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An examination of how America's colleges have become an intellectual hell on Earth for anyone who wishes to think rationally and seek truth and wisdom, as well as a plan for how young citizens can claim and safeguard the learning and heritage to which they are entitled.
From safe-spaces and trigger warnings, to grievance studies and neo-Marxist indoctrination, to sexual degeneracy and hook-up culture, to student loan indentured servitude, to useless...
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Welcome to "The Art of Making Friends: Unlocking the Secrets of College Social Life." As you embark on this exciting journey through the pages of this eBook, you are about to uncover the key to building meaningful and lasting friendships during your college years. College life is a time of exploration, growth, and self-discovery, and your social connections play a pivotal role in shaping your experiences.Starting college is both exhilarating and nerve-wracking....
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A money expert uses his passion for college basketball to teach the ins and outs of personal finance in a more approachable fashion.
What can legendary UCLA coach John Wooden teach us about personal financial planning? How do Georgetown's shot-blocking big men relate to investing strategy? And, what does Christian Laettner's famous last-second shot have to do with leaving a financial legacy for your family? In Bulls, Bears, & Basketball, financial...
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After receiving a PhD in mathematics from MIT, Larry spent three decades working at prestigious companies in the tech industry. Initially he was not worried when he lost his job as part of a large layoff, but the prolonged unemployment that followed decimated his finances and nearly ended his marriage. Larry's story is not an anomaly.
In The Stigma Trap, Ofer Sharone explains how the stigma of unemployment can render past educational and professional...
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Sandy Baum is a nonresident senior fellow at the Center on Education Data and Policy at the Urban Institute and professor emerita of economics at Skidmore College. Michael McPherson is president emeritus of the Spencer Foundation and Macalester College. They are the authors of Can College Level the Playing Field? Higher Education in an Unequal Society (Princeton).
An invaluable primer on the role economic reasoning plays in campus debate and decision...
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In high school, I was the nerdy guy. The nice guy. The chubby guy. I didn't know crap about athletics or girls. But I had my eye on Lidia Hightower. She was kind and smart and beautiful. And with the wrong guy. Nothing I could do about it since she'd never look at a guy like me. Even after I saved her from a grave mistake. Years later with my transfer to Thackeray College comes a second chance I never thought I'd have when Lidia's here, too. Well...
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This book will help high school students with the tools they need to get into their top-choice schools. I have shared my experiences as a parent while working closely with my daughter Aashika during the latter part of her high school years. Through this initiative, Aashika wanted to share her common application personal statement, extracurricular activities, and the supplemental essays she had written during the college application process. We also...
57) Girl abroad
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"When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it's the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father. She's ready to be free, to discover herself-but first off, to meet the girls she's rooming with. That is, until she arrives at her gorgeous new flat to discover those roommates are actually all boys. Charming, funny, insufferably attractive...
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