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College is a high-stakes game, according to authors Ned Scott Laff and Scott Carlson, but students can learn how to win it. Hacking College offers college advisors, faculty, and staff in student and academic affairs a groundbreaking guide to rethinking higher education so that students can succeed in an increasingly complex world. Drawing from extensive research and real student experiences, this essential book exposes the hidden challenges and bureaucratic traps that undermine student success, from convoluted transfer processes to a single-minded emphasis on majors.

Happiness Triggers, Second Edition, is an update to the transformative guide designed to help listeners uncover, activate, and sustain the keys to their personal happiness. Drawing from mindfulness practices, neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and personal growth strategies, this audiobook offers practical tools to enhance mental wellness, build resilience, and unlock the power of positivity.

We live in an age of confusion and contradiction. Technology grows faster than our ability to understand it, while social media distorts reality into endless highlight reels.

Henry Hildebrandt, Autor und einer der bekanntesten Neuroscience-Creator Deutschlands, hat über Jahre hinweg das Wissen aus den aktuellsten Studien der Neurowissenschaft, Psychologie und Hochleistungsforschung gesammelt – und in diesem Hörbuch auf die Essenz reduziert. Brainhacks liefert spannende Einsichten und wissenschaftlich fundierte Tools und Techniken, um das wichtigste Organ deines Körpers optimal für deine Zwecke zu nutzen.

When Guinea Bissau on the West African coast declared independence in 1973 the rate of illiteracy in its adult population was ninety percent. The new government faced the enormous task of educating its citizens. With Freire as collaborator and advisor the government launched a huge grass-roots literacy campaign and this audiobook is Freire’s memoir of that campaign.

In the 1930s, American colleges and universities began to screen applications using the SAT, a mass-administered, IQ-descended standardized test. The widespread adoption of the test accompanied the development of the world's first mass higher education system—and served to promote the idea that the United States was becoming a "meritocracy." In Higher Admissions, Nicholas Lemann reflects on the state of America's aspirational meritocracy and the enduring value and meaning of standardized testing.

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.

In The VDAG Way, Dr. Michael Flavius unveils a powerful framework to help you discover purpose, reclaim your dreams, stay focused, and set achievable goals. Built on four transformative pillars—Vision, Dream, Aim, and Goal—this audiobook offers clarity for individuals, families, students, leaders, and ministries seeking direction in a distracted world.

Every man carries two fires within him—the one that builds and the one that burns. In this world, you are not meant to escape chaos—you are meant to use it. Pain is not punishment; it is potential in disguise. When everything you built collapses into ash, you’re standing not at the end—but at the beginning of your next creation.

“Poignant, maddening, and genuinely hilarious, How to Rule the World is to be devoured—and fast, before Stanford buys up and sets fire to every copy. (Talk about a burn book!)” —Mark Leibovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Town Winner of the George Polk Award for his...

In a world where technology, industries, and job markets shift faster than ever, learning is no longer optional, it’s survival. The skills that got you your first job may not be the skills that will get you your next one. Employers are looking for adaptability, self-motivation, and proof that you can keep learning. Free courses give you the power to stay ahead without going into debt.

It's Not Free Speech considers the ideal of academic freedom in the wake of the activism inspired by outrageous police brutality, white supremacy, and the #MeToo movement. Arguing that academic freedom must be distinguished from freedom of speech, Michael Bérubé and Jennifer Ruth take aim at explicit defenses of colonialism and theories of white supremacy that have no intellectual legitimacy. They argue that the democracy-destroying potential of social media makes it very difficult to uphold the traditional liberal view that the best remedy for hate speech is more speech.

How can you graduate with honors, choose exciting activities, build a head-turning resume, gain access to the best post-college opportunities, and still have a life? Based on interviews with star students at universities nationwide, from Harvard to the University of Arizona, How to Win at College presents 75 simple rules that will rocket you to the top of your class.

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.

Universities play an indispensable role within modern democracies. But this role is often overlooked or too narrowly conceived, even by universities themselves. In What Universities Owe Democracy, Ronald J. Daniels, the president of Johns Hopkins University, argues that—at a moment when liberal democracy is endangered and more countries are heading toward autocracy than at any time in generations—it is critical for today's colleges and universities to reestablish their place in democracy. For those committed to democracy's future prospects, this book is a vital resource.

In Poor Queer Studies, Matt Brim shifts queer studies away from its familiar sites of elite education toward poor and working-class people, places, and pedagogies. Brim shows how queer studies also takes place beyond the halls of flagship institutions: in night school; after a three-hour commute; in overflowing classrooms at no-name colleges; with no research budget; without access to decent food; with kids in tow; in a state of homelessness.

When parents send their children off to college, Mom and Dad hope they'll return more cultivated, knowledgeable, and astute - able to see issues from all points of view. But, according to Ben Shapiro, there's only one view allowed on most college campuses: a rabid brand of liberalism that must be swallowed hook, line, and sinker.

Teaching by Heart summarizes the author's key insights gained from more than 40 years of teaching and managing. It illustrates how teachers can both lift people up and let them down. It proposes that the best teachers are also leaders, and the best leaders are also teachers. In examining how to lead and teach, renowned Harvard Business School professor Thomas J. DeLong takes the listener inside his own head and heart. He notes that, as teachers, we often focus more on our inadequacies and missteps than on our strengths and unique talents.

Stylish Academic Writing showcases a range of scholars from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences who write with vividness and panache. Individual chapters take up specific elements of style, such as titles and headings, chapter openings, and structure, and close with examples of transferable techniques that any writer can master.

Nanotechnology is radically altering the world in ways almost unimaginable in only the very recent past. With applications in arenas from medicine and science to warfare and even the world of sports, nanotechnology opens the doorway to a vast array of breathtaking possibilities. In this series of clearly articulated lectures, Professor Deborah Gibbs Sauder explores the world of nanotechnology and all its astounding applications, while also examining the ethical issues raised by the science and the impact nanotechnology is having on big business.