reconciling career and family, defining success, and finding satisfaction in work. Their lives tell us worlds about how our brightest young adults are shaping careers, family life, leisure activities, and plans for the future. And their experiences demonstrate how decisions made in college affect career and family choices. Herant Katchadourian and John Boli began studying these men and women as undergraduates, classifying them into four categories: Careerists, Intellectuals, Strivers, and Unconnected. Ten years later, they found remarkable consistency among the members of each group, and reached some exciting conclusions about how the former students had shaped their lives. They discovered that while the educational elite does make more money than the general population, in theory these people value intellectual challenge, creativity, and independence in a job more than money, power, and prestige. The authors found that students classified as Intellectuals in college spent the least time in graduate school. And they determined that, although the women generally earned 27 percent less than the men, they had higher household incomes - and greater earning parity with their spouses. The authors conclude that the approach students took - single-mindedly pursuing a career goal or sampling a wide range of courses - reverberated throughout their later professional and personal lives.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=146269 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=261924 Only a century ago, almost all state universities held compulsory chapel services, and some required Sunday church attendance as well. In fact, state-sponsored chapel services were commonplace until the World War II era, and as late as the 1950s, it was not unusual for leading schools to refer to themselves as Christian institutions. Today, the once pervasive influence of religion in the intellectual and cultural life of Americas preeminent colleges and universities has all but vanished. In The Soul of the American University, George Marsden explores how, and why, these dramatic changes occurred. Far from a lament for a lost golden age when mainline Protestants ruled American education, The Soul of the American University offers a penetrating critique of that era, surveying the role of Protestantism in higher education from the founding of Harvard in the 1630s through the collapse of the WASP establishment in the 1960s. Marsden tells the stories of many of our pace-setting universities at defining moments in their histories, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Chicago. He recreates the religious feuds that accompanied Yales transition from a flagship evangelical college to a university, and the dramatic debate over the place of religion in higher education between Harvards President Charles Eliot and Princetons President James McCosh. Marsdens analysis ranges from debates over Darwinism and higher criticism of the Bible, to the roles of government and wealthy contributors, the impact of changing student mores, and even the religious functions of college football. He argues persuasively that the values of liberalism and tolerance that the establishment championed and used to marginalize Christian fundamentalism and Roman Catholicism eventually and perhaps inevitably led to its own disappearance from the educational milieu, as nonsectarian came to mean exclusively secular. While the largely voluntary disestablishment of religion may appear in many respects commendable, Marsden believes that it has nonetheless led to the infringement of the free exercise of religion in most of academic life. In effect, nonbelief has been established as the only valid academic perspective. In a provocative final chapter, Marsden spells out his own prescription for change, arguing that just as the academy has made room for feminist and multicultural perspectives, so should there be room once again for traditional religious viewpoints. 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