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"This book examines how institutions of higher education in the United States are responding to the challenges that demographic change presents. Grawe draws on interviews with leaders in higher education and case studies at a variety of institutions to provide prescient guidance for leaders in higher education who want to take proactive measures in advance of a predicted decrease in demand for higher education"--
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College is a time when new and exciting horizons stretch out before us. We meet new friends and form relationships that last a lifetime. We discern what's most important and what our ultimate direction in life will be. For those of us whose college days are in the rearview mirror, we long for recent graduates to love college and to make the most it. Often, we're at a loss as to what advice to give our friends and family who are heading off to college-even...
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This book explains the history behind how colleges derived their nicknames, mascots, and school colors. Gary Hudson chose to focus the attention of his book on schools that have Division 1A Football programs, because all the athletic programs at those schools will also compete in Division 1A sports. Consequently, those schools tend to get more exposure in the media, thereby drawing more attention and curiosity to the college sports fan.
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From the professors who teach NYU's most popular elective class, "Science of Happiness," a fun, comprehensive guide to surviving and thriving in college and beyond.
Every year, almost 4,000,000 students begin their freshman year at colleges and universities nationwide. Most of them will sleep less and stress out a whole lot more. By the end of the year, 30% of those freshmen will have dropped out. For many, the unforeseen demands of college life...
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Going to College or University is an exciting yet daunting experience for many students. It's exciting because you can study interesting subjects, make new friends and pursue new hobbies in College. But it's also daunting because in order to get a successful academic education, you will have to accept personal responsibility for a task for which you have received little or no special training in school. This task requires you to manage your own learning...
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Football teams create playbooks, in which they draw up the plays they will use on the field. Playbooks are how teams work and why they win. This book is about a different kind of playbook: the one coaches, teams, universities, police, communities, the media, and fans seem to follow whenever a college football player is accused of sexual assault. It's a deep dive into how different institutions - the NCAA, athletic departments, universities, the media-run...
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A relationship develops between fiercely independent bartending college student Camille "Cami" Camlin and Big-Man-On-Campus- turned-tattoo-parlor-employee Trenton Maddox.
Tending bar at The Red Door, Cami doesn't have time for much besides work and classes. On her first weekend off in almost a year, she's sitting alone at a table at The Red when Trenton walks in. He left campus after an accident left him with crushing guilt, and now lives at home...
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Return to Red River volume 2
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Time and distanc have created a rift between Thorliff and Anji Baard, his childhood sweetheart. The only bright sopt in his life is his job at the newspaper.
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In How to Make Money in High School, you will discover:
How you can earn passive income while still attending school
30 diverse money-making ideas that you can start right away
The unglamorous jobs that can actually make you hundreds of dollars in tips
How to make $1,000 extra cash over a weekend with this fun scavenging racket
The #1 thing you need to avoid getting screwed over by a client
How to use your side hustle as a jump-off point to a lucrative...
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An instant USA Today bestseller! Five pages... A letter holding a secret buried for more than five years... A secret neither of them wanted to know. Will the truth tear them apart… again? I've loved my best friend's brother, Houston Cavanaugh, since I was eleven years old. But my friendship with Hallie Cavanaugh meant too much to me to risk taking a chance with Houston. Until one snowy afternoon, Houston and I find ourselves thrust together by...
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He didn't believe in love . . . until her.
Have you ever met someone you hate as soon as they open their mouth? Freshman AVA MASON can relate, and no one makes her feel that way more than COLTON THOMPSON, the handsome center for the hockey team at Great Lake University.
With his sights set on a professional hockey career, Colton keeps his issues, and the truth about his family drama, under wraps. But when he and Ava collide, a fierce attraction...
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Entering a contest to redesign late author Emrys Myrddin's estate, aspiring architect Effy Sayre arrives at Hiraeth Manor where she meets a stodgy young literature scholar who draws her into a battle against dark forces - both mortal and magical - that threatens to consume them both.
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Are you a high school student, soon to be a graduate and heading off to college or to work full time? Are you in college and not sure how to manage the money you do have while going to college? Are you a parent looking for a good introduction to personal finance for your son or daughter? If you want to learn how you can better manage money as a young adult, then keep reading! Schools worldwide lack a formal financial literacy course, instead focusing...
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Born into slavery, Booker T. Washington is freed when he is nine years old. To help support his family, he then works as a salt packer, coal miner, and house servant. All the while, he longs to become educated and to educate others. Poverty, racism, and other obstacles stand in his way. Will he overcome them all, or will the many barriers prove stronger than his unwavering determination?
95) Lord of misrule
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In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans coexist in (relatively) bloodless harmony. Then comes Bishop, the master vampire who threatens to abolish all order, revive the forces of the evil dead, and let chaos rule. But Bishop isn’t the only threat.
Violent black cyclone clouds hover, promising a storm of devastating proportions as student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against elements both natural...
Violent black cyclone clouds hover, promising a storm of devastating proportions as student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against elements both natural...
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At a time of political tribalism and ideological purity tests, it can be hard to remember that cross-party hatred isn't an inherent feature of partisan politics. But, as this book reminds us, a backward glance-or a quick survey of so many retiring members of Congress-tells us that even in the past decade partisan rancor has grown exponentially. In Angry Politics, Stacy G. Ulbig asks why. Even more to the point, she traces the trend to the place where...
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Did you know that over $128 billion in Federal Student Aid is available from the US Department of Education to fund college for students each year? And that colleges provide over $12 billion in financial aid and scholarships each year; that of this,$2.7 billion is awarded each year by coaches; and only 6 percent of high school athletes compete for that $2.7 billion each year? Here is a step-by-step, easy to follow guide to successfully navigating...
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A mentor, advisor, or even a friend? Making connections in college makes all the difference.
What single factor makes for an excellent college education? As it turns out, it's pretty simple: human relationships. Decades of research demonstrate the transformative potential and the lasting legacies of a relationship-rich college experience. Critics suggest that to build connections with peers, faculty, staff, and other mentors is expensive and only...
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Create a five-year plan that covers all aspects of daily life-including work, finances, and health-with this all-inclusive guide to successfully reaching your goals after college graduation.
The celebrations have ended and you've finally graduated from college. But the one looming question remains over every recent grad's head: what's next?
In this book, you'll find a detailed guide to putting together a five-year plan to set yourself up for success....
100) If we were villains
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Entreated to tell his side of the story to a detective who put him in prison a decade earlier for a murder he may not have committed, Oliver Marks describes his past as a Shakespearean actor in college whose rivalry with a castmate escalated in dangerous ways.
They were seven Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, rivals exchanging roles and lovers. Until opening night on their fourth year, when the competition turned ugly and...
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