Promise Nation

Promise Nation
Author: Michelle Miller-Adams
Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2015-10-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0880995041

Michelle Miller-Adams presents the most accessible and comprehensive overview available of the emergence and development of the Promise movement nationwide as well as an up-to-date assessment of available research on the impacts of such programs.

Colleges that Change Lives

Colleges that Change Lives
Author: Loren Pope
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1996
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780140239515

The distinctive group of forty colleges profiled here is a well-kept secret in a status industry. They outdo the Ivies and research universities in producing winners. And they work their magic on the B and C students as well as on the A students. Loren Pope, director of the College Placement Bureau, provides essential information on schools that he has chosen for their proven ability to develop potential, values, initiative, and risk-taking in a wide range of students. Inside you'll find evaluations of each school's program and personality to help you decide if it's a community that's right for you; interviews with students that offer an insider's perspective on each college; professors' and deans' viewpoints on their school, their students, and their mission; and information on what happens to the graduates and what they think of their college experience. Loren Pope encourages you to be a hard-nosed consumer when visiting a college, advises how to evaluate a school in terms of your own needs and strengths, and shows how the college experience can enrich the rest of your life.

Community Scholarship Program

Community Scholarship Program
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2
Release: 2016
Genre: Scholarships
ISBN:

This brochure describes scholarships available to Union County residents going to USC Union and the Union Campus of Spartanburg Community College.

Debt-Free Degree

Debt-Free Degree
Author: Anthony ONeal
Publisher: Ramsey Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019-10-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1942121121

Every parent wants the best for their child. That’s why they send them to college! But most parents struggle to pay for school and end up turning to student loans. That’s why the majority of graduates walk away with $35,000 in student loan debt and no clue what that debt will really cost them.1 Student loan debt doesn’t open doors for young adults—it closes them. They postpone getting married and starting a family. That debt even takes away their freedom to pursue their dreams. But there is a different way. Going to college without student loans is possible! In Debt-Free Degree, Anthony ONeal teaches parents how to get their child through school without debt, even if they haven’t saved for it. He also shows parents: *How to prepare their child for college *Which classes to take in high school *How and when to take the ACT and SAT *The right way to do college visits *How to choose a major A college education is supposed to prepare a graduate for their future, not rob them of their paycheck and freedom for decades. Debt-Free Degree shows parents how to pay cash for college and set their child up to succeed for life.