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Over the years David Nash has taken thousands of hours of T4T (Training for Training) classes. He holds or has held certifications in Homeland Security terrorism response, active shooter response, radiological safety, firearms, chemical agent, baton, defensive tactics, taser, simunitions, basic corrections, emergency management, and armed security. He runs his own training company and still teaches privately. This book is the culmination of all those instructor courses and his own personal experience.

Are you looking to expand your comprehension of refrigeration principles? Are you tired of all of the unnecessary technical jargon by non-operators explaining simplistic concepts? Are you looking for a book that will explain refrigeration in a layman manner that will allow the listener to quickly integrate the material into their understanding and quickly learn how to communicate the content? Then this book and all the books in this series are for you. Studying this book and committing the content to memory will guarantee you success on any license examination you are taking.

The transition to college is difficult. Figuring out where to go, how to study, and what to be involved in outside of class are just a few of the many concerns riddling the minds of prospective college students. In The Modern Guide to College, Dr. Kent Ingle, president of Southeastern University, offers advice and valuable information to help college students succeed during the years that will shape their futures.

Ten linked essays from public intellectual and professor Robert Boyers that elegantly and fiercely address the most relevant and controversial ideas of the day - from identity and privilege to appropriation and diversity - and advocates for loosening the straightjacket of the new liberal orthodoxy.

Upward mobility through the path of higher education has been an article of faith for generations of working-class, low-income, and immigrant college students. While we know this path usually entails financial sacrifices and hard work, very little attention has been paid to the deep personal compromises such students have to make as they enter worlds vastly different from their own.

What if you could learn faster than you ever thought possible? Learn Faster is a book that explains how to improve learning abilities and increase efficiency while studying. In this book you will find: different strategies for efficient learning; learning skills that help improve the way you study; explanation of the learning styles; and much more.

With growing academic responsibilities, family commitments, and inboxes, scholars are struggling to fulfill their writing goals. A finished book - or even steady journal articles - may seem like an impossible dream. But, as Joli Jensen proves, it really is possible to write happily and productively in academe. Jensen begins by busting the myth that universities are supportive writing environments. She points out that academia, an arena dedicated to scholarship, offers pressures that actually prevent scholarly writing.

In the winter of 1969, from big cities to small towns, young women across the country sent in applications to Yale University for the first time. The Ivy League institution dedicated to graduating "1,000 male leaders" each year had finally decided to open its doors to the nation's top female students. The landmark decision was a huge step forward for women's equality in education. Or was it?

Siempre quiso ser profesionista, pero todo le salió mal. Rodeado de ratas, a punto de morir, supo que debía tomar una decisión urgente. Una novela hipnótica en la que el protagonista describe como su crisis vocacional lo llevó a situaciones extremas: Perdió a su hermana, participó en sobornos y terminó en una terrible cárcel donde aprendió a valorar los principios perdidos. Contiene también un análisis de profesiones indispensable tanto para elegir una carrera, como para tomar decisiones de empleo, negocios y cambio de trabajo.

This audiobook aims at providing an actionable, step-by-step process that streamlines the writing of a master's or PhD thesis. In this guide, you will learn how to write your thesis or dissertation in a step-by-step process. You will be introduced to the thesis road map for a successful thesis which consists of eight milestones and five bonuses that support your thesis.

Class ends. Students pack up and head back to their dorms. The professor, meanwhile, goes to her car...to catch a little sleep, and then eat a cheeseburger in her lap before driving across the city to a different university to teach another, wholly different class. All for a paycheck that, once prep and grading are factored in, barely reaches minimum wage.

In For the Common Good, Charles Dorn challenges the rhetoric of America’s so-called crisis in higher education by investigating two centuries of college and university history. From the community college to the elite research university - in states from California to Maine - Dorn engages a fundamental question confronted by higher education institutions ever since the nation’s founding: Do colleges and universities contribute to the common good?

In What's the Point of College?, historian Johann N. Neem offers a new way to think about the major questions facing higher education today, from online education to disruptive innovation to how students really learn. As commentators, reformers, and policymakers call for dramatic change and new educational models, this collection of lucid essays asks us to pause and take stock. What is a college education supposed to be? What kinds of institutions and practices will best help us get there? And which virtues must colleges and universities cultivate to sustain their desired ends?

This book is for students who are starting at the high school level, ninth to 12th-grade, and all high school graduates, whether you have received a high school diploma or GED! For parents, who will be supporting their children in their decision-making process, this book is for you, too. Most people have quickly forgotten the main aim of education: imparting knowledge. This is due to the educational problems that are on the rise: teachers who don’t improve their methods of teaching, and students who lack interest in the educational institution and what it offers.

The Assault on American Excellence makes the case that the boundless impulse for democratic equality gripping college campuses today is a threat to institutions whose job is to prepare citizens to live in a vibrant democracy. Three centuries ago, the founders of our nation saw that for this country to have a robust government, it must have citizens trained to have tough skins, to make up their own minds, and to win arguments not on the basis of emotion but because their side is closer to the truth. Without that, Americans would risk electing demagogues.

So, your child is a high school junior. You've heard other parents with kids older than yours whisper the word "college" like it was a terminal disease. You've seen their taut, maniacal grins as they try to hold it together. The process of weathering and conquering the college admissions process with a teenager is a daunting affair for many. Thankfully, Jill Margaret Shulman, a college admissions coach, application evaluator, college writing instructor, essayist, author, and empathetic parent, is here to be your fiercest ally.

The forces of persuasion are all around us. What you might often consider a free choice is quite often the result of persuasion from one or any number of forces. Persuasion influences people to make decisions about what they buy, where they live, who they vote for, and who they love. Persuasion can change our views, change our acts, change our personality, and change our world.

The Career-Minded Student provides undergraduates with a complete tool kit for excelling in classes, researching their strengths/interests, finding a suitable major, and preparing to compete for jobs right after graduating from college. Unlike many similar books which are quite long-winded or focus specifically on either study skills or career guidance, The Career-Minded Student is a straightforward, memorable, and comprehensive guide on how to put yourself ahead of the competition.

You are no doubt a busy student with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to read your textbook in preparation for the NCLEX Exam. However, the truth is that the NCLEX exam is a challenging test, and you are given a maximum of six hours to complete the test. Thorough preparation cannot be overlooked. That is why the author Kim Nguyen, a nursing professional, developed the NCLEX AUDIO Study Guide!

The Aging Mastery Playbook is your starting point for making the most of your gift of time with practical tips for aging well across six dimensions: Gratitude and Mindfulness; Health and Well-Being; Finances and Future Planning; Connections and Community; Learning and Creativity; and, Legacy and Purpose. Each dimension has specific guideposts (activities) that you are encouraged to incorporate into your life as daily practices. Build your own personal playbook for aging - and living! - well, starting today.