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Author | : S. Y. Koot |
Publisher | : 1st World Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-05 |
Genre | : Scholarships |
ISBN | : 9781421898018 |
Hundreds of methods exist for finding out about the numerous college scholarships available today. But this unique guide teaches high school students how to actually prepare and qualify for winning scholarship awards. This straightforward workbook includes a wealth of hints and tips for: Creating successful applications, writing more compelling essays, gaining a competitive edge during interviews, building winning scholarship resumes and much much more! S.Y. Koot shares proven advice presented in a candid style sprinkled with "case studies" from her own experience helping her children win thousands of dollars in college scholarships. A practical, personal, down-to-earth, and easy to follow workbook designed to organize any student for success.
Author | : Deborah Rhode |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2006-09-25 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780804768177 |
Although academics have never lacked for critics, publications on the profession tend to be either popularized polemics, which are engaging but misleading, or scholarly analyses, which are intellectually responsible but of little interest to anyone but specialists. In Pursuit of Knowledge offers an alternative: a unique portrait of academic life that should appeal to both experts and a general audience. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, including higher education, history, law, sociology, economics, and literature, the book focuses on the ways in which the pursuit of status has undermined the pursuit of knowledge. Deborah Rhode argues that both individual scholars and institutions in higher education are caught in an arms race of reputation. The result has been to skew priorities in scholarship, erode commitments to teaching, compromise efforts of public intellectuals, and impede effectiveness in administration. The book offers several solutions to counter these pervasive problems in our research institutions. Rhode makes a case for increasing accountability and realigning reward systems. She argues that what is needed is a greater sense of responsibility among universities and their faculties to narrow the gap between academic ideals and practices. In Pursuit of Knowledge is meticulously researched and elegantly written. It is also exceptionally entertaining in its use of quotations culled from over a hundred academic novels, including works by Kingsley Amis, Saul Bellow, David Lodge, and C.P. Snow.(For example, from P.G. Wodehouse's The Girl in Blue, "The Agee womantold us for three quarters of an hourhow she came to write her beastly book, when a simple apology was all that was required.") The result is a highly readable but also deeply reflective analysis of the academic profession.
Author | : Sean L. Collins |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2008-11 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0595486363 |
Little Casey loves baseball. Even before the child was born, his father knew that the kid was going to be a baseball player and prepared a nursery theme of baby blue walls with baseball angels in the form of porcelain dolls, framed pictures, and the new Big Head poster of Cal Ripken Jr.; his Dad's favorite Major League player on the wall. Two years later, Casey loves baseball and everyone realizes it. He knows exactly what to do with that little plastic bat and ball his father so anxiously waited to get for him. Every night, when Casey's father comes home from work, it's "Game Time!" They play ball in the living room, watch their favorite big league team on the big screen with surround sound for a better "learning experience," with a side order of Baseball Tonight on ESPN. Finally, the two finish the night talking about baseball and dad hopefully believing that his little Casey will dream of making the big play or hitting the big home run; Casey at the plate...right? Parents, do you know what to do next? In Pursuit of the College Baseball Scholarship is a book of wisdom and insight on how to pursue a college baseball scholarship from the perspective of a coach who has been there and done it well.
Author | : Martin Loney |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Affirmative action programs |
ISBN | : 0773517448 |
The author is identified as a "leader of the 1960s student left," who holds a Phd from the London School of Economics, has taught at universities in Canada and the UK, and is currently a social policy consultant living in Canada. Here he argues that social class, not group membership determines life chances, and that politicians have catered to misconceived notions about discrimination. The result has been preferential treatment for people don't really need help, at the expense of those who are poor and really do need government assistance. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Ernest L. Boyer |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1119005868 |
Shifting faculty roles in a changing landscape Ernest L. Boyer's landmark book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate challenged the publish-or-perish status quo that dominated the academic landscape for generations. His powerful and enduring argument for a new approach to faculty roles and rewards continues to play a significant part of the national conversation on scholarship in the academy. Though steeped in tradition, the role of faculty in the academic world has shifted significantly in recent decades. The rise of the non-tenure-track class of professors is well documented. If the historic rule of promotion and tenure is waning, what role can scholarship play in a fragmented, unbundled academy? Boyer offers a still much-needed approach. He calls for a broadened view of scholarship, audaciously refocusing its gaze from the tenure file and to a wider community. This expanded edition offers, in addition to the original text, a critical introduction that explores the impact of Boyer's views, a call to action for applying Boyer's message to the changing nature of faculty work, and a discussion guide to help readers start a new conversation about how Scholarship Reconsidered applies today.
Author | : Nicholas Murray Butler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Learning and scholarship |
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Author | : Marianne Ragins |
Publisher | : Holt Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1999-05-15 |
Genre | : Study Aids |
ISBN | : 9780805059694 |
When she was a student, Marianne Ragins was the recipient of over $400,000 in scholarship funds and was featured in People, Newsweek, Essence, and on the cover of Parade. Written in a unique student-to-student voice, Winning Scholarships for College is the book that students and their parents will turn to immediately, especially now that tuition costs are skyrocketing to unprecedented levels. With new chapters geared to parents, minorities, and how to use the Internet, Winning Scholarships for College includes: Nearly one hundred invaluable resources for uncovering scholarship opportunities An inside look at how Financial Aid packages are prepared No-fail test-taking tips for scoring high on the SAT and ACT Sixteen surefire ways to sell yourself during an academic interview Easy-to-follow guidelines for writing winning personal essays How to pay for the pursuit of higher degrees
Author | : Douglas Jacobsen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2004-04-08 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780198038092 |
This book enters a lively discussion about religious faith and higher education in America that has been going on for a decade or more. During this time many scholars have joined the debate about how best to understand the role of faith in the academy at large and in the special arena of church-related Christian higher education. The notion of faith-informed scholarship has, of course, figured prominently in this conversation. But, argue Douglas and Rhonda Jacobsen, the idea of Christian scholarship itself has been remarkably under-discussed. Most of the literature has assumed a definition of Christian scholarship that is Reformed and evangelical in orientation: a model associated with the phrase "the integration of faith and learning." The authors offer a new definition and analysis of Christian scholarship that respects the insights of different Christian traditions (e.g., Catholic, Lutheran, Anabaptist, Wesleyan, Pentecostal) and that applies to the arts and to professional studies as much as it does to the humanities and the natural and social sciences. The book itself is organized as a conversation. Five chapters by the Jacobsens alternate with four contributed essays that sharpen, illustrate, or complicate the material in the preceding chapters. The goal is both to map the complex terrain of Christian scholarship as it actually exists and to help foster better connections between Christian scholars of differing persuasions and between Christians and the academy as a whole.
Author | : Marianne Ragins |
Publisher | : Holt Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2013-07-09 |
Genre | : Study Aids |
ISBN | : 1466849029 |
A comprehensive guide to finding and winning scholarships from a student who won more than $400,000 for college In this thoroughly revised third edition of Winning Scholarships for College, Marianne Ragins proves that it's not always the students with the best grades or the highest SAT scores who win scholarships. Whether you are in high school, returning to or currently enrolled in college, planning to study abroad, or interested in pursuing an M.B.A., J.D., or M.D., this easy-to-follow guide will show you the path to scholarship success. This is one of the most comprehensive books on winning scholarships available-it reveals where and how to search for funds and takes you step by step through the application process. The third edition includes information on the 2001 education tax breaks, college savings funds, service scholarships, and many new sources of scholarship money. Written from one student to another, Winning Scholarships for College also includes - hundreds of invaluable resources for uncovering scholarship opportunities - information on using the Internet to make your search easier - an in-depth look at how financial aid packages are prepared - foolproof tips for scoring high on the new SAT and ACT - clever suggestions for writing winning personal essays with examples from Ragins's personal scholarship search
Author | : Aviva Rothman |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2017-11-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022649697X |
On Kepler's works and translations -- Introduction: Kepler and the harmonic ideal -- "The study of divine things": Kepler as astronomer-priest -- "Matters of conscience": Kepler and the Lutheran Church -- "Of God and his community": Kepler and the Catholic Church -- "An ally in the search for truth": Kepler and Galileo -- "Political digression(s)": Kepler and the harmony of the state -- "The Christian resolution of the calendar": Kepler as impartial mathematician -- Conclusion: perspective, perception, and pluralism