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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 textbook is for ophthalmologists (Eye MDs) and optometrists who study for written and oral board examinations and provides succinct, current concepts of eye disease diagnosis and treatment (e.g., clinical pearls, etiologies, differential diagnosis, diagnostic work-up, and treatment summaries).

Colleges and universities constitute a special type of organization; and their complex mission, dynamics, personnel structures, and values require a distinct set of understandings and skills to lead and manage them well.

This audiobook provides you with all the up-to-date information and guidance you need to pass the first time. It focuses systematically on each of the assessment criteria in the unit and provides a suggested structure for drafting responses to meet the requirements of the unit's assessment criteria.

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This audiobook is written for all awarding organisations and focuses on each of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria of these three units, provides examples of current practice in the sector and adopts a user-friendly approach to explaining concepts and principles. It is therefore essential listening for anyone hoping to pass the Award in Education and Training and gain a fuller appreciation of the subject and practice in the sector.

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.

"Master Legal Vocabulary & Terminology" provides a structured framework under which law students, lawyers and other law professionals can significantly improve their knowledge of legal vocabulary and terminology. You will be taken through the main vocabulary and grammar structures in commercial contracts and allowed to practice them through highly targeted vocabulary and grammar activities, which aim to develop, not only your lexical and grammatical skills, but also your confidence and overall competence within international legal settings.

Embark on a journey through the intricate tapestry of science, reason, and human understanding with the Davidsons Audiobooks MCAT Audio Study Guide–Diamond Edition. Whether commuting through bustling city streets, powering through an invigorating workout, or folding the quiet into your daily chores, this guide molds itself to your rhythm, turning every moment into an opportunity for growth.

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter...

Complacency doesn’t announce itself — it waits. And when it strikes, it costs lives. In high-risk industries, people don't get hurt because they don't know the rules — they get hurt when routine replaces awareness. When familiarity becomes confidence. When experience turns into assumption. Safety: The Fight Against Complacency is a powerful and practical guide for leaders, safety professionals, and frontline workers who refuse to accept “good enough” when lives are at stake. Written by U.S.

The Conflict over the Conflict chronicles one of the most divisive and toxic issues on today’s college and university campuses: Israel/Palestine.

Public speaking is often one of the biggest fears, but here's the mind-blowing truth: IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE! Imagine converting pre-speech jitters into excitement and commanding any room with confidence.

In The Sky-Liners, Louis L’Amour introduces Flagan and Galloway Sackett, heading west from Tennessee to seek their fortunes. That’s when they came across an old Irish trader who offered them two fine horses if they would agree to escort his granddaughter, Judith, to her father in Colorado...

Each year, the nation's top business schools are flooded with applications from people eager to pursue their MBA dreams. But those aspirations come at a steep price. The average debt load for graduates of top business schools exceeds $100,000. Like most, author Laurie Pickard couldn't shoulder that. But she faced a dilemma: despite two degrees and a Peace Corps stint, she needed a business education to land her dream job in international development. She decided to take her education into her own hands.

This book—Rescue Yourself: How to complete a PhD without a supervisor—helps students organize their habits, strategies, behaviour and emotions to finish a PhD. Let's start our work from the fear, confusion and worry, and scaffold a thesis to success.

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.

Academia is not, by and large, a kind place. Individualism and competition are what count. But without kindness at its core, Catherine Denial suggests, higher education fails students and instructors—and its mission—in critical ways. Part manifesto, part teaching memoir, part how-to guide, A Pedagogy of Kindness urges higher education to get aggressive about instituting kindness, which Denial distinguishes from niceness. 

In The Lonely Men, Louis L’Amour spins the tale of a man who must elude an Apache trap—only to discover that his greatest enemy might be very close to home. Tell Sackett had fought his share of Indians and managed to take something of value from his battles: a deep and abiding respect. But...

Using the five elements of nature as our guide, we will explore the techniques of intuitive sound healing and how to apply these in a practical way. Our body has a natural capacity to regenerate itself. With the right nurturing environments, rest and nutrition, our body repairs itself. The healing comes from within. All medicine, including sound, simply facilitates this process.