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From an Ivy League dean and a college admissions expert, a guide to help parents support their children as they navigate their way to college The College Conversation is a comprehensive resource for mapping the path through the college application process that provides practical advice and...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “A fire-breathing, righteous attack on the culture of superprivilege.”—Michael Wolff, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Fire and Fury, in the New York Times Book Review NOW WITH NEW REPORTING ON OPERATION VARSITY BLUES In this explosive and prescient...

Money management can be challenging, especially for young women navigating career paths, life goals, and financial independence. Your Money, Your Future is a practical, empowering resource that tackles everything from building wealth to spending smartly, helping listeners create a solid foundation for financial success. Beginning with the importance of a positive money mindset, this guide walks listeners through key aspects of financial well-being, including setting clear goals, advancing in your career, and creating a healthy work-life balance.

Over the past decade, American colleges and universities have seen enrollment decline, campuses close, programs cut, faculty and staff laid off, and public confidence erode. In Peak Higher Ed, futurist Bryan Alexander forecasts what the next decade might hold if we continue down this path. Alexander outlines a powerful framework for understanding what led to this moment: declining birthrates, surging student debt, rising tuition, shifting political winds, and growing skepticism about the value of a college degree.

Clinical Trial Success: Tools, Guidelines, and Resources for CRAs is a comprehensive guide designed for Clinical Research Associates (CRAs). It offers valuable insights, structured tools, and best practices for navigating clinical trials effectively. Whether you're a new CRA building foundational knowledge or an experienced professional refining your skills, this book serves as a crucial resource. Inside, you’ll find thorough coverage of: CRA Fundamentals: Core roles and responsibilities. Regulatory Compliance: Guidance on FDA, EMA, GCP, and ICH requirements.

Are you watching skilled leaders leave your organization within a year, despite their credentials? "Leadership Translator" confronts this widespread, costly reality—where even well-vetted senior leaders fail to thrive. In countless organizations, veteran teams blame the new hires, yet the real gap is the ability to translate experience into actionable systems others can adopt. Dy’Ante Reddick identifies this leadership loss, classifies the disconnect, and provides clear, scalable frameworks to close the gap.

A New Way to Learn aims to myth-bust, disrupt, and transform outdated, never-stop, go-go-go ways of working. If you ask a student, “how are you?”, the response will likely be, “tired,” “stressed,” or “burnt out”. Day after day, there are assignments to write, tests to study for...

An evidence-based approach to community college transformation featuring innovative practices that strengthen offerings and foster student success In More Essential Than Ever, researchers Davis Jenkins, Hana Lahr, John Fink, Serena C. Klempin, and Maggie P. Fay center US community colleges as...

Most students encounter drama as they do poetry and fiction – as literature to be read – but never experience the performative nature of theater. How to Teach a Play provides new strategies for teaching dramatic literature and offers practical, play-specific exercises that demonstrate how...

En el camino de la vida universitaria de un adulto, es fundamental lograr un equilibrio armonioso entre lo académico, las actividades sociales y el bienestar personal. Los estudiantes adultos suelen hacer malabarismos con múltiples responsabilidades, como el trabajo, la familia y la escuela, lo que puede generar un estrés abrumador si no se gestiona de manera eficaz.

An essential aid for training sitting and aspiring admissions officers in the skills required to succeed in higher education today The college admission deanship―often called "the hottest seat on campus"―requires navigating institutional politics, legal hurdles, revenue allocation, and more...

This audiobook offers a clear, unvarnished look into a profession often wrapped in myth yet lived in exhaustion, responsibility, and quiet meaning. Moving through the early motivations that draw people toward nursing, it follows the listener into the reality of clinical environments, the demands of education, the shock of a first job, and the complex financial and ethical terrain that shapes a nurse’s everyday life.

Are you a parent or athlete struggling to break through the noise and get noticed by college coaches? Does your child dream of playing college sports but feel stuck because they aren’t a star player? You’re not alone — and this book is your roadmap. Get the College Sports Offer is a no-nonsense, step-by-step guide that reveals the real strategies behind landing multiple college offers — even if you’re not the fastest, strongest, or most naturally talented athlete on the field.

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An indispensable roadmap for students navigating the stress of writing their college essay What if you could write a knockout essay with no anxiety? College admissions and essay coach Jill Margaret Shulman believes you can! And she knows about that Inner Troll voice inside your head that blasts...

The Perfect Score Project is an indispensable guide to acing the SAT – as well as the affecting story of a single mom’s quest to light a fire under her teenage son. It all began as an attempt by Debbie Stier to help her high-school age son, Ethan, who would shortly be studying for the SAT...

In 1864, after Union general William Tecumseh Sherman burned Atlanta, he marched his sixty thousand troops east through Georgia to the sea, and then up into the Carolinas. The army fought off Confederate forces and lived off the land, pillaging the Southern plantations, taking cattle and crops...

Dr. Matt’s Gutsy Guide to Reading in College takes you step by step through how to succeed with your college reading. This all-in-one guide shows you what happens to your brain on books and what’s going on in your professor’s head when they’re picking readings.

"Deemed Essential” invites you on an engaging journey into the heart of the trade service industry, where you will listen to the stories of unsung heroes. Through this captivating narrative, you will discover the importance of recognizing the dedication and spirit of trade workers. As you listen, you will be inspired to see the transformative potential of embracing the chaos and uncertainty inherent in the trade service industry.

Each of us has a finite amount of mental bandwidth, the cognitive resources that are available for learning, development, work, and everything else we have to do. These "attentional resources" are not about how smart we are, but about how much of our brain power is available to us for the task at hand.